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Governor:1(Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms)
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2000 Census:4,311,882 (1.53% of 281,998,273)
2004, 2008 Electors:9(1.67% of 538)
2002-2010 Representatives:7(1.61% of 435)
2010 Census:5,044,930 (1.63% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electors:9(1.67% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:7(1.61% of 435)
Capital:Denver
 

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Official Name/Status   All States
 The STATE of Colorado
 Status: STATE of the Union
 Organized as a Territory: 28 February 1861. 12 Stat. 172: carved from portions of Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico and Utah Territories
 Admitted to the Union as a State: 1 August 1876 upon Proclamation by President Ulysses S. Grant (19 Stat. 665). (Earlier, an Act of Admission for Colorado- under the 1864 Enabling Act- had been twice vetoed by President Andrew Johnson, on 15 May 1866 and 28 January 1867)
  The 38th state.
Traditional Sections and Regions   All States
 Section: WEST
 Region: Intermountain
 Survey: Public Domain
Constitutions   All States     Links to State Constitutions
 Enabling Act (of the Congress of the United States): 3 March 1875 [18 Stat. 474: authorizing formation of a State government and Admission thereafter. (A previous Enabling Act [13 Stat. 32]- merely authorizing formation of a State government- had been passed by Congress, 21 March 1864, but was mooted with the two vetoes of President Andrew Johnson re: Colorado's Admission)]
 
• 1st (1876-) [Adopted: 14 March 1876 Convention convened, 20 December 1875. (An earlier Convention, convened under authority of the 1864 Enabling Act in August 1865, had drafted a State Constitution mooted by President Andrew Johnson's two vetoes of Colorado's Admission), Ratified: 1 July 1876 effective upon Admission, 1 August 1876. (The earlier Constitution drafted in August 1865 had been ratified by the People on 5 September 1865)]
Executive Branch   All States
 
Chief Executive
 • GOVERNOR
Successor to a Vacancy
 • Lieutenant Governor
 
 
Major Executive Officers Elected Statewide   All States   2020 Office holders
 • Governor: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
 • Lieutenant Governor: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Elected on a ticket- and nominated- with the Governor
 • Secretary of State: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022
 • Treasurer: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022
 • Attorney General: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022
Legislative Branch   All States
 
Legislature
 • LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (1861-1876) [as a Territory]
 • General Assembly (1876--)
 
Upper House
 • Council (1861-1876) [as a Territory]
 • Senate (1876--)
Lower House
 • House of Representatives (1861--) [as a Territory and a State]
Judicial Branch   All States
 
Court of Last Resort
 • Supreme Court (1876--) Constitutional Court [IN and FOR: State]
Intermediate Appellate Court
 • Court of Appeals (1891-1905) Statutory Court [IN and FOR: State]
 • Court of Appeals (1912-1915) Statutory Court [IN and FOR: State]
 • Court of Appeals (1970--) Statutory Court [IN and FOR: State]
 
General Trial Jurisdiction
 • District Court (1876--) Constitutional Court [IN: district FOR: county]
 
Limited Jurisdiction
 • Municipal Court Statutory Court [IN and FOR: municipality]
 • Justices of the Peace (1876-1965) Constitutional Court [IN and FOR: precinct]
 • County Court (1965--) Constitutional Court [IN and FOR: county]
Special Jurisdiction
 • Criminal Court (1876--) Constitutional Court [FOR: county]
 • County Court (1876-1965) Constitutional Court [IN and FOR: county]
 • Denver Juvenile Court (1965--) Constitutional Court [IN and FOR: City and County of Denver]
 • Denver Probate Court (1965--) Constitutional Court [IN and FOR: City and County of Denver]
Local Government
 
   
PRIMARY CIVIL DIVISION  All States
 • County [Type: Strong, Executive and Legislative: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS]
 MINOR CIVIL DIVISION  All States
  • precinct [Type: Vestigial, Executive and Legislative: no associated governmental structure. Precincts were, at one time, the unit associated with Justices of the Peace]
 
Incorporated Municipalities  All States
 • City [Separated from MCD: ---, Population requirement(s): 2,000 +, Form(s) of government: Mayor/Council; Council-Manager]
 
Localities
 •   Colorado Civil Divisions and Municipalities
   
Key Statewide / Federal Officials  All States
  Colorado Officials
Statutory Election Information   All States
 
General Election   All States
 • (1876-1878) the dates of the first two elections were set by the CO Constitution as the 1st Tuesday of October; beginning in 1880, the date of General Elections in COLORADO could be set by statute.
 • (1880--) biennial: Tuesday next after 1st Monday of November of even-numbered years.
[CO Revised Statutes 1-4-201 (as authorized by the revised Article VII, Section 7 of the CO Constitution which states that the date of the General Election "shall be held on such day as prescribed by law")]
Presidential Primary   All States
 • Friday next after 1st Tuesday in March of Presidential Election years
[CO Revised Statutes 1-4-1202(1)]
 • (2011-2019) ... the precinct caucuses shall be held on the first Tuesday in March ... [CO Revised Statutes 1-3-102 (1) (a) (I)]
 • (2020--) In the 2016 general election, voters approved Proposition 107 which restores the presidential primary election. SB 17-305 1-4-1203: "A presidential primary election shall be held on a Tuesday on a date designated by the governor. The date selected for the primary must be no earlier than the date the national rules of the major political parties provide for state delegations to the party's national convention to be allocated without penalty and not later than the third Tuesday in March"
State Primary   All States
 • (--2011) 2nd Tuesday in August of even-numbered years
[CO Revised Statutes 1-4-101(1)]
 • (2011--) ... a primary election shall be held ... on the last Tuesday in June of even-numbered years ... [CO Revised Statutes 1-4-101(1)]
Polling times   All States
 • Polls open: 7 AM local time
Polls close: 7 PM local time
[CO Revised Statutes 1-7-101]
10 May 2013 update: Colorado will vote mostly by mail.
Links  Links to other web sites
 
Constitution    All States
 • Colorado Constitution and Revised Statutes
Election Authority
 • Colorado Secretary of State
 • Colorado Secretary of State - Elections Center
 • Secretary of State - Elections & Voting
Legislature    All States
 • Colorado General Assembly
Democratic
 • Colorado Democratic Party
 • Democratic Caucus
Republican
 • Colorado Republican Party
Third Party
 • America First Party of Colorado
 • American Constitution Party of Colorado
 • Colorado Affiliate Of The Constitution Party
 • Colorado Right to Life
 • Justice Party of Colorado
 • Libertarian Party of Colorado
 • The Green Party of Colorado
 • The Unity Party of Colorado
 • Unity Party of Colorado
Media & others
 • Aspen Daily News
 • Aurora Daily Sun & Sentinel
 • BizWest - Boulder
 • Carbondale Valley Journal
 • Colorado Daily - Boulder
 • Colorado Political News - ColoradoPols.com
 • Colorado Politics, News and Inside Information
 • Cortez Journal
 • Criag Daily Press
 • Daily Reporter-Herald - Loveland
 • Delta County Independent
 • Denver Post
 • Glenwood Springs Post Independent
 • Greeley Tribune
 • Gunnison Country Times
 • Haxtun-Fleming Herald
 • Lamar Daily News
 • Mineral County Miner
 • Monte Vista Journal
 • Montrose Daily Press
 • Pine River Times - Bayfield
 • Politics1.com - Colorado
 • Pueblo Chieftain
 • Rifle Citizen Telegram
 • Rio Blanco Herald Times
 • Rocky Mountain News - Denver
 • Snowmass Village Sun
 • Summit Daily News - Frisco
 • The Aspen Times
 • The Canyon Courier - Evergreen
 • The Colorado Independent - Denver
 • The Coloradoan - Fort Collins
 • The Crested Butte News
 • The Daily Camera - Boulder
 • The Daily Sentinel - Grand Junction
 • The Daily Times-Call - Longmont
 • The Daily Times-Call - Longmont
 • The Durango Herald
 • The Fort Morgan Times
 • The Gazette - Colorado Springs
 • The Herald Democrat - Leadville
 • The Journal Advocate - Sterling
 • The Mountain Mail - Salida
 • The Mountain-Ear - Nederland
 • Times-Call - Longmont
 • Vail Daily
 
 

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