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2022 Colorado Code
Title 1 - Elections
Article 13 - Election Offenses
Part 7 - Offenses - Conduct of Elections
§ 1-13-704. Unlawfully Refusing Ballot or Permitting to Vote

Universal Citation:
CO Code § 1-13-704 (2022)
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If at any election provided by law any judge of election willfully and maliciously refuses or neglects to receive the ballot of any registered elector who has taken or offered to take the oath prescribed by section 1-9-204 or knowingly and willfully permits any person to vote who is not entitled to vote at such election, such judge commits a class 1 misdemeanor.

Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 433, § 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3128, § 26, effective March 1, 2022.

Editor's note: (1) The provisions of this section are similar to provisions of several former sections as they existed prior to 1980. For a detailed comparison, see the comparative tables located in the back of the index.

(2) 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.

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