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Bill Ranked Choice Voting In Nonpartisan Elections Beginning in 2023, the act allows a municipality to refer a municipal election using instant runoff voting to be conducted as part of a coordinated election. The secretary of state is required to promulgate rules establishing the minimum system requirements and specifications for a voting system to be used in an election using instant runoff voting by December 31, 2022. After December 31, 2022, a system that has been tested and satisfies the standards promulgated by the secretary of state may be submitted for certification for use in an election using instant runoff voting. If the secretary of state certifies a system, the secretary is required to negotiate and purchase, if possible, a single annual statewide license with the provider to allow each county that uses the voting system to conduct elections using instant runoff voting. Each county that uses a voting system to conduct an instant runoff voting election under a statewide license obtained by the secretary of state is required to pay its share of the cost of the license as a proportion of the total number of counties that used the system that year.On and after January 1, 2023, a statutory city or town or home rule municipality located in a single county that has taken formal action to conduct an election using instant runoff voting may refer the election to be conducted as part of a coordinated election by providing written notice to the county clerk and recorder. If the county uses a voting system that is certified for use in an election using instant runoff voting, the county clerk and recorder must conduct the election as part of the coordinated election. The municipality referring the election is responsible for any reasonable additional costs the county incurs as a result of conducting an instant runoff voting election, including any licensing costs paid by the county.On and after July 1, 2026, a municipality located in more than one county may refer an election using instant runoff voting to be conducted as part of a coordinated election by notifying the county clerk and recorder of each county. The counties are required to conduct the election using instant runoff voting only if each county receives timely notice, each county uses a voting system certified for such use, and the data from all the counties' voting systems can be tabulated together in accordance with rules promulgated by the secretary of state for conducting instant runoff elections across multiple counties. The counties and the municipality are required to enter into an agreement for the conduct of the election, which must specify the procedures for the county canvass boards to canvass the election. Each county canvass board is required to certify the abstract of votes cast and provide tabulation data to the designated election office for the municipality in accordance with rules adopted by the secretary of state.The secretary of state is required to promulgate rules related to instant runoff voting elections including the procedures for conducting logic and accuracy tests and risk limiting audits, and for the tabulation, reporting, and canvassing of results.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) us/states/co Colorado General Assembly 2021A HB 21-1071 Colorado HB 21-1071 (2021A)
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Colorado HB 21-1071 (2021A) — Ranked Choice Voting In Nonpartisan Elections

Beginning in 2023, the act allows a municipality to refer a municipal election using instant runoff voting to be conducted as part of a coordinated election. The secretary of state is required to promulgate rules establishing the minimum system requirements and specifications for a voting system to be used in an election using instant runoff voting by December 31, 2022. After December 31, 2022, a system that has been tested and satisfies the standards promulgated by the secretary of state may be submitted for certification for use in an election using instant runoff voting. If the secretary of state certifies a system, the secretary is required to negotiate and purchase, if possible, a single annual statewide license with the provider to allow each county that uses the voting system to conduct elections using instant runoff voting. Each county that uses a voting system to conduct an instant runoff voting election under a statewide license obtained by the secretary of state is required to pay its share of the cost of the license as a proportion of the total number of counties that used the system that year.On and after January 1, 2023, a statutory city or town or home rule municipality located in a single county that has taken formal action to conduct an election using instant runoff voting may refer the election to be conducted as part of a coordinated election by providing written notice to the county clerk and recorder. If the county uses a voting system that is certified for use in an election using instant runoff voting, the county clerk and recorder must conduct the election as part of the coordinated election. The municipality referring the election is responsible for any reasonable additional costs the county incurs as a result of conducting an instant runoff voting election, including any licensing costs paid by the county.On and after July 1, 2026, a municipality located in more than one county may refer an election using instant runoff voting to be conducted as part of a coordinated election by notifying the county clerk and recorder of each county. The counties are required to conduct the election using instant runoff voting only if each county receives timely notice, each county uses a voting system certified for such use, and the data from all the counties' voting systems can be tabulated together in accordance with rules promulgated by the secretary of state for conducting instant runoff elections across multiple counties. The counties and the municipality are required to enter into an agreement for the conduct of the election, which must specify the procedures for the county canvass boards to canvass the election. Each county canvass board is required to certify the abstract of votes cast and provide tabulation data to the designated election office for the municipality in accordance with rules adopted by the secretary of state.The secretary of state is required to promulgate rules related to instant runoff voting elections including the procedures for conducting logic and accuracy tests and risk limiting audits, and for the tabulation, reporting, and canvassing of results.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
  2. Engrossed (04/26/2021) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Final Act (06/21/2021) (committee substitute) — source
  4. Introduced (02/16/2021) (committee substitute) — source
  5. PA1 (02/23/2021) (committee substitute) — source
  6. PA2 (04/23/2021) (committee substitute) — source
  7. PA3 (04/23/2021) (committee substitute) — source
  8. PA4 (05/20/2021) (committee substitute) — source
  9. Reengrossed (04/27/2021) (committee substitute) — source
  10. Rerevised (06/03/2021) (committee substitute) — source
  11. Revised (05/28/2021) (committee substitute) — source
  12. Signed Act (06/28/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • CONCUR — 50–15 (pass) · lower
  • REPASS — 42–23 (pass) · lower
  • AMEND — 35–0 (pass) · upper
  • BILL — 20–15 (pass) · upper
  • BILL — 40–23 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Chris Kennedy — primary (person)
  • Faith Winter — primary (person)
  • Stephen Fenberg — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2021-06-28T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
  • 2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
  • 2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
  • 2021-06-08T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
  • 2021-06-04T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
  • 2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor passage, reading-3
  • 2021-06-02T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
  • 2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
  • 2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor reading-2
  • 2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Finance referral-committee
  • 2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction
  • 2021-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
  • 2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
  • 2021-04-23T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2021-03-11T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2021-02-22T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Amended to Finance referral-committee
  • 2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1ba16aef-dc90-41be-81c0-a2dc609bb03d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).

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