Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-1512

Current through Acts effective through 7/1/2024 of the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 31-10-1512 - Destroying, removing, or delaying delivery of ballots and other election papers

Any person who willfully destroys or defaces any ballot or tally sheet, or who willfully delays the delivery of the ballots, tally sheets, registration book or list, or pollbook, or who conceals or removes any ballot, ballot box, or tally sheet from the polling place or from the possession of the person authorized by law to have the custody thereof, or who aids, counsels, procures, or assists any person in doing any of said acts commits a class 2 misdemeanor.

C.R.S. § 31-10-1512

Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 515, 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, § 515, effective 3/1/2022.

(1) This section is similar to former § 31-10-1312 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).