Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-1528

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

Section 31-10-1528 - Inducing defective ballot

Any person who willfully causes a ballot to misstate in any way the wishes of the voter casting the same or who causes any other deceit to be practiced with intent fraudulently to induce such voter to deposit a defective ballot so as to have the ballot thrown out and not counted commits a class 2 misdemeanor.

C.R.S. § 31-10-1528

Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 531, eff. 3/1/2022.

L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1074, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3254, p. 3254, § 531, effective 3/1/2022.

(1) This section is similar to former § 31-10-1328 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).