§ C.R.S. § 1-13-719Employer's unlawful acts

(1) It is unlawful for any employer, whether
corporation, association, company, firm, or person, or any officer or agent of such employer:
(a) In any manner to control the action of his employees in casting their votes for or
against any person or measure at any precinct caucus, assembly, or convention; or
(b) To refuse to an employee the privilege of taking time off to vote as provided by
section 1-7-102, or to subject an employee to a penalty or reduction of wages because of the
exercise of such privilege, or to violate any of the provisions of section 1-7-102 in any other
way; or
(c) In paying his employees the salary or wages due them, to enclose their pay in pay
envelopes upon which there is written or printed any political mottoes, devices, or arguments
containing threats, express or implied, intended or calculated to influence the political opinions,
views, or actions of such employees; or
(d) Within ninety days of any election provided by law, to put up or otherwise exhibit in
his factory, workshop, mine, mill, boardinghouse, office, or other establishment or place where
his employees may be working or be present in the course of such employment any handbill,
notice, or placard containing any threat, notice, or information that, if any particular ticket or
candidate is elected, work in his place or establishment will cease in whole or in part, or his
establishment will be closed, or the wages of his workmen will be reduced or containing other
threats, express or implied, intended or calculated to influence the political opinions or actions of
his employees.
(2) Any person who violates any of the provisions of subsection (1) of this section upon
conviction shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111. In addition, any corporation
violating this section shall forfeit its charter and right to do business in this state.