Section 31-10-1511 - Custody and delivery of ballots and other election papers(1) Any election official having charge of official ballots, tally sheets, the registration book or list, and the pollbook who destroys, conceals, or suppresses the same, except as expressly permitted by this article 10, commits a class 1 misdemeanor.(2) Any election official who has undertaken to deliver the official ballots, the tally sheets, the registration book or list, and the pollbook to the clerk and who neglects or refuses to do so within the time prescribed by law or who fails to account fully for all official ballots and other papers in the election official's charge commits a class 1 misdemeanor.Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 514, eff. 3/1/2022.L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1071, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3251, p. 3251, § 514, effective 3/1/2022.(1) This section is similar to former § 31-10-1311 as it existed prior to 1975.
(2) Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).