2023 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 1 - ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-46-106)
GENERAL, PRIMARY, RECALL, AND CONGRESSIONAL VACANCY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-17-101)
Article 11 - CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION AND ELECTION CONTESTS (§§ 1-11-101 — 1-11-311)
Part 3 - SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE ELECTION PROCEDURE - MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY (§§ 1-11-301 — 1-11-311)
Section 1-11-303 - Call for special legislative election

Universal Citation:
CO Rev Stat § 1-11-303 (2023)
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  • (1) Within three days after receipt of a resolution calling for a special legislative election pursuant to section 1-11-302, the secretary of state shall make and deliver or transmit to the county clerk and recorder of each county in which the district for the contested state senate or house of representatives seat is located a written notice calling a special legislative election in said district. The secretary of state shall further specify the name and party of each candidate and the district number of the contested state senate or house of representatives seat. Except as otherwise provided in section 1-11-306, candidates shall be the same as the candidates on the ballot in such district for the state senate or house of representatives at the preceding general election from which the contest was filed pursuant to section 1-11-208.
  • (2) A special legislative election called pursuant to this section shall be held in the entire district for the contested state senate or state house of representatives seat and no precinct or precincts in the district may be excluded from such election.

L. 99: Entire part added, p. 1387, § 4, effective June 4.


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