Colorado Revised Statutes Title 31. Government Municipal § 31-4-502. Procedure--petition--signatures

For anyone to sign this petition with any name other than one's own or to knowingly sign one's name more than once for the same measure or to sign such petition when not a registered elector.

Do not sign this petition unless you are a registered elector. To be a registered elector, you must be a citizen of Colorado and registered to vote in (name of municipality).

Do not sign this petition unless you have read or have had read to you the proposed measure in its entirety and understand its meaning.

(b) Directly following the warning in paragraph (a) of this subsection (1) shall be printed in bold-faced type the following:

Petition to recall (name of person sought to be recalled) from the office of (title of office).

(c) A recall petition shall not be circulated until it has been approved as meeting the requirements of this section as to form. The clerk shall approve or disapprove a petition as to form no later than the close of the second business day following submission of the proposed petition. The clerk shall mail or transmit electronically written notice of the clerk's action to the officer sought to be recalled on the day that any such petition is approved.

(d) A recall petition must be signed by registered electors entitled to vote for a successor of the incumbent sought to be recalled equal in number to twenty-five percent of the entire vote cast for all candidates for that particular office at the last preceding regular election held in the municipality. If the person sought to be recalled holds an office that more than one person is required by law to fill, then the recall petition shall be signed by registered electors entitled to vote for a successor to the incumbent sought to be recalled equal in number to twenty-five percent of the entire vote cast at the last preceding regular election held in the municipality for all candidates for the office, divided by the number of all officers elected to such office at the last preceding regular election held in the municipality even if the person sought to be recalled was elected at a different election.