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CO HB1354

Bill

Status

Failed

4/27/2015

Primary Sponsor

Dominick Moreno

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Origin

House of Representatives

2015 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Allows unaffiliated electors to vote in a major political party's primary election without formally affiliating with that party by declaring their choice to election judges.

  • Requires all political parties participating in primary elections to place their candidates on a single combined ballot for use by unaffiliated voters, with clear visual separation between parties and candidates grouped by office sought.

  • Permits political parties to change from primary election nomination to convention-based nomination for all offices if approved by three-fourths vote of convention membership.

  • Allows minor political parties to prohibit unaffiliated electors from voting in their primary elections if such prohibition is part of the party's constitution, bylaws, or rules, with 60-day advance notice to the secretary of state.

  • Enables election officials to declare a sole candidate of a major political party as the party nominee for the general election without holding a primary if only one candidate is affiliated with that party as of 60 days before the primary election.

Legislative Description

Selection Of Candidates By Primary Elections

Last Action

House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely

4/27/2015

Committee Referrals

State, Veterans, and Military Affairs4/13/2015

Full Bill Text

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