The ELECTION LAWS

OF THE

STATE OF COLORADO. haws,

ANNOTATED

Primary and General

AMENDED TO JUNE 1st, 1921,
AND GOVERNING ELECTIONS
OF 1921 and 1922

COLORADO

Published by Authority of
CARL S. MILLIKEN
Secretary of State

Revised by

VICTOR E. KEYES

Attorney General

SAMUEL CHUTKOW
Assistant Attorney General

EAMES BROTHERS, STATE PRINTERS

DENVER, COLORADO

1922

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1922

The various constitutional and statutory provisions in this pamphlet have been annotated by the addition of the syllabi of Colorado decisions interpreting them. While we do not offer these annotations as a full and complete digest of the decisions, we think that sufficient has been set forth to make them of substantial service to the users of the pamphlet.

The sections bear the numbers of the same sections in the Revised Statutes of Colorado of 1908, except where law was passed subsequent to 1908.

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CARL S. MILLIKEN,

Secretary of State.

Denver, Colorado, June 1, 1921.

SECTIONS OF

THE CONSTITUTION

of the

STATE OF COLORADO

Concerning Elections

[Adopted in Convention, March 14, 1876, and Amendments adopted to April 7, 1919.]

Section 1.

ARTICLE II-BILL OF RIGHTS.

Vestment of political power. That all political power is vested in and derived from the people; that all government, of right, originates from the people, is founded upon their will only, and is instituted solely for the good of the whole.

1. This section and section 2 of this Article expresses the fundamental principles of our free institutions, to the effect that the powers of civil government are "vested in and derived from the people" of the state, subject to the constitution of the United States. DeVotie vs. McGerr, 14 Colo.. 577, 583. 2. The registration acts (L. '05, page 188 and L. '07, page 374) do not relate to local or municipal affairs and the provisions authorizing the county clerk to name the registration committee do not deprive the people of the right of local self government in electing or appointing their officers, even though such clerk does not reside in the city. People ex rel., Johnson vs. Earl, 42 Colo., 238, 266.

Sec. 2. People may alter or abolish form of government-Proviso.— That the people of this state have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves, as a free, sovereign and independent state; and to alter and abolish their constitution and form of government whenever they may deem it necessary to their safety and happiness, Provided, Such change be not repugnant to the constitution of the United States.

1. This section referred to in Post Co., vs. Shafroth, 53 Colo., 129, 137. Section 3. Inalienable rights.—That all persons have certain natural, essential and inalienable rights, among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties; that of acquiring, possessing and protecting property; and of seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness.

1. Rights acquired to the use of water for irrigation, prior to the adoption of our state constitution, cannot be taken by a city for the domestic use of its inhabitants, without compensation. Strickler vs. Colorado Springs, 16 Colo., 62.

2. Our statute authorizing the appointment of conservators as herein construed is not in violation of any natural or constitutional rights of acquiring, possessing and protecting property. Shapter vs. Pillar, 28 Colo., 209. 3. Chapter 93, Session Laws 1899, page 175, prohibiting the driving, working or using of any unregistered docked horse, is a reasonable and valid exercise of the police power of the state, and is not in violation of the fourteenth amendment of the constitution of the United States, providing that no state shall deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law, nor of Section 3, Article II, of our state constitution, declaring that "all persons have certain natural, essential and inalienable rights, among which may be reckoned the right * * of acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and of seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness." Bland vs. The People, 32 Colo., 319, 320.