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2021 Colorado Code
Title 31 - Government - Municipal
Article 11 - Municipal Initiatives, Referenda, and Referred Measures
§ 31-11-109. Signature Verification - Statement of Sufficiency
Universal Citation: CO Code § 31-11-109 (2021)
- The clerk shall inspect timely filed initiative or referendum petitions and the attached affidavits, and may do so by examining the information on signature lines for patent defects, by comparing the information on signature lines against a list of registered electors provided by the county, or by other reasonable means.
- After examining the petition, the clerk shall issue a statement as to whether a sufficient number of valid signatures have been submitted. A copy of the statement shall be mailed to the persons designated as representing the petition proponents pursuant to section 31-11-106 (2).
- The statement of sufficiency or insufficiency shall be issued no later than thirty calendar days after the petition has been filed. If the clerk fails to issue a statement within thirty calendar days, the petition shall be deemed sufficient.
History. Source: L. 95: Entire article added, p. 427, § 1, effective May 8.
ANNOTATION
Annotator's note. For cases construing a similar provision that applied to state and municipal elections, see §§ 1-40-116 and 1-40-117 .
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