Colorado Revised Statutes Title 1. Elections § 1-11-301. Legislative declaration

(a)Section 10 of article V of the Colorado constitution provides that each house of the general assembly shall judge the election and qualification of its members;

(b)Section 11 of article VII of the Colorado constitution authorizes the general assembly to pass laws to secure the purity of elections;

(c) In furtherance of these constitutional provisions and the plenary power of the general assembly, the general assembly may enact laws to enable a house of the general assembly to call a special legislative election in the event such house is unable to declare a person duly elected in a district as a member of the state senate or the state house of representatives because an accurate and verifiable vote count showing that the person has the highest number of votes cast in such district cannot be obtained from the general election returns.