2021 Colorado Code
Title 1 - Elections
Article 13 - Election Offenses
Part 7 - Offenses - Conduct of Elections
§ 1-13-717. Penalty for Destruction of Supplies
[ ] Any person who, during an election, willfully defaces, tears down, removes, or destroys any card of instruction or sample ballot printed or posted for the instruction of voters or who, during an election, willfully removes or destroys any of the supplies or conveniences furnished to enable a voter to prepare his ballot or willfully hinders the voting of others is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Editor's note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022.History. Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 436, § 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3130, § 39, effective March 1, 2022.
Editor's note:
- This section is similar to former § 1-30-112 as it existed prior to 1980.
- Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
