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2020 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 1 - Elections
Article 4. Elections - Access to Ballot by Candidates
Section 1-4-401. Time of congressional vacancy elections.

Universal Citation:
CO Rev Stat § 1-4-401 (2020)
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(1) Except as provided in section 14-401.5, when any vacancy occurs in the office of representative in congress from this state, the governor shall set a day to hold an election to fill the vacancy and cause notice of the election to be given as required in part 2 of article 5 of this title; but no congressional vacancy election shall be held during the ninety days prior to a general election or less than eighty-five days or more than one hundred days after the vacancy occurs.

(2) A congressional vacancy election shall be conducted and the results thereof surveyed and certified in all respects as nearly as practicable in like manner as for general elections, except as otherwise provided in this code.

Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 324, § 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 83: (1) amended, p. 350, § 10, effective July 1. L. 92: Entire part amended, p. 676, § 4, effective January 1, 1993. L. 93: (1) amended, p. 1765, § 3, effective June 6. L. 95: (1) amended, p. 829, § 25, effective July 1. L. 2008: (1) amended, p. 409, § 2, effective August 5. L. 2011: (1) amended, (SB 11-189), ch. 243, p. 1063, § 5, effective May 27.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 1-11-101 as it existed prior to 1980.

Cross references: For registration for congressional vacancy elections, see § 1-2-210; for the power of the county central committee to fill vacancies, see § 1-3-104; for filling vacancies to serve as judges of elections, see § 1-6-113.

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