Colorado Code § 31-10-703

Sample ballots, ballot labels, and cards of instruction
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(1) Sample ballots
shall be printed and in the possession of the clerk ten days before the election and shall be
subject to public inspection. The sample ballots shall be arranged in the form of a diagram
showing the front of the voting machine as it will appear after the official ballot labels are
arranged thereon for voting on election day. Such sample ballots may be either in full or reduced
size. The clerk shall provide at least two sample ballots for each election precinct, to be
delivered to the judges of election and posted in the polling place on election day.
(2) The clerk shall also prepare and place on each voting machine to be used in election
precincts under the clerk's supervision a set of official ballot labels arranged in the manner
prescribed for the official election ballot to be used on voting machines. When there is more than
one person to be elected to an office, there shall be provided two, and only two, spaces for write-
in purposes for each different office. No cross mark (X) shall be required opposite the name of a
write-in candidate. Candidate names shall be arranged by lot as prescribed by the municipal
clerk under the designation of the office. The clerk shall deliver the required number of voting
machines, equipped with the official ballot, to each election precinct no later than the day prior
to the day of election.
(3) Cards of instruction for the guidance of voters in casting their ballots on voting
machines shall also be supplied by the clerk as provided in section 31-10-906.

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