§ C.R.S. § 1-3-102Precinct caucuses

(1) (a) (I) Precinct committeepersons and delegates to
county assemblies must be elected at precinct caucuses that must be held in a public place or in a
private home that is open to the public during the caucus in or proximate to each precinct at a
time and place to be fixed by the county central committee or executive committee of each
political party. The precinct caucuses must be held in each even-numbered year on a date no
earlier than the first Tuesday in March and no later than the first Saturday after the first Tuesday
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in March. The county central committee shall notify the secretary of state and the clerk and
recorder of each county in the state of the precinct caucus date on or before January 2 of the year
in which the election is held.
(II) and (III) Repealed.
(b) Any private home in which a precinct caucus is to be held shall be accessible to
persons with disabilities in accordance with the rules of the county central committee or
executive committee of each political party. The rules shall specify guidelines for determining
whether a private home is accessible to persons with disabilities for purposes of this subsection
(1) and for determining controversies regarding such accessibility.
(2) (a) The participants at the precinct caucus shall also elect two precinct
committeepersons. Any person eighteen years of age or older, or a person sixteen years of age or
older who is preregistered to vote, may be a candidate for the office of precinct committeeperson
if he or she has been a resident of the precinct for twenty-two days and has been affiliated with
the political party holding the precinct caucus for a period of at least twenty-two days preceding
the date of the precinct caucus; except that any person who has attained the age of eighteen
years, has attained the age of sixteen years and has preregistered to vote, or who has become a
naturalized citizen during the twenty-two days immediately preceding the precinct caucus may
be a candidate for the office of precinct committeeperson even though he or she has been
affiliated with the political party for less than twenty-two days as shown in the statewide voter
registration system. The two people receiving the highest number of votes at the caucus for
precinct committeeperson are elected as the precinct committeepersons of the precinct. If two or
more candidates for precinct committeeperson receive an equal and the second highest number
of votes, or if three or more candidates receive an equal and the highest number of votes, the
election must be determined by lot by those candidates. All disputes regarding the election of
precinct committeepersons are determined by the credentials committees of the respective party
assemblies. The names of the committeepersons elected must be certified to the county assembly
of the political party by the officers of the caucus. The presiding officer and secretary of the
county assembly shall file a certified list of the names and addresses, by precinct, of those
persons elected as precinct committeepersons with the county clerk and recorder within four
days after the date of the county assembly.
(b) Within ten days after the boundaries of an existing precinct are changed or a new
precinct is created, the members of the party county central committee vacancy committee shall
select members to fill the vacancies for precinct committeepersons.
(c) Repealed.
(d) The person elected as committeeperson at the caucus shall assume the office
immediately following the caucus. Causes for removal of the elected committeeperson from
office shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(I) In the case of removal by the credentials committee at the county assembly, the
person does not meet the qualifications for committeeperson;
(II) In the case of removal by the county central committee, the person has moved from
the precinct or has changed affiliation.
(III) Repealed.
(3) and (4) Repealed.
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(5) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, a participant at a precinct caucus may
participate remotely, including casting the participant's vote by e-mail, mail, telephone, or
through an internet-based application if allowed by the party's rules.
July 1, 2002. (See L. 2002, p. 132.)
(4) This section was amended by initiative in 2016. The vote count on Proposition 107 at
the general election held November 8, 2016, was as follows:
FOR: 1,701,599
AGAINST: 953,246