Section 31-10-1518 - Delivering and receiving ballots at polls(1) No voter shall receive an official ballot from any person except one of the judges of election, and no person other than a judge of election shall deliver an official ballot to a voter.(2) No person except a judge of election shall receive from any voter a ballot prepared for voting.(3) Any voter who does not vote the ballot received by him shall return his ballot to the judge of election from whom he received the same before leaving the polling place.(4) Each violation of the provisions of this section is a class 2 misdemeanor.Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 521, eff. 3/1/2022.L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1072, § 1, effective July 1. L. 81: (1) to (3) amended, p. 1507, § 33, effective July 1. L. 2021: (4) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3253, p. 3253, § 521, effective 3/1/2022.(1) This section is similar to former § 31-10-1318 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).