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Editor's note: This section was contained in an article that was repealed and reenacted in 1980. Provisions of this section, as it existed in 1980, are similar to those contained in 1-15-110 as said section existed in 1979, the year prior to the repeal and reenactment of this article.
Annotations
ANNOTATION
Annotations
Am. Jur.2d. See 26 Am. Jur.2d, Elections, § 204.
C.J.S. See 29 C.J.S., Elections, § 133.
Annotator's note. The following annotations include cases decided under former provisions similar to this section.
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).