Section 31-10-1528 - Inducing defective ballot

Any person who willfully causes a ballot to misstate in any way the wishes of the voter casting the same or who causes any other deceit to be practiced with intent fraudulently to induce such voter to deposit a defective ballot so as to have the ballot thrown out and not counted commits a class 2 misdemeanor.Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 531, eff. 3/1/2022.L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1074, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3254, p. 3254, § 531, effective 3/1/2022.This section is similar to former § 31-10-1328 as it existed prior to 1975. 2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).