§ C.R.S. § 1-7-301Judges open ballot box first

en · 341 chars · active
Immediately before proclamation is made of the
opening of the polls, the election judges shall open the ballot box in the presence of those
assembled and shall turn it upside down so as to empty it of anything that may be in it and then
shall lock it securely. No ballot box shall be reopened until the time for counting the ballots
therein.

Primary source. The text above is the canonical statute body as it appears in this revision of the atlas. Verify against the official gazette before quoting in litigation or formal advice. Spot an error? Suggest a correction.