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General signature requirements for:

Major Party Candidate Petition
Minor Party Candidate Petition
Unaffiliated Candidate Petition

 

 

 

General: Major Party Candidate Petitions

Office	Signatures Required
Attorney General	1500 per congressional district
County Offices	20% of votes cast *
CU Regent	1000 or 30% of votes cast * (whichever is less)
District Attorney	1000 or 30% of votes cast * (whichever is less)
Governor	1500 per congressional district
Secretary of State	1500 per congressional district
State Board of Education	1000 or 30% of votes cast * (whichever is less)
State Representative	1000 or 30% of votes cast * (whichever is less)
State Senator	1000 or 30% of votes cast * (whichever is less)
State Treasurer	1500 per congressional district
US Representative	1000 or 30% of votes cast * (whichever is less)
US Senator	1500 per congressional district
* The votes cast in the previous primary election for that office. If there was no primary, calculate based on votes cast in most recent general election for that office.

 

General: Minor Party Candidate Petitions

Office	Signatures Required
Attorney General	1000 or 2% of votes cast (whichever is less) *
County Offices	750 or 2% of votes cast (whichever is less) *
CU Regent	800 or 2% of votes cast (whichever is less) *
District Attorney	650 or 2% of votes cast (whichever is less) *
Governor	1000 or 2% of votes cast (whichever is less) *
Secretary of State	1000 or 2% of votes cast (whichever is less) *
State Board of Education	800 or 2% of votes cast (whichever is less) *
State Representative	400 or 2% of votes cast (whichever is less) *
State Senator	600 or 2% of votes cast (whichever is less) *
State Treasurer	1000 or 2% of votes cast (whichever is less) *
US Representative	800 or 2% of votes cast (whichever is less) *
US Senator	1000 or 2% of votes cast (whichever is less) *
* Votes cast for all candidates for that office in the most recent general election. [1-4-802(1)(c), C.R.S.]

 

General: Unaffiliated Candidate Petitions

Office	Signatures Required
Attorney General	1000 or 2% of votes cast (whichever is less) *
County Offices	750 or 2% of votes cast (whichever is less) *
CU Regent	800 or 2% of votes cast (whichever is less) *
District Attorney	650 or 2% of votes cast (whichever is less) *
Governor	1000 or 2% of votes cast (whichever is less) *
RTD Director	250 within RTD District
Secretary of State	1000 or 2% of votes cast (whichever is less) *
State Board of Education	800 or 2% of votes cast (whichever is less) *
State Representative	400 or 2% of votes cast (whichever is less) *
State Senator	600 or 2% of votes cast (whichever is less) *
State Treasurer	1000 or 2% of votes cast (whichever is less) *
US Representative	800 or 2% of votes cast (whichever is less) *
US Senator	1000 or 2% of votes cast (whichever is less) *
* Votes cast for all candidates for that office in the most recent general election. [1-4-802(1)(c), C.R.S.]