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1-13-709.6. Residence – conspiring to give false information – penalty

Statute

Any person who knowingly aids or abets an elector in planning or committing the offense of knowingly giving false information regarding the elector’s place of present residence described in section 1-13-709.5 commits a class 6 felony and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401, C.R.S.

 

Source: L. 2014: Entire section added, (SB 14-161), ch. 160, p. 567, § 28, effective May 9.

Editor’s note: Section 34 of chapter 160 (SB 14-161), Session Laws of Colorado 2014, provides that the act adding this section applies to elections conducted on or after May 9, 2014.

Definition [Person]

Any natural person, partnership, committee, association, corporation, labor organization, political party, or other organization or group of persons. Section 2(11) of article XXVIII of the state constitution.

Definition [Section]

A bound compilation of initiative forms approved by the secretary of state, which shall include pages that contain the warning required by section 1-40-110 (1), the ballot title, the abstract required by section 1-40-110 (3), and a copy of the proposed measure; succeeding pages that contain the warning, the ballot title, and ruled lines numbered consecutively for registered electors’ signatures; and a final page that contains the affidavit required by section 1-40-111 (2). Each section shall be consecutively prenumbered by the petitioner prior to circulation.

Definition [Election]

Any election under the “Uniform Election Code of 1992” or the “Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965”, article 10 of title 31, C.R.S. C.R.S. § 1-7.5-103.