Colorado Revised Statutes Title 1. Elections § 1-7-1002. Ranked voting methods--report--legislative declaration--definitions

(a) “Federal office” means United States senator, representative in congress, or president of the United States.

(b) “Local government” means a statutory city or town or a special district created pursuant to article 1 of title 32.

(c) “State office” means district attorney, state representative, state senator, regent of the university of Colorado, state treasurer, secretary of state, attorney general, or governor.

(a) The use of the ranked voting method in the local government is not prohibited by the charter of the local government; and

(b) The election is conducted with a system of casting, recording, and tabulating votes that is capable of conducting the election using ranked voting and that has been approved by the governing body and the designated election official of the local government.

(2.5)(a) The general assembly finds and declares that for this subsection (2.5), it intends that a general provision with a later effective date prevails over a specific provision with an earlier effective date.

(b) Before a primary or general election can use a ranked voting method for federal or state offices, the secretary of state must certify that:

(c) When all of the requirements specified in subsection (2.5)(b) of this section are satisfied, and before a primary or general election can use a ranked voting method for federal or state offices, the secretary of state shall provide a report as part of the secretary's presentation to the legislative committees of reference at the committees' hearings held pursuant to the “State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act” pursuant to part 2 of article 7 of title 2, regarding the impact of ranked choice voting methods as compared to elections conducted through other voting methods. As available, the report must include information regarding spoilage of ballots, undervotes, record of use and results of risk-limiting audits, and the impact on voter turnout in historically under-represented communities, including the disabled community, non-English speaking voters, and non-white voters.

(a) An assessment of all elections conducted using ranked voting methods by local governments in accordance with this part 10 and by home rule cities or cities and counties in accordance with their charters from August 5, 2008, through the general election of November 2010;

(b) Recommendations for changes to statutes, rules, and local voting procedures that would be required to implement ranked voting as a permanent alternative election method for state, federal, and local special and general elections;

(c) An inventory of available election equipment necessary for conducting elections using ranked voting methods, including the costs associated with the equipment; and

(d) Any recommendations made by the designated election officials of local governments that conducted an election using a ranked voting method.