2024 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 13 - Election Offenses (§§ 1-13-101 — 1-13-804)
Part 7 - OFFENSES - CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS (§§ 1-13-701 — 1-13-725)
Section 1-13-710 - Voting twice - penalty

• (1)
  • (a) No voter shall, with the intent of voting more than once in an election:
    • (I) Cast more than one ballot;
    • (II) Offer to cast a ballot knowing that a ballot the voter previously returned was received; or
    • (III) During a federal election, vote in this state and another state.
  • (b) A voter who violates this subsection (1) upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111.

• (2) Nothing in this section prohibits a voter from voting in a special district election as a property owner in accordance with article 13.5 of this title or part 8 of article 1 of title 32, C.R.S.

Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 32, eff. 3/1/2022.

Amended by 2021 Ch. 282, § 68, eff. 6/21/2021.

Amended by 2016 Ch. 173, § 71, eff. 5/18/2016.

Amended by 2013 Ch. 185, § 120, eff. 5/10/2013.

L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 434, § 1, effective 1/1/1981. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 853, § 87, effective July 1. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 748, p. 748, § 120, effective May 10. L. 2016: Entire section amended, (SB 16-142), ch. 589, p. 589, § 71, effective May 18.

(1) This section is similar to former §§ 1-13-137 and 1-30-101 as they existed prior to 1980.

(2) Amendments to subsection (1) by SB 21-250 and SB 21-271 were harmonized, effective March 1, 2022.

2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).

In 2013, this section was amended by the "Voter Access and Modernized Elections Act". For the short title and the legislative declaration, see sections 1 and 2 of chapter 185, Session Laws of Colorado 2013.