Section 1-13-402 - Tampering with nomination papers - nomination petitions(1) Any person who, being in possession of any petition, certificate of nomination, or letter of acceptance, declination, or withdrawal, wrongfully or willfully destroys, defaces, mutilates, suppresses, neglects to file, or fails to cause to be filed the same within the prescribed time or who files any such paper knowing the same, or any part thereof, to be falsely made or who adds, amends, alters, or in any way changes the information on the petition as written by a signing elector upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111.(2) Any person who willfully destroys, defaces, mutilates, or suppresses any nomination petition or who willfully neglects to file or delays the delivery of the nomination petition or who conceals or removes any petition from the possession of the person authorized by law to have the custody thereof, or who aids, counsels, procures, or assists any person in doing any of said acts upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111.Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 20, eff. 3/1/2022.L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 432, § 1, effective 1/1/1981. L. 88: Entire section amended, p. 294, § 5, effective May 29. L. 89: (1) amended, p. 311, § 26, effective May 9. (1) This section is similar to former § 1-13-129 as it existed prior to 1980.
(2) Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).