COLORADO SECRETARY OF STATE
8 CCR 1505-1
ELECTION RULES

Adopted Rules – Redline

April 18, 2011

Proposed additions to the current rules are reflected in small caps.  Proposed deletions from current rules are shown in stricken type.  
Rule 6.5.2(f)(1) is amended as follows:
(f)	Ballot issues from the various political subdivisions shall be ordered on the ballot as provided in section 1-5-407(5), C.R.S:
1.	Each category of referred and initiated state amendments and propositions shall be numbered and listed on the ballot in the following series:
A-Z	State Referred Constitutional Amendments	
01-99	State Initiated Constitutional Amendments	
AA-ZZ	State Referred Statutory Propositions	
101-199	State Initiated Statutory Propositions	
If a referred or initiated measure contains both a proposed constitutional and statutory change, the measure shall be ordered on the ballot as a constitutional amendment.
Rule 15.2 is amended as follows:
15.2	Petition representatives
15.2.1	No petition shall be accepted which lists proponents other than the two identified as petition representatives pursuant to section 1-40-104, C.R.S.
15.2.2	For the purposes of section 1-40-118(2.5)(a), C.R.S., the “person responsible” includes but is not necessarily limited to any person or entity who circulates a petition, or causes a petition to be circulated, and who commits, authorizes, or knowingly permits fraud as defined in sections 1-40-111(3)(a) and 1-40-135(2)(c), C.R.S., resulting in the collection of invalid signatures or petition sections.
Rule 15.3 is amended as follows:
15.3	Petition circulation
15.3.1	Proponents may begin circulating a petition for signatures at any time after the final decision of the title board, including disposition of any motion for rehearing or the expiration of the time for filing a motion for rehearing, and after the Secretary of State has approved the format of the petition as provided in section 1-40-113 (1), C.R.S., whether or not an appeal is filed with the Supreme Court pursuant to section 1-40-107 (2).  If an appeal is filed with the Supreme Court, the six-month period specified in section 1-40-108 (1) shall begin on the date that the first signature is affixed to the petition or on the date that the decision of the Supreme Court becomes final, whichever date occurs first.  Signatures shall be counted only if affixed to the petition during the period provided in this rule.
15.3.2	The petition circulator shall provide his or her permanent residence address on the circulator affidavit.  In addition, if the circulator is not a resident of Colorado as described in section 1-2-102, C.R.S., the circulator shall also provide the address in Colorado where he or she is temporarily living as of the date the affidavit is signed.
a.	For the purposes of petition circulator residence address, a homeless circulator shall provide the address or location where he or she is living as of the date the affidavit is signed.
New Rule 17.1.8 is adopted as follows:
17.1.8	Additional signatures submitted after the original filing of an initiative petition or addendum, or candidate petition shall be rejected, even if such signatures are submitted to the designated election official within the time permitted by law for the original filing.
Rule 17.3.11 is amended as follows:
17.3.11	Duplicate signatures on the same petition.  If the elector has previously signed the same petition, the first valid entry verified shall be counted, and all other entries shall be rejected.
Rule 17.3.12 is amended as follows:
17.3.12	Electors signing petitions for more than one candidate for the same office.
a.	Where an elector may sign only one petition for the same office and signs multiple petitions, the first valid entry verified on the first petition submitted to the designated election official shall be counted, and all other entries shall be rejected.
b.	Where an elector may sign more than one petition for the same office, the first signature(s) filed valid entries verified on the first petitions submitted to the designated election official, up to the maximum allowed, shall be the ones that are counted, and all other entries shall be rejected.