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2022 Colorado Code
Title 31 - Government - Municipal
Article 11 - Municipal Initiatives, Referenda, and Referred Measures
§ 31-11-115. Tampering With Initiative or Referendum Petition
Universal Citation: CO Code § 31-11-115 (2022)
- Any person commits a class 2 misdemeanor who:
- Willfully destroys, defaces, mutilates, or suppresses any initiative or referendum petition;
- Willfully neglects to file or delays the delivery of the initiative or referendum petition;
- Conceals or removes any initiative or referendum petition from the possession of the person authorized by law to have custody of the petition;
- Adds, amends, alters, or in any way changes the information on the petition as provided by the elector; or
- Aids, counsels, procures, or assists any person in doing any of such acts.
- Any person convicted of committing such a misdemeanor shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
- This section shall not preclude a circulator from striking a complete line on the petition if the circulator believes the line to be invalid.
Source: L. 95: Entire article added, p. 430, § 1, effective May 8.
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