Colorado Revised Statutes Title 1. Elections § 1-7.5-105. Preelection process--rules

(1)(a) The county clerk and recorder or designated election official responsible for conducting an election that is to be by mail ballot pursuant to section 1-7.5-104(1) shall send a proposed election plan for conducting the mail ballot election to the secretary of state no later than ninety days prior to a nonpartisan election or, for any mail ballot election that is coordinated with or conducted by the county clerk and recorder, no later than one hundred ten days prior to the election. The proposed plan may be based on the standard plan adopted by the secretary of state by rule.

(b) For each general election, a county clerk and recorder or designated election official shall solicit public comment on the proposed locations for voter service and polling centers and drop boxes in an election plan required pursuant to subsection (1)(a) of this section. On or before the fifty-fifth day before the deadline to submit the plan to the secretary of state, the county clerk and recorder or designated election official shall post to the county clerk and recorder's website the proposed locations for voter service and polling centers and drop boxes. The county clerk and recorder shall accept public comments on the proposed locations through the fortieth day before the deadline to submit the plan to the secretary of state.

(a) The address and hours of operation for each voter service and polling center;

(b) The address and hours of operation for each ballot drop-off location, including the location of each drop box;

(c) A throughput analysis for each designated voter service and polling center that addresses:

(d) A copy of the mail ballot packet that will be used in the election;

(e) A copy of the signature card that will be used for in-person voting in accordance with section 1-7-110;

(f) Copies of all forms that will be available or provided to electors to cure deficiencies or errors during the election with the county-specific information filled in;  and

(f.5) The information required by section 1-7.5-113.5(2);

(g) Such other information as the secretary of state may require.

(2)(a) The secretary of state shall approve or disapprove the written plan for conducting a mail ballot election, in accordance with section 1-7.5-106, within twenty days after receiving the plan and shall provide a written notice to the affected political subdivision.

(b) Repealed by Laws 2013, Ch. 185, § 84, eff. May 10, 2013.

(c) The secretary of state may promulgate rules concerning the submission and approval of election plans.