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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-40-110 (2026)

Warning - ballot title

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(1) At the top of each page of every initiative or referendum petition section shall be printed, in a form as prescribed by the secretary of state, the following:

WARNING: IT IS AGAINST THE LAW:

For anyone to sign any initiative or referendum petition with any name other than his or her own or to knowingly sign his or her name more than once for the same measure or to knowingly sign a petition when not a registered elector who is eligible to vote on the measure.

DO NOT SIGN THIS PETITION UNLESS YOU ARE A REGISTERED ELECTOR AND ELIGIBLE TO VOTE ON THIS MEASURE. TO BE A REGISTERED ELECTOR, YOU MUST BE A CITIZEN OF COLORADO AND REGISTERED TO VOTE.

Before signing this petition, you are encouraged to read the text or the title of the proposed initiative or referred measure.

You are also encouraged to read the fiscal summary that is included at the beginning of this petition.

By signing this petition, you are indicating that you want this measure to be included on the ballot as a proposed change to the (Colorado constitution/Colorado Revised Statutes). If a sufficient number of registered electors sign this petition, this measure will appear on the ballot at the November (year) election.

(2) The ballot title for the measure shall then be printed on each page following the warning.

(3) For a petition section for a measure to be valid, the fiscal summary prepared in accordance with section 1-40-105.5 must be printed on the first page of an initiative petition section.

Source: L. 93: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 682, § 1, effective May 4. L. 95: IP(1) amended, p. 433, § 8, effective May 8. L. 2000: (1) amended, p. 1622, § 7, effective August 2. L. 2009: (1) amended, (HB 09-1326), ch. 258, p. 1172, § 8, effective May 15. L. 2015: (1) amended and (3) added, (HB 15-1057), ch. 198, p. 678, § 5, effective March 26, 2016. L. 2020: (1) and (3) amended, (HB 20-1416), ch. 232, p. 1126, § 4, effective November 1.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 1-40-106 as it existed prior to 1993, and the former § 1-40-110 was relocated to § 1-40-121 (1).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1983–2020 · leading case: Urevich v. Woodard, 667 P.2d 760 (Colo. 1983).
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Urevich v. Woodard, 667 P.2d 760 (Colo. 1983). · cites it 11× “Appellants Robin Urevich and Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) seek reversal of a decision of the Denver District Court that upheld the validity of section 1-40-110, C.R.S. 1973 (1980 Repl.”
Loonan v. Woodley, 882 P.2d 1380 (Colo. 1994). · cites it 2× “, § 1-40-110 (prescribing the text of a warning to be printed verbatim at the top of each page of every initiative or referendum petition section); § 1-40-111 (requiring inter alia that the circulators’ affidavits include a statement that “each signature thereon was affixed in…”
In re the Title, Ballot Title, & Submission Clause Approved February 2, 1994, Respecting the Proposed Initiated Constitutional Amendment Concerning Ltd. Gaming in the City of Antonito, 873 P.2d 733 (Colo. 1994). “See § 1-40-110(2) (ballot title must be printed on each page of petition).”
Matter of Proposed Initiated Const. Amend., 873 P.2d 733 (Colo. 1994). “See § 1-40-110(2) (ballot title must be printed on each page of petition).”
Miller v. Thurston (W.D. Ark. 2020). “1987), or to pay someone to sign a petition, Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-40-110 (1980). Further, the top of each page of the petition must bear a statement printed in red ink warning potential signatories that it is a felony to forge a signature on a petition or to sign the petition…”
— Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-40-110(2) — 2 cases
In re the Title, Ballot Title, & Submission Clause Approved February 2, 1994, Respecting the Proposed Initiated Constitutional Amendment Concerning Ltd. Gaming in the City of Antonito, 873 P.2d 733 (Colo. 1994). “See § 1-40-110(2) (ballot title must be printed on each page of petition).”
Matter of Proposed Initiated Const. Amend., 873 P.2d 733 (Colo. 1994). “See § 1-40-110(2) (ballot title must be printed on each page of petition).”
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