Any election official or other person who knowingly violates article 7.5 or 13.5 of this title relative to the casting of mail ballots or who aids or abets fraud in connection with any vote cast, to be cast, or attempted to be cast by a mail voter shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than eighteen months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 438, § 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 1436, § 125, effective July 1. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 854, § 89, effective July 1. L. 2007: Entire section amended, p. 1797, § 69, effective June 1. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 749, § 127, effective May 10. L. 2014: Entire section amended, (HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 74, § 43, effective February 18.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 1-13-148 as it existed prior to 1980.
Cross references: (1) In 2013, this section was amended by the "Voter Access and Modernized Elections Act". For the short title and the legislative declaration, see sections 1 and 2 of chapter 185, Session Laws of Colorado 2013.
(2) For the legislative declaration in HB 14-1164, see section 1 of chapter 2, Session Laws of Colorado 2014.