§ C.R.S. § 1-13-104(untitled)

(46) "Special election" means any election called by a governing board for submission of
ballot issues and other matters, as authorized by their enabling legislation. Any governing body
may petition a district court judge who has jurisdiction over the political subdivision for
permission to hold a special election on a day other than those specified in this subsection (46).
The district court judge may grant permission only upon a finding that an election on the days
specified would be impossible or impracticable or upon a finding that an unforeseeable
emergency would require an election on a day other than those specified.
(46.3) "Special legislative election" means an election called by the general assembly
pursuant to part 3 of article 11 of this title.
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(46.5) "Statewide abstract of votes cast" means the record of the results in each election
for candidates, ballot issues, and ballot questions that the secretary of state certified for the
ballot.
(46.7) "Statewide voter registration system" means the centralized statewide voter
registration system, commonly referred to as "SCORE", created in section 1-2-301.
(47) "Supervisor judge" means the election judge appointed by the designated election
official to be in charge of the election process at a polling location.
(48) "Taxable property" means real or personal property subject to general ad valorem
taxes. For all elections and petitions that require ownership of real property or land, ownership of
a mobile home or manufactured home, as defined in section 5-1-301 (29), 38-12-201.5 (5), or
42-1-102 (48.8), is sufficient to qualify as ownership of real property or land for the purpose of
voting rights and petitions.
(49) "Taxpaying elector" shall have the same meaning as provided in section 32-1-103
(23), C.R.S.
(49.3) (a) "Term of imprisonment" or "full term of imprisonment" means the period
during which an individual is serving a sentence of detention or confinement in any correctional
facility, jail, or other location for a felony conviction.
(b) This subsection (49.3) applies to this code for the purpose of applying section 10 of
article VII of the state constitution.
(c) "Term of imprisonment" or "full term of imprisonment" does not include the period
during which an individual is on parole.
(49.5) "Unaffiliated" means that a person is registered but not affiliated with a political
party in accordance with the provisions of section 1-2-204 (2)(j).
(49.7) "Undervote" means the failure of an elector to vote on a ballot question or ballot
issue, the failure of an elector to vote for any candidate for an office, or the designation by an
elector of fewer votes than there are offices to be filled; except that it is not an undervote if there
are fewer candidates than offices to be filled and the elector designates as many votes as there
are candidates.
(49.8) Repealed.
(49.9) "Video security surveillance recording" means video monitoring by a device that
continuously records a designated location or a system using motion detection that records one
frame or more per minute until detection of motion triggers continuous recording.
(50) "Vote recorder" or "voting device" means any apparatus that the elector uses to
record votes by marking a ballot card and that subsequently counts the votes by electronic
tabulating equipment or records the votes electronically on a paper tape within the apparatus and
simultaneously on an electronic tabulation device.
(50.2) "Voter registration agency" means an office designated in section 1-2-504 to
perform voter registration activities.
(50.3) "Voter registration drive" means the distribution and collection of voter
registration applications by two or more persons for delivery to a county clerk and recorder.
(50.4) "Voter registration drive organizer" means a person, as defined in section 2-4-401
(8), C.R.S., that organizes a voter registration drive in the state.
(50.5) "Voter service and polling center" means a location established for holding
elections, other than a polling place, that offers the services described in section 1-5-102.9.
(50.6) (a) "Voter-verified paper record" means an auditable paper record that:
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(I) Is available for the elector to inspect and verify before the vote is cast;
(II) Is produced contemporaneously with or employed by any voting system;
(III) Lists the designation of each office, the number or letter of each ballot issue or
ballot question, and the elector's choice for each office, ballot issue, or ballot question and
indicates any office, ballot issue, or ballot question for which the elector has not made a
selection;
(IV) Is suitable for a manual audit or recount; and
(V) Is capable of being maintained as an election record in accordance with the
requirements of section 1-7-802.
(b) Any paper ballot that lists the title, along with any number, as applicable, of each
candidate race, ballot issue, or ballot question, on which the elector has marked his or her
choices in such races, issues, or questions shall constitute a voter-verified paper record for
purposes of this subsection (50.6).
(50.7) "Voting equipment" means electronic or electromechanical voting systems,
electronic voting devices, and electronic vote-tabulating equipment, as well as materials, parts,
or other equipment necessary for the operation and maintenance of such systems, devices, and
equipment.
(50.8) "Voting system" means a process of casting, recording, and tabulating votes using
electromechanical or electronic devices or ballot cards and includes, but is not limited to, the
procedures for casting and processing votes and the operating manuals, hardware, firmware,
printouts, and software necessary to operate the voting system.
(50.9) "Voting system provider" means an individual engaged in private enterprise or a
business entity engaged in selling, leasing, marketing, designing, building, or modifying voting
systems to the state, a political subdivision of the state, or another entity authorized to hold an
election under this code.
(51) "Watcher" means an eligible elector other than a candidate on the ballot who has
been selected by a political party chairperson on behalf of the political party, by a party
candidate at a primary election, by an unaffiliated candidate at a general, congressional vacancy,
or nonpartisan election, or by a person designated by either the opponents or the proponents in
the case of a ballot issue or ballot question. If selected by a political party chairperson or a party
candidate, the watcher must be affiliated with that political party or unaffiliated as shown in the
statewide voter registration system. If selected by an unaffiliated candidate, the watcher must be
unaffiliated as shown in the statewide voter registration system.
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(1.7), and (46.5) added, p. 477, § 1, effective July 1; (1.2) amended and (1.3), (22.5), and (23.6)
added, p. 157, § 1, effective August 4; (1.1) amended and (1.3) and (7.5) added, p. 278, § 1,
effective August 4. L. 2000: (48) amended, p. 1870, § 100, effective August 2. L. 2003: (32)
amended, p. 495, § 1, effective March 5; (1.3) and (23) amended, p. 1308, § 1, effective April
22; (19.5) added, p. 1276, § 1, effective April 22; (19.5) added, p. 1437, § 1, effective April 29;
(19.5)(a)(II), (19.5)(a)(V), and (19.5)(a)(VI) amended and (19.5)(a)(VII) added, p. 2064, § 1,
effective May 22. L. 2004: (19.5)(a)(I) and (19.5)(a)(V) amended, p. 426, § 1, effective April
13; (19.5)(a)(V) amended and (19.5)(a)(VIII), (19.5)(a)(IX), and (19.5)(a)(X) added, p. 1051, §
1, effective May 21; (49.8) added, p. 1104, § 1, effective May 27; (2.1), (13.5), (14.5), (15.5),
(23.4), (34.2), (49.7), (50.7), (50.8), and (50.9) added and (14) and (27) amended, p. 1342, § 2,
effective May 28; (50) amended, p. 1343, § 3, effective January 1, 2006; (15)(b) added by
revision, pp. 1361, 1213, §§ 30, 31, 108. L. 2005: (22.7), (50.2), (50.4), and (50.6) added and
(50.5) amended, p. 1392, § 1, effective June 6; (22.7), (50.2), (50.4), and (50.6) added and (50.5)
amended, p. 1427, § 1, effective June 6. L. 2006: (33.5)(b) amended, p. 1997, § 28, effective
July 1. L. 2007: (11) amended, p. 1775, § 1, effective June 1; (19.5)(a)(XI) added and
(50.6)(a)(III) amended, p. 1967, §§ 1, 2, effective August 3; (31.5) added, p. 1988, § 1, effective
August 3. L. 2008: (34.4) added, p. 1249, § 1, effective August 5. L. 2009: (13.5) amended and
(16.5) and (23.5) added, (HB 09-1335), ch. 260, p. 1189, § 1, effective May 15; (18.5) and
(19.5)(c) added, (HB 09-1336), ch. 261, p. 1197, §§ 1, 2, effective August 5. L. 2011: (32)
amended, (SB 11-189), ch. 243, p. 1062, § 1, effective May 27. L. 2012: (19.5)(a)(XII) added,
(SB 12-062), ch. 97, p. 326, § 1, effective April 12; (1.1), (19.5)(a)(X), and (19.5)(a)(XI)
amended and (19.5)(a)(XIII) added, (HB 12-1292), ch. 181, p. 676, § 1, effective May 17. L.
2013: (19.5)(d) added, (HB 13-1038), ch. 28, p. 67, § 1, effective March 15; (2), (27), (28), (36),
(47), (50.4), and (50.5) amended, (2.8), (9.8), (27.5), and (50.3) added, and (49.8) repealed, (HB
13-1303), ch. 185, p. 682, § 3, effective May 10; (18.5) amended, (HB 13-1314), ch. 323, p.
1800, § 15, effective March 1, 2014. L. 2014: (11) amended and (28) repealed, (HB 14-1164),
ch. 2, pp. 71, 77, §§ 33, 51, effective February 18; (29.5) added, (SB 14-161), ch. 160, p. 555, §
1, effective May 9. L. 2016: IP(2.8) amended, (HB 16-1093), ch.126, p. 358, § 1, effective April
21; (2.8)(c), (16.5), (19.5)(a)(I), and (51) amended, (46.7) added, and (36) repealed, (SB 16142), ch. 173, p. 565, § 1, effective May 18; (2.8)(c) amended, (SB 16-189), ch. 210, p. 753, § 1,
effective June 6. L. 2017: (18.5) amended, (SB 17-242), ch. 263, p. 1262, § 28, effective May
25. L. 2018: (2.8)(a) amended, (SB 18-233), ch. 262, p. 1617, § 41, effective May 29; (42)
amended, (HB18-1039), ch. 29, p. 330, § 1, effective July 1, 2022. L. 2019: (49.3) added, (HB
19-1266), ch. 283, p. 2643, § 2, effective July 1; (9.7) added and (9.8) amended, (HB 19-1278),
ch. 326, p. 3005, § 2, effective August 2. L. 2020: (48) amended, (HB 20-1196), ch. 195, p. 926,
§ 16, effective June 30. L. 2021: (32) and (51) amended, (SB 21-250), ch. 282, p. 1630, § 1,
effective June 21; (19.7) added and (23.4) amended, (HB 21-1071), ch. 367, p. 2415, § 1,
effective July 1, 2022. L. 2022: (11) amended and (21.5) and (49.9) added, (SB 22-153), ch.
322, p. 2277, § 3, effective June 2; (48) amended, (SB 22-212), ch. 421, p. 2963, § 1, effective
August 10. L. 2023: (19.5)(a)(XII) and (19.5)(a)(XIII) amended and (19.5)(a)(XIV) added, (SB
23-276), ch. 399, p. 2371, § 1, effective June 6.
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(3) Amendments to subsection (48) by House Bill 94-92 and House Bill 94-1 were
harmonized.
(4) Subsection (9.6) was numbered as (9.5) in House Bill 94-1294 but was renumbered
on revision for ease of location.
(5) Subsection (1.1) was numbered as (1) in House Bill 99-1082 but was renumbered on
revision for ease of location; subsection (1.2) was numbered as (1) in House Bill 99-1152 but
was renumbered on revision for ease of location; and subsection (46.3) was numbered as (46.5)
in House Bill 99-1097 but was renumbered on revision for ease of location.
(6) Amendments to subsection (19.5) by House Bill 03-1241 and Senate Bill 03-102
were harmonized.
(7) Subsection (15)(b) provided for the repeal of subsection (15), effective January 1,
2006. (See L. 2004, pp. 1361, 1213.)