2020 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 37 - Water And Irrigation
Article 44. Internal Improvement Districts Law of 1923
Section 37-44-105. Notice of election - voters - ballots.
(1) The clerk of the district court of the county where said petition was presented shall thereupon cause a notice embodying said orders in substance, signed by the clerk of the said district court, to be issued, given, and published, giving notice of said election and the time and place thereof. The notice shall be published once a week for at least three weeks prior to such election in a newspaper of general circulation in each county into which any portion of such proposed district extends. In addition to the notice by publication, the clerk of the district court shall mail, postage prepaid, a printed copy of said notice of election to each of the owners of the lands proposed to be included in said district. Such notices shall be addressed to the last-known post office address of each of said owners as the same may appear from the certificates of the several county assessors theretofore certified to the court as provided in section 37-44-104, or which are otherwise made known to the clerk of said court, and said notices shall be mailed not less than two weeks prior to the election. The clerk shall certify and file, in the records of the proceeding, a list of the persons, and their addresses, to whom notices have been mailed.
At all elections held under the provisions of this article, all persons are entitled tovote who are resident freeholders of agricultural lands within the said district or who are the owners of land to the extent of forty acres or more within said district and reside in the state of Colorado, and who are qualified electors under the general laws of the state of Colorado, and who have paid property taxes upon property located within said district during the three hundred and sixty-five days immediately preceding any such election.
Electors not residing within the district are entitled to vote only within the precinct ofsuch district wherein the majority of their lands are located. Any person entitled to vote shall also be eligible to election as director in and for the precinct of such district in which the major portion of his lands are located.
The ballot to be used and cast at such election for the formation of such district shallbe substantially as follows: "Internal Improvement District - Yes" or "Internal Improvement District - No", or words equivalent thereto, and shall also contain the names of persons to be voted for as members of the board of directors of said district and shall contain a sufficient number of blank spaces to permit each elector to write in the names of any persons for whom he may wish to vote as members of the board of directors. Each elector may vote for five directors, one for each precinct, and shall indicate his choice by placing a marginal cross upon the ballot opposite any name voted upon or by writing in the name of the person for whom he desires to vote, and shall also indicate his vote upon any question submitted by placing a marginal cross upon the ballot either for or against such question.
Source: L. 23: p. 489, § 3. CSA: C. 138, § 19. CRS 53: § 149-5-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-3.
