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Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 1 - ELECTIONSGENERAL, PRIMARY, RECALL, AND CONGRESSIONAL VACANCY ELECTIONS
Article 8.3 - UNIFORM MILITARY AND OVERSEAS VOTERS ACT
Section 1-8.3-109 - Timeliness of application for ballot

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-8.3-109

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Current through 11/5/2024 election
Section 1-8.3-109 - Timeliness of application for ballot

If an applicant wishes to receive a ballot by mail, the application shall be received no later than the close of business on the seventh day before the election.

C.R.S. § 1-8.3-109

Amended by 2014 Ch. 160,§ 23, eff. 5/9/2014.
L. 2011: Entire article added, (HB 11-1219), ch. 176, p. 669, §1, effective May 13. L. 2014: Entire section amended, (SB 14-161), ch. 160, p. 565, § 23, effective May 9.

OFFICIAL COMMENT

Many states accept regular absentee ballot applications up until just a few days before an election, or later. Because military and overseas voters can use electronic transmission methods both to request and to receive blank ballots, this section allows them to take advantage of an application deadline close to the election.