Restrictions

1-5-105. Restrictions. (1) [Editor's note: For the applicability of this subsection (1) on or after January 1, 2026, see the editor's note following this section.] No election-related activity may be conducted within one hundred feet of any building in which a polling location or drop-off location is located or within one hundred feet of a drop box, except that of the conduct of the election at the polling location, drop-off location, or drop box. (2) No polling location or drop-off location shall be located in a room in which any intoxicating malt, spirituous, or vinous liquors are being served; except that a polling location or drop-off location may be located within a multi-use building as specified in subsection (4) of this section, in which intoxicating malt, spiritous, or vinous liquors are served, so long as the polling location or drop-off location is in a separate area of the multi-use facility from where such liquors are being served. (3) The polling locations or drop-off locations shall be in public locations wherever possible. A private location may be used only when no appropriate public location is available. (4) For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section and section 1-13-714, when a polling location or drop-off location is within a multi-use building such as a shopping mall or county office building, the building is considered the room in which ballots are cast, any waiting room or hall where electors wait to vote, as well as a primary corridor where electors walk to an interior polling location or drop-off location, and the designated exterior door to the multi-use building in which the polling location or drop-off location is located. Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 701, � 8, effective January 1, 1993. L. 93: (2) and (3) amended, p. 1408, � 42, effective July 1. L. 95: (4) added, p. 836, � 48, effective July 1. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 708, � 33, effective May 10. L. 2023: (2) amended, (SB 23-276), ch. 399, p. 2379, � 16, effective June 6. L. 2025: (1) amended, (SB 25-001), ch. 178, p. 745, � 3, effective August 6. Editor's note: (1) This section is similar to former � 1-6-101 (5) and (6) as it existed prior to 1992. For a detailed comparison, see the comparative tables located at the back of the index. (2) Section 16(2) of chapter 178 (SB 25-001), Session Laws of Colorado 2025, provides that the act changing this section applies to elections and election-related activities occurring on or after January 1, 2026. Cross references: In 2013, this section was amended by the Voter Access and Modernized Elections Act. For the short title and the legislative declaration, see sections 1 and 2 of chapter 185, Session Laws of Colorado 2013.