Article II. Bill of Rights

Article II, Section 5. Freedom of elections

Constitution of the State of Colorado

Official text

All elections shall be free and open; and no power, civil or military, shall at any time interfere to prevent the free exercise of the right of suffrage.

Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 29.

Source: Colorado Revised Statutes 2024, Constitution (Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Services)

In plain English

All elections must be free and open, and no civil or military power may interfere with the free exercise of the right to vote.

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