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§ 1-13-5-1401 — Colorado Law | CourtGPT
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  8. § 1-13-5-1401
Colorado Legal Code
(1) The election of any person declared duly elected to any local government office may be contested by any eligible elector of the local government on the following grounds:(a) The contestee is not eligible for the office to which he or she has been declared elected;(b) Illegal votes have been received, or legal votes rejected, at the polls in sufficient numbers to change the results;(c) An error or mistake was made by any of the election judges, the designated election official, or the canvass board in counting or declaring the result of the election, if the error or mistake was sufficient to change the result;(d) Malconduct, fraud, or corruption occurred on the part of the election judges in any polling place, a canvass board member, or any designated election official or his or her assistant, if the malconduct, fraud, or corruption was sufficient to change the result; or(e) For any other cause that shows that another candidate was the legally elected person.Added by 2014 Ch. 2,§ 6, eff. 2/18/2014.L. 2014: Entire article added, (HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 54, § 6, effective February 18.

§ 1-13-5-1401

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