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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-40-114 (2026)

Petitions - not election materials - no bilingual language requirement

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The general assembly hereby determines that initiative petitions are not election materials or information covered by the federal "Voting Rights Act of 1965", and therefore are not required to be printed in any language other than English to be circulated in any county in Colorado.

Source: L. 93: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 685, § 1, effective May 4.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 1-40-107.5 (3) as it existed prior to 1993, and the former § 1-40-114 was relocated. For a detailed comparison, see the comparative tables located in the back of the index.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1988–1992 · leading case: In Re Title, Ballot Title & Submission Clause, & Summary, Including the Estimate of Fiscal Impact & Explanation Thereof, Pertaining to the Increase of Taxes on Tobacco Prods. Initiative Adopted on March 2, 1988, 756 P.2d 995 (Colo. 1988).
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In Re Title, Ballot Title & Submission Clause, & Summary, Including the Estimate of Fiscal Impact & Explanation Thereof, Pertaining to the Increase of Taxes on Tobacco Prods. Initiative Adopted on March 2, 1988, 756 P.2d 995 (Colo. 1988). · cites it 4× “The General Assembly has provided for the publication of all proposed initiatives in section 1-40-114, IB C.R.S. (1980), which requires the Secretary of State to cause to be published in two *999 issues of every legal newspaper a “true copy of the title and text” of each…”
Matter of Proposed Constitutional Amend., 757 P.2d 132 (Colo. 1988). “§ 1-40-114(1), 1B C.R.S. (1980). The summary, along with "a complete copy of what is proposed to be initiated," must appear on petitions to have the initiative placed on the ballot.”
Montero v. Meyer, 790 F. Supp. 1531 (D. Colo. 1992). · cites it 2× “XXIII, § 1; Colo.Rev. Stat. § 1-40-114. That publication, however, comes well after the time limit for a registered elector to assert a challenge to a measure’s title, submission clause and summary.”
— Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-40-114(1) — 2 cases
In Re Title, Ballot Title & Submission Clause, & Summary, Including the Estimate of Fiscal Impact & Explanation Thereof, Pertaining to the Increase of Taxes on Tobacco Prods. Initiative Adopted on March 2, 1988, 756 P.2d 995 (Colo. 1988). “The General Assembly has provided for the publication of all proposed initiatives in section 1-40-114, IB C.R.S. (1980), which requires the Secretary of State to cause to be published in two *999 issues of every legal newspaper a “true copy of the title and text” of each…”
Matter of Proposed Constitutional Amend., 757 P.2d 132 (Colo. 1988). “§ 1-40-114(1), 1B C.R.S. (1980). The summary, along with "a complete copy of what is proposed to be initiated," must appear on petitions to have the initiative placed on the ballot.”
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