§ C.R.S. § 1-40-117Statement of sufficiency - cure

(1) After examining the petition:
(a) If the petition proposes a law, the secretary of state shall issue a statement as to
whether a sufficient number of valid signatures appears to have been submitted to certify the
petition to the ballot; or
(b) If the petition proposes an amendment to the state constitution, the secretary of state
shall issue a statement as to whether a sufficient number of valid signatures from each state
senate district and a sufficient total number of valid signatures appear to have been submitted to
certify the petition to the ballot.
(2) If the petition proposes an initiated law and was validated by random sample, the
statement must contain the total number of signatures submitted and whether the number of
signatures presumed valid was ninety percent of the required total or less or one hundred ten
percent of the required total or more.
(3) (a) If the secretary declares that the petition appears not to have a sufficient number
of valid signatures, the statement issued by the secretary must specify the number of sufficient
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and insufficient signatures. The secretary shall identify by section number and line number
within the section those signatures found to be insufficient and the grounds for the insufficiency.
Such information shall be kept on file for public inspection in accordance with section 1-40-118.
(b) Repealed.
(4) During the review of a petition, the secretary of state shall notify the designated
representatives of the proponents of any errors and insufficiencies regarding circulator affidavits.
Upon the receipt of such a notification, the designated representatives of the proponents have
five calendar days from the date of receipt of the notice to cure the errors and insufficiencies
described in the notice. To cure a circulator affidavit, the designated representative of the
proponents must provide the secretary of state with a new circulator affidavit that corrects the
errors of the previously submitted affidavit.