{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-1-7-501","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 1-7-501","heading":"Judges open ballot box first.","body":"Immediately before proclamation is made of the opening of the polls, the election judges shall open the ballot box in the presence of those assembled and shall turn it upside down so as to empty it of anything that may be in it and then shall lock it securely. No ballot box shall be reopened until the time for counting the ballots or ballot cards therein.","path":["Title 1 - ELECTIONS","Article 7 - Conduct of Elections","Part 5 - ELECTRONIC VOTING EQUIPMENT"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-01.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"9811b2fa1cbfc1a68442ee5816d743c356f56d84ebacd78ffdf328e8d9f16283","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-1-7-408","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-1-7-502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}