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      SENATE BILL 11-057
      
      
      BY SENATOR(S) Harvey, Grantham;
      also REPRESENTATIVE(S) McNulty, Barker, Gerou, Holbert, Kerr J.,
      Looper, Massey, Murray, Nikkel, Priola, Summers.
      
      
      Concerning the designation of which eligible electors residing in
           a metropolitan district must automatically receive mail-in
           ballots from the designated election official for a
           metropolitan district mail ballot election.
      
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  32-1-805 (5) (b), Colorado Revised Statutes, is
      amended, and the said 32-1-805 (5) is further amended BY THE
      ADDITION OF THE FOLLOWING NEW PARAGRAPHS, to read:
      
           32-1-805.  Time for holding elections - type of election - manner
      of election - notice - permanent mail-in voters.  (5) (b)  In an election
      conducted by the board of a metropolitan district having fewer than
      ten thousand registered electors, the designated election official shall
      mail a mail-in ballot to each eligible elector on the list provided to the
      designated election official pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (5).
      
           (b.5)  The board of a metropolitan district having ten
      thousand or more registered electors may instruct the
      designated election official to mail a mail-in ballot to each
      eligible elector on the list provided pursuant to paragraph (a) of
      this subsection (5).  Alternatively, the board may choose to
      instruct the designated election official to only mail a mail-in
      ballot to each eligible elector:
      
           (I)  Whose name appeared on the list provided to the
      designated election official pursuant to paragraph (a) of this
      subsection (5) who returned a mail-in ballot in one of the two most
      recent metropolitan district elections; and
      
           (II)  Who requests, either in person or in writing, a mail-in
      ballot for the metropolitan district election.
      
           (b.7)  If a metropolitan district chooses not to deliver a
      mail-in ballot to an elector because the elector has not returned
      a mail-in ballot in the two most recent metropolitan district
      elections as specified in subparagraph (I) of paragraph (b.5) of this
      section, the metropolitan district shall mail to the elector by
      forwardable mail, no later than forty-five days before the
      metropolitan district election, a postcard notice.  The postcard
      notice shall include but not be limited to:
      
           (I)  A statement informing the elector that the elector may
      cast a ballot in person at any polling place in the metropolitan
      district;
      
           (II)  A statement that the elector may request a mail ballot
      for the election by contacting the designated election official by
      phone, mail, electronic mail, or in person;
      
           (III)  Contact information for the designated election
      official including but not limited to a phone number, physical
      address, and electronic mail address; and
      
           (IV)  The location of any polling place where an elector may
      cast a ballot in person.
      
           SECTION 2.  Safety clause.  The general assembly hereby finds,
      determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
      preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      Brandon C. Shaffer                      Frank McNulty
      PRESIDENT OF                     SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      Cindi L. Markwell                      Marilyn Eddins
      SECRETARY OF                 CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
                  APPROVED________________________________________
      
      
      
      
      
                                    _________________________________________
                                    John W. Hickenlooper
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO