SB14-158 Summary

• Harmonizes Colorado's recall election statutes with Article XXI of the state constitution to align with modern voting practices, specifically mail ballot elections and voter participation standards.

• Requires all recall elections be conducted as mail ballot elections with mandatory voter service and polling centers (one per 30,000 active registered electors, minimum one per district).

• Redefines "date for holding the election" as the first day recall ballots are available to electors at voter service centers or accepted for processing, rather than a single election day.

• Changes the timeline for setting recall elections from 45-75 days after petition sufficiency to 30-60 days, and requires successor candidate nomination petitions be filed 15 calendar days (instead of 10) prior to the election date.

• Aligns recall petition circulator requirements and affidavit standards with initiative and referendum petition rules under sections 1-40-111 to 1-40-113, and allows petitions to be amended once after an insufficiency determination to collect additional signatures.