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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) The county clerk and recorder shall register any eligible elector residing in any precinct in the state of Colorado who appears in person at any office regularly maintained by the county clerk and recorder and staffed by regular employees at any time. If the elector resides in a county other than where he or she is registering, the registration shall be forwarded to the county clerk and recorder of the county in which the elector resides.
(2) Each municipal clerk shall serve as a deputy registrar. The municipal clerk shall register any eligible elector who appears in person at the municipal clerk's primary office at any time during which registration is permitted in the office of the county clerk and recorder. The municipal clerk shall deliver the new registration records to the office of the county clerk and recorder either in person or by mail no later than the tenth day of each month for the month immediately prior and in person on the day following the last day for registration preceding any election for which registration is required.
(3) Deleted by Laws 1994, H.B.94-1294, § 8, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.
(4) If the county clerk and recorder finds that a precinct is composed of three percent or more non-English-speaking eligible electors, the county clerk and recorder shall take affirmative action to recruit full-time or part-time staff members who are fluent in the language used by the eligible electors and in English. The action shall be conducted through voluntarily donated public service notices in the media, including newspapers, radio, and television, particularly those media which serve those non-English-speaking persons.
(5) Repealed by Laws 2010, Ch. 194, § 1, eff. May 5, 2010.
(6) Deleted by Laws 1997, H.B.97-1234, § 3, eff. July 1, 1997.
(7) Registration records for any election shall include all those electors who have registered up to and including election day.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Colorado Revised Statutes Title 1. Elections § 1-2-202. Registration by county clerk and recorder - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/co/title-1-elections/co-rev-st-sect-1-2-202/
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