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Colorado Legislative Update - 2008 In process SB08-040 - CONCERNING ONLINE VOTER REGISTRATION. Allows a person who is qualified to vote to register to vote by completing an electronic application on the official web site of the secretary of state if the person's signature is stored in digital form in one of the databases used by the department of revenue (the databases), including ... KILLED SB08-048 - CONCERNING THE REGULATION OF POLITICAL TELEPHONE SOLICITATIONS. Prohibits political telephone solicitations made by automatic dialing machines or by paid political solicitors to anyone in Colorado or registered to vote in Colorado, except on the basis of a preexisting relationship formed prior to the call. Exempts bona fide candidates,
officeholders, and political parties that make calls to announce town meetings, fund-raisers, and other events of interest to existing constituents and supporters. In process SB08-0155 - CONCERNING THE CENTRALIZATION OF THE MANAGEMENT OF STATE AGENCY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES IN THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.
Transfers the rights, powers, duties, and functions of the following state agencies to the office of information technology (office) in the governor's office: (1) The general government computer center, from the department of personnel; (2) Telecommunications coordination, from the department of personnel; (3) State archives and public records, from the department of personnel; (4) The office of the chief information security officer, within the governor's office. Limits the office's oversight to IT in the executive branch agencies and not the legislative or judicial departments. ... eliminates the provisions governing and distinguishing major automation system development projects. Exempts emergency acquisitions or purchases of IT resources by the office from the state procurement code. Authorizes the office to promulgate rules specifying the criteria for such acquisitions and purchases. ... KILLED SB08-189 - CONCERNING CONDUCTING THE ELECTIONS IN 2008 PRIMARILY BY PAPER BALLOT, AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. Makes the following changes to laws governing the conduct of elections in 2008:
States that the 2008 primary and general elections shall be conducted primarily by paper ballot or paper ballot card, subject to the requirements of state and federal law regarding accessibility for individuals with disabilities. ... Permits the use of a certified voting device with which an elector marks a paper ballot card. Permits the use of certified electronic vote-tabulating equipment to count paper ballots or paper ballot cards. ... Allows a political subdivision to purchase a voting system or voting equipment in 2008 that meets the voting systems standards promulgated in 2002. ... Requires the county conducting an election to pay the cost of returning a mail-in ballot in the primary or general election in 2008. ... Allows watchers designated by political parties, candidates, and issue committees to observe the counting of mail-in and early ballots. Directs the secretary of state to establish a transparent process for other eligible electors to observe the counting of ballots, including mail-in and early ballots. ... Allows a designated election official to begin counting mail-in and early voters' ballots as soon as the ballots are received. ... Directs the secretary of state to convene an election audit and recount working group ... Requires each precinct polling place to have a paper or other noncomputerized copy of the registration book or a copy of the elector registration records stored electronically at the polling place. ... Requires that the results of voting at vote centers and by early voting be reported by precinct in partisan elections held on and after January 1, 2009, and in all elections held on and after January 1, 2010. States that the official abstract of votes shall indicate voter turnout in each county as a percentage of the total number of registered voters rather than active registered voters. In process SB08-198 - CONCERNING REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING.
In creating congressional districts, directs the general assembly to: Utilize factors already specified for judicial review of redistricting plans; Not purposely favor or discriminate against any political party or group; Create competitive districts to the extent practicable; Conduct no fewer than 12 public hearings throughout the state on proposed redistricting plans; Make redistricting data and mapmaking tools available to the public in at least one location in each congressional district; and Allow for the submission of redistricting maps, recommendations, and inquiries from the public.
In process HB08-1003 - CONCERNING A SPECIAL CONGRESSIONAL VACANCY ELECTION FOR PURPOSES OF CONTINUITY IN REPRESENTATION UPON THE DECLARATION OF THE SPEAKER OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PURSUANT TO 2 U.S.C. SEC. 8 Directs that the governor issue a proclamation setting a day to hold a special congressional vacancy election ...
SIGNED BY GOVERNOR HB08-1008 - CONCERNING A REQUIREMENT THAT NOTICE BE PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE FILING OF A PETITION FOR MUNICIPAL INCORPORATION. Whenever the number of registered electors within the territory that is the subject of a petition for municipal incorporation is less than a specified number of persons, requires notice ... KILLED HB08-1039 - CONCERNING A REQUIREMENT THAT IDENTIFICATION USED FOR ELECTION-RELATED PURPOSES CONTAIN A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ELIGIBLE ELECTOR. Specifies that the identification used for election-related purposes shall contain a photograph of the eligible elector. In process HB08-1041 - CONCERNING THE ENFORCEMENT OF LEGAL REQUIREMENTS PERTAINING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE. Authorizes any person who believes that a violation of either any provision of the secretary of state rules concerning campaign and political finance (rules) or any provision of the state "Fair Campaign Practices Act" (FCPA) has occurred to file a written complaint with the secretary of state ... In process HB08-1128 - CONCERNING THE VERIFICATION OF SIGNATURES OF ELECTORS, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, AUTHORIZING THE USE OF SIGNATURE VERIFICATION DEVICES. In a statewide primary or general election or a coordinated mail ballot election, requires election judges to compare an elector's signature on the return envelope of a mail-in ballot or mail ballot with the elector's signature in the statewide voter registration system instead of the one on file in the office of the county clerk and recorder. Authorizes the designated election official to allow an election judge to use a signature verification device to compare the signatures. States that the signature on the return envelope is deemed verified if the signature verification device determines that the signatures match. KILLED HB08-1145 - CONCERNING EDUCATION ON FUNDAMENTAL CIVIC DOCUMENTS. Requires each education provider to provide at least 20 total hours of
classroom instruction regarding the declaration of independence and the United States constitution to 12th-grade students. SIGNED BY GOVERNOR HB08-1155 - CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO CONTINUE THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS FOR VOTING SYSTEMS RETESTED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE IN 2007. Without relaxing existing standards for voting systems, authorizes the secretary of state to amend or rescind any of the orders issued by the secretary of state on December 17, 2007, regarding the certification of voting systems. ... allows the secretary of state to require or permit additional testing of a voting system and communicate with the voting system provider and county clerks and recorders to ensure its accuracy, security, and accessibility. Directs the secretary of state to allow experienced personnel of a county clerk and recorder's office to operate the voting system during the additional testing. KILLED HB08-1177 - CONCERNING THE VERIFICATION OF A PERSON'S CITIZENSHIP FOR VOTING PURPOSES AS REFLECTED IN IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE. Requires a person who applies to register to vote to provide proof of citizenship. ... Directs the county clerk and recorder not to register a person who applies to register to vote by completing a provisional ballot affidavit until the person provides proof of citizenship. Exempts from the requirement to provide proof of citizenship a person who: - Is a registered elector as of a specified date, unless the person moves to a new county; - Moves within a county and changes the person's address on the registration record; - Changes his or her name on the registration record; - Declares, changes, or withdraws an affiliation with a political party or organization; or - Is an absent uniformed services elector or an overseas elector and applies to register by federal postcard application. In process HB08-1300 - CONCERNING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. Part XX of section 2 of chapter 466, Session Laws of Colorado 2007, is amended. In process HB08-1329 - CONCERNING PROCEDURES FOR UPDATING VOTER REGISTRATION LISTS AS APPLIED TO REGISTERED ELECTORS DEEMED INACTIVE INCONNECTION WITH MAIL BALLOT ELECTIONS. ... requires the county clerk and recorder to mail a confirmation card to any registered elector whose registration record has been marked "inactive". ... If the county clerk and recorder receives no response to the card from the elector, requires the county clerk and recorder to mark the registration record of that elector with the term "conditionally active" and send a mail ballot packet to the elector. ... If the card from the elector is returned to the county clerk and recorder as undeliverable, requires the registration records to continue to record the elector's status as "inactive". HB08-1332 CONCERNING CLARIFICATION OF THE WORK PRODUCT STATUS OF LEGISLATIVE DOCUMENTS FOR PURPOSES OF THE INSPECTION OF PUBLIC RECORDS.
For purposes of the Colorado open records act ... clarifies existing law regarding the work product status of legislative documents. In process HB08-1345 CONCERNING VACANCIES IN ELECTIVE OFFICES.
Specifies that a vacancy in the office of secretary of state, state treasurer, attorney general, regent of the university of Colorado, district attorney, or a county office shall be filled within 30 days by a vacancy committee of the same political party as the vacating officer, subject to voter approval of a constitutional amendment allowing vacancies in these offices to be filled by vacancy committees. ... Requires that the oath of office be administered to a person who has been appointed to fill a vacancy in the general assembly within 14 days after the receipt of the secretary of state's certification by the appropriate house or on the convening date of the general assembly, whichever occurs first. HB08-1378 - CONCERNING THE USE OF RANKED VOTING METHODS, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, CREATING A PILOT PROJECT ON THE USE OF VOTING METHODS THAT ALLOW VOTERS TO RANK CANDIDATES IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE, AUTHORIZING CITIES, COUNTIES, AND SPECIAL DISTRICTS TO USE RANKED VOTING, AND REQUIRING VOTING SYSTEMS TO BE READY FOR USE WITH RANKED VOTING METHODS.
Defines "ranked voting method" as a voting method, including instant runoff voting, choice voting, or proportional voting, that allows a voter to rank candidates for an office in order of preference and uses these preferences to determine the winner of the election. etc. In process HCR08-1001 - SUBMITTING TO THE REGISTERED ELECTORS OF THE STATE OF COLORADO AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 6 (2) OF ARTICLE IV, SECTION 20 (4) OF ARTICLE VI, AND SECTION 9 OF ARTICLE XIV OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, CONCERNING VACANCIES IN ELECTIVE OFFICES, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, ALLOWING POLITICAL PARTY VACANCY COMMITTEES TO APPOINT PERSONS TO FILL VACANCIES IN THE OFFICES OF STATE TREASURER, SECRETARY OF STATE, ATTORNEY GENERAL, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, AND COUNTY OFFICES WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE VACANCY.
States that a vacancy in the office of state treasurer, secretary of state, attorney general, or district attorney shall be filled by a vacancy committee of the same political party as the vacating officer within 30 days, rather than by the governor. Increases the time a vacancy committee has to fill a vacancy in the office of county commissioner from 10 to 30 days. States that a vacancy in a county office other than county commissioner shall be filled by a vacancy committee of the same political party as the vacating officer within 30 days, rather than by the board of county commissioners.
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