COLORADO SECRETARY OF STATE

8 CCR 1505-1
Election Rules

Rules as Adopted – Redline
August 22, 2018

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[Current 8 CCR 1505-1 is amended as follows:]
Permanent adoption of New Rule 2.3.2(a)(4), temporary adopted on 7/31/2018 under CCR Tracking #2018-00375) concerning acceptable identification:
2.3.2	As used in section 1-1-104(19.5), C.R.S., government document means a document issued by a city, county, state, or federal government.
(a)	A government document includes:
(4)	Written correspondence from the county sheriff or his or her designee to the county clerk indicating that the elector is confined in a county jail or detention facility.
New Rule 2.9 concerning registered electors absent from the state (renumbering and permanent adoption of Rule 2.18, temporary adopted on 5/16/2018, under CCR Tracking #2018-00215):
2.18 2.9	Registered electors absent from the state
2.18.1 2.9.1	A registered elector who is absent from the state but who maintains Colorado residency is eligible to be registered and to vote without holding a property interest in a fixed habitation in the state.
2.18.2 2.9.2	An absent elector’s voter registration address is the elector’s last residence address or the address the elector intends to return to in the state.  
[Not shown: re-numbering Current Rules 2.9-2.17 as Rules 2.10-2.18]
Permanent adoption of New Rule 2.19, concerning voter registration at county jails, temporarily adopted on 7/31/2018 under CCR Tracking #2018-00375:
2.19	Registration of electors who are confined in a county jail or detention facility
2.19.1	Before each election, beginning with the 2018 general election, the county clerk must make efforts to coordinate with the sheriff or his or her designee at each county jail or detention center in the county to provide confined eligible individuals an opportunity to register to vote. 
New Rule 7.4 concerning ballot transmission to county jails and detention facilities (renumbering and permanent adoption of Rule 7.17, temporarily adopted on 7/31/2018 under CCR Tracking #2018-00375):
7.17 7.4	Beginning in the 2018 general election, the county clerk must make efforts to coordinate with the sheriff or his or her designee at each county jail or detention center to facilitate voting for all confined eligible electors. 
7.17.1 7.4.1	The county clerk must describe the following in its mail ballot plan:
(a)	How the county clerk will provide each county jail or detention center voter information materials consistent with materials provided to non-confined eligible electors, including at a minimum a list of acceptable forms of identification under section 1-1-104(19.5), C.R.S., and the information required by sections 1-40-124.5 and 1-40-125, C.R.S.
(b)	The process by which the county clerk and the sheriff or his or her designee will facilitate voter registration, and delivery and retrieval of mail ballots for confined eligible electors. 
Permanent adoption of New Rule 7.7.5 (temporary adopted on 4/25/2018 under CCR Tracking #2018-00179):
7.7.5	The county clerk must accept any completed cure form for a missing or discrepant signature, or a missing ID, that the county receives by 11:59 pm MT on the eighth day after the election.