§ C.R.S. § 1-13-725False slate of presidential electors - penalties

(1) (a) A person who
knowingly enters into an agreement, including a written agreement, oral agreement, or
agreement using electronic communications, with one or more individuals to commit offering of
a false instrument for recording or forgery commits conspiring to commit offering of a false
instrument for recording or forgery.
(b) A person who knowingly signs, files, transmits, or records with the secretary of state,
the archivist of the United States, the president of the United States senate, the United States
congress, or a Colorado federal district court judge a list of presidential electors who voted for
candidates for president and vice president of the United States who did not receive the highest
number of votes in the state at a general election at which the offices of president and vice
president of the United States were contested commits offering of a false instrument for
recording as set forth in section 18-5-114. If the interstate compact, "Agreement Among the
States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote", described in part 40 of article 60 of title
24, is in effect and the state's electoral votes are awarded to the winner of the national popular
vote, the provisions of this subsection (1)(b) shall apply to individuals who sign, file, transmit, or
record a list of presidential electors who voted for candidates for president and vice president of
the United States who the secretary of state did not designate as the national popular vote
winner.
(c) A person who has not been elected as a presidential elector in a general election and
who knowingly votes as a presidential elector for candidates for president and vice president of
the United States who did not receive the highest number of votes in the state at a general
election at which the offices of president and vice president of the United States were contested,
or who inputs information into a form, certificate, or other paper or document required of
presidential electors that was not provided by the secretary of state pursuant to section 1-4-304
commits forgery as set forth in section 18-5-102. If the interstate compact, "Agreement Among
the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote", described in part 40 of article 60 of
title 24, is in effect and the state's electoral votes are awarded to the winner of the national
popular vote, the provisions of this subsection (1)(c) shall apply to a person who knowingly
votes as a presidential elector for candidates for president and vice president of the United States
who the secretary of state did not designate as the national popular vote winner.
(d) For purposes of this section, a person who has not been elected as a presidential
elector in a general election and who knowingly and falsely swears or attests to the oath required
by law for presidential electors under section 1-4-304 (1) commits perjury.
(e) For purposes of this section, a person who has not been elected as a presidential
elector in a general election and who induces another person who has not been elected as a
presidential elector in a general election to knowingly and falsely swear or attest to the oath
required by law for presidential electors under section 1-4-304 (1) commits subornation of
perjury.
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(2) (a) Upon conviction for conspiring to offer a false instrument for recording or
forgery, as set forth in subsection (1)(a) of this section, offering a false instrument for recording,
as set forth in subsection (1)(b) of this section, or forgery, as set forth in subsection (1)(c) of this
section, the court shall impose a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars on the defendant.
(b) If the defendant is convicted of perjury as described in subsection (1)(d) of this
section, or subornation of perjury as described in subsection (1)(e) of this section, the court shall
order that the defendant is ineligible to be a member of the general assembly and incapable of
holding any office of trust or profit in the state, as provided by section 4 of article XII of the state
constitution, and impose a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars on the defendant.
PART 8
OFFENSES - MAIL VOTING
AND VOTING BY NEW RESIDENTS