(1) The secretary or secretary's designee of any tribal council of an Indian tribe located on a federal reservation serves as a deputy registrar only for registration purposes for the county in which the reservation is located. The secretary of the tribal council or the secretary's designee shall register any eligible elector residing in any precinct in the county who provides a complete voter registration application to the secretary of the tribal council at any time during which registration is permitted in the office of the county clerk and recorder. The secretary of the tribal council shall forward the registration records to the county clerk and recorder, either in person or by certified mail, on or before the fifteenth day of each month; except that, within twenty-two days before an election, the secretary of the tribal council shall appear in person or transmit daily to deliver any registration records to the county clerk and recorder. Within eight days before an election, the secretary of the tribal council shall accept an application and inform the applicant that he or she must go to a voter service and polling center in order to vote in that election.
(2) An eligible elector who lives on an Indian reservation, but who does not have a residence address recognized by the United States postal service, may register to vote using, as his or her residence address, the address of the tribal council headquarters or any other address approved by the secretary of the tribal council.
Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 640, § 2, effective January 1, 1993. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 1398, § 15, effective July 1. L. 2016: Entire section amended, (SB 16-142), ch. 173, p. 568, § 9, effective May 18. L. 2019: Entire section amended, (HB 19-1278), ch. 326, p. 3006, § 5, effective August 2.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 1-2-202.5 as it existed prior to 1992.
Cross references: For the short title ("Colorado Votes Act") in HB 19-1278, see section 1 of chapter 326, Session Laws of Colorado 2019.