NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 4/12/2012.
      
      
      SENATE BILL 12-062
      
      
      BY SENATOR(S) Williams S., Aguilar, Bacon, Boyd, Carroll, Foster,
      Giron, Guzman, Heath, Jahn, Newell, Schwartz, Tochtrop;
      also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Looper, Acree, Balmer, Barker, Beezley,
      Casso, Court, Fields, Fischer, Gardner B., Gerou, Hamner, Holbert,
      Hullinghorst, Jones, Joshi, Kagan, Kefalas, Kerr A., Kerr J., Labuda, Lee,
      Liston, Massey, Nikkel, Pabon, Pace, Priola, Ramirez, Ryden, Schafer S.,
      Scott, Soper, Stephens, Szabo, Todd, Vigil, Wilson, Young, McNulty.
      
      
      Concerning procedures that facilitate voting by military
           personnel.
      
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 1-1-104, add (19.5) (a)
      (XII) as follows:
      
           1-1-104.  Definitions.  As used in this code, unless the context
      otherwise requires:
      
           (19.5) (a)  "Identification" means:
      
           (XII)  A valid veteran identification card issued by the
      United States department of veterans affairs veterans health
      administration with a photograph of the eligible elector.
      
           SECTION 2.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 1-5.5-101, amend (1)
      introductory portion and (4); and repeal (5) as follows:
      
           1-5.5-101.  Pilot program - internet voting system - absent
      uniformed services elector - secretary of state - fund - rules. (1)  Subject
      to the availability of funds pursuant to subsection (4) of this section, The
      secretary of state, in coordination with the county clerk and recorders, shall
      develop an internet-based voting pilot program to facilitate voting by absent
      uniformed services electors serving outside the United States commencing
      with the general election held in 2012. The secretary of state shall select one
      or more political subdivisions to participate in the pilot program. The
      internet-based voting system developed for use by political subdivisions that
      participate in the pilot program shall:
      
           (4)  There is hereby created in the state treasury the internet-based
      voting pilot program fund to provide for the direct and indirect costs
      associated with implementing this article. The fund shall consist of
      consists of any moneys appropriated by the general assembly to
      the fund and any gifts, grants, and donations to the fund from private or
      public sources for the purposes of this article. All private and public funds
      received through gifts, grants, and donations shall be transmitted to the state
      treasurer, who shall credit the same to the fund. Moneys in the fund shall be
      subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly to the department
      of state for the purposes specified in this article. Any unexpended and
      unencumbered moneys remaining in the fund at the end of any fiscal year
      shall remain in the fund and shall not be transferred to the general fund or
      any other fund.
      
           (5)  Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (1), (2), and (3)
      of this section, the department of state shall not implement the
      internet-based voting system until sufficient gifts, grants, and donations are
      obtained to cover the costs of implementing the system.
      
           SECTION 3.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 1-8.3-108, add (7) as
      follows:
      
           1-8.3-108.  Methods of applying for ballot - definition.
      (7) (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a
      covered voter in a hostile fire zone may provide to an officer,
      either verbally or in writing, the information required for the
      covered voter to apply for a ballot, and the officer may submit an
      application for a ballot on behalf of the covered voter. A county
      clerk and recorder shall accept an unsigned federal postcard
      application or an unsigned letter of application for a ballot that
      meets the requirements of this section if the officer submits with
      the application a signed statement that the covered voter in a
      hostile fire zone provided to the officer, either verbally or in
      writing, the information required to apply for a ballot.
      
           (b)  As used in this subsection (7), "covered voter in a hostile
      fire zone" means a covered voter, as that term is defined in section
      1-8.3-102 (2) (a), who is located in an area that is designated as
      hostile fire zone by the United States secretary of defense at the
      time he or she makes the request for a ballot.
      
           SECTION 4.  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.
      
      
      
      
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      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