Title
Ordinance No. 16-102 amending Article 1 (General Municipal Elections) of Chapter 5 (Elections) of the Code of the City of Colorado Springs 2001, as amended, pertaining to elections
Presenter:
Sarah B. Johnson, City Clerk
Britt Haley, City Attorney's Office
Body
Summary:
This proposed ordinance implements the updates to the Conduct of Elections provisions of the City Code needed to comply with recent changes to the Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965 (Title 31). Those changes are summarized below.
Section Update
? 5.1.111 Moves the existing mail ballot election provisions from their current position at the end of this article to earlier position in the article.
?? 5.1.103, 5.1.106 & 5.1.107 Aligns timelines associated with various candidate activities with recent changes to state law.
? 5.1.113 Moves the pre-election process provisions from the end of the article to prior to mail ballot elections portion.
? 5.1.113 Adds designation of a location for an accessible voting mechanism to the mail ballot plan.
? 5.1.119 Moves absentee voting provisions to better order in the city code, placed directly after receipt and qualification of ballots provisions. Updates provisions to align with changes to state law for military and overseas voters, and concerning post-election ballot verification.
? 5.1.127 Aligns certification of ballot deadlines with recently adopted state legislation. Changed the time to certify the list of candidates and ballot questions from 45 days to 61 prior to the election and changed the publication of notice of election requirement from 10 to 25 days prior to the election.
? 5.1.129 Aligns Mayoral runoff election provision with updated general municipal election provisions for military and overseas voters, and concerning post-election ballot verification.
? 5.1.201 Permits the City Clerk to appoint additional election judges.
? 5.1.201 Aligns election judge requirements with state law.
? 5.1.202 Struck reduced compe...
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