{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-1-7.5-205","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 1-7.5-205","heading":"Counting mail ballots.","body":"(1) Mail ballots and any ballots cast at a voter service and polling center in lieu of a mail ballot must be counted after delivery of the ballots as provided in section 1-7.5-203 and after preparation of the ballots as provided in section 1-7.5-204.\n\n(2) Mail ballots must be counted in one of the following ways:\n\n(a) In counties that use paper ballots, the mail ballots may be counted in the same manner as paper ballots.\n\n(b) Any county may use electronic vote-tabulating equipment for the counting of mail ballots in the same manner provided for the counting of ballots in part 6 of article 5 and parts 4 and 5 of article 7 of this title.\n\n(c) Repealed.","path":["Title 1 - ELECTIONS","Article 7.5 - Mail Ballot Elections","Part 2 - COUNTING MAIL BALLOTS"],"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":"af4590396521d3ebcfdef5a490274f6922c6c2838f2fd7a15cbbdf3294ca14f8","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-1-7.5-204","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-1-7.5-206"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}