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Signature requirements for:

Major Party Candidate Petitions
Minor Party Candidate Petitions
Unaffiliated and RTD Candidate Petitions

 

Primary Election: Major Party Candidate Petitions

Office	Signatures Required
Attorney General	1500 per congressional district
County Offices	20% of votes cast *
CU Regent, At-Large	1500 per congressional district
CU Regent, District	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.

 

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, At-Large	1000 or 2% of votes cast (whichever is less) *
CU Regent, District	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.]

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General Election: Unaffiliated and RTD 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, At-Large	1000 or 2% of votes cast (whichever is less) *
CU Regent, District	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.]

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