Colorado Revised Statutes Title 1. Elections § 1-1-110. Powers of county clerk and recorder and deputy--communication to electors--repeal

(3.5)(a) As the chief election official for the county, and to comply with this code and the rules and orders promulgated by the secretary of state, the county clerk and recorder shall set operational hours for the clerk and recorder's office.

(b) This subsection (3.5) is repealed, effective January 31, 2025.

(4)(a) Except as otherwise provided in section 1-2-302.5, any communication by mail from the county clerk and recorder to any registered elector pursuant to this title must be sent to the elector's address of record.

(b) Repealed by Laws 2012, Ch. 181, § 2, eff. May 17, 2012.

(c) Repealed by Laws 2016, Ch. 126, § 2, eff. April 21, 2016.

(5)(a) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection (5) and notwithstanding any other provision of law, an elector may request to receive elections communication, except for ballots, confirmation cards, or correspondence sent in accordance with section 1-2-302.5 or 1-2-509(3), from his or her county clerk and recorder by electronic transmission. With the request, the elector must submit an electronic-mail address to which the county clerk and recorder may send communication from the county clerk and recorder. The county clerk and recorder, upon receiving the request, may send all future elections communication, except for ballots, confirmation cards, or correspondence sent in accordance with section 1-2-302.5 or 1-2-509(3), by electronic transmission to the electronic-mail address provided by the elector; except that:

(b) An electronic-mail address provided by an elector shall not be made available to the public or any individual or organization other than an authorized agent of the local election official, and is exempt from disclosure under article 72 of title 24, C.R.S. The address may be used only for official communication with the elector about the voting process, if the elector has requested such electronic transmission under this subsection (5).

(c) All correspondence sent to an elector pursuant to this subsection (5) shall be maintained in the elector's registration records stored in the statewide voter registration system created in section 1-2-301; except that any undeliverable message or any other message indicating that the elector's electronic-mail address is no longer valid as described in subsection (5)(a)(II) of this section does not need to be stored in the statewide voter registration system.

(d) The failure of an elector to receive elections communication by electronic transmission is not grounds to invalidate an election if the county clerk and recorder acted in good faith in making the electronic transmission.

(e) Nothing in paragraph (a) of this subsection (5) prevents the receipt or return of a ballot via electronic transfer as set forth in section 1-7.5-115.