1-4-105. Defeated candidate ineligible.
Statute text
No person who has been defeated as a candidate in a primary election shall be eligible for election to the same office by ballot or as a write-in candidate in the next general election unless the party vacancy committee nominates that person.
History
Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 322, 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 620, 32, effective May 1. L. 92: Entire part amended, p. 673, 4, effective January 1, 1993.
Annotations
Editor's note: This section is similar to former 1-15-110 as it existed prior to 1980.
Annotations
ANNOTATION
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A defeated candidate in a primary election is not barred from being named as a candidate to fill a vacancy occasioned by the death of the regular nominee for the office. Armstrong v. Simonson, 84 Colo. 472, 271 P. 627 (1928) (decided under former law).