Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-705

Current through Chapter 519 of the 2024 Legislative Session and Chapter 2 of the 2024 First Extraordinary Session

Section 1-13-705 - Personating elector

Any person who falsely personates any elector and votes at any election provided by law under the name of such elector commits a class 1 misdemeanor.

C.R.S. § 1-13-705

Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 27, eff. 3/1/2022.

L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 433, § 1, effective 1/1/1981. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 853, § 85, effective July 1.

(1) This section is similar to former §§ 1-13-136 and 1-30-122 as they existed prior to 1980.

(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).