§ C.R.S. § 1-13-712Disclosing or identifying vote

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(1) (a) No voter shall place any mark upon
his or her ballot by means of which it can be identified as the one voted by him or her, and no
other mark shall be placed on the ballot by any person to identify it after it has been prepared for
voting.
(b) Any voter may show his or her voted ballot to any other person as long as the
disclosure is not undertaken in furtherance of any election violation proscribed in this article 13.
(c) Any voter who makes available an image of the voter's own ballot through electronic
means after it is prepared for voting is deemed to have consented to the transmittal of that image.
(d) The ability of a voter to disclose his or her voted ballot as described in this
subsection (1) at a voter service and polling center or at any other location at which votes are
being tabulated is subject to the power of a county clerk and recorder to monitor activity at such
voter service and polling center or other location, including placing reasonable restrictions on the
use of photography in such settings or imposing other restrictions on activity in such settings as
the county clerk and recorder finds necessary, to ensure the fair and efficient conduct of
elections.
(2) No person shall endeavor to induce any voter to show how he marked his ballot.
(3) No election official, watcher, or person shall reveal to any other person the name of
any candidate for whom a voter has voted or communicate to another his opinion, belief, or
impression as to how or for whom a voter has voted.
(4) Any person who violates any provision of this section upon conviction shall be
punished as provided in section 1-13-111.
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1-13-713. Intimidation. It is unlawful for any person directly or indirectly, by himself
or herself or by any other person in his or her behalf, to impede, prevent, or otherwise interfere
with the free exercise of the elective franchise of any elector or to compel, induce, or prevail
upon any elector either to give or refrain from giving the elector's vote at any election provided
by law or to give or refrain from giving the elector's vote for any particular person or measure at
any such election. Each such offense is a class 1 misdemeanor.

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