Colorado Code § 31-10-501

Clerk to give notice
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(1) The clerk, at least ten days before each municipal
election, shall give written or printed notice of the election stating the date of the election and the
hours during which the polls will be open, designating the polling place of each precinct, stating
the qualifications of persons to vote in the election, naming the officers to be elected and the
questions to be voted upon, and listing the names of those candidates whose nominations have
been certified to him, which listing shall be as nearly as possible in the form in which such
nominations shall appear upon the official ballot with reference to wards where applicable. A
copy of such notice shall be posted until after the election in a conspicuous place in the office of
the clerk.
(2) In addition, the notice shall be published in at least one newspaper having general
circulation in the municipality. If the clerk finds it impracticable to make the publication on the
tenth day before the election day, he shall make the same on the earliest possible day before the
tenth day. The publications in any weekly newspaper shall be in the next to last issue thereof
before the day of election.
(3) All polling places shall be designated by a sign conspicuously posted at least ten
days before each municipal election. Such sign shall be substantially in the following form:
"POLLING PLACE FOR PRECINCT NO. ...". In addition, such sign shall state the date of the
next election and the hours the polling place will be open.

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