Signed by Governor Jared Polis

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that authorizes a voter with a disability to either print the ballot or return the ballot by electronic transmission if printing the ballot is not feasible.

Highlights:

• Requires the secretary of state to create an electronic transmission system through which a voter with a disability may request and return a ballot (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes a voter with a disability who receives a ballot to print and return the ballot by electronic transmission if the voter affirms they care an eligible person. To be valid, a ballot returned by a voter must include a signed affidavit or a copy of an acceptable form of identification and must be received by the election official in the applicable jurisdiction before the close of polls on the day of the election (Sec. 1-2.c).

• Classifies "eligible person" as an individual who, regardless of any other disability (Sec. 1-2.d):

• Is blind;

• Has a visual impairment or perceptual or reading disability that cannot be improved to give visual function substantially equivalent to that of a person who has no such impairment or disability and so is unable to read or mark a ballot to substantially the same degree as a person without an impairment or disability; or

• Is otherwise unable, through physical disability, to hold, mark, or manipulate a ballot or to focus or move the eyes to the extent that would be normally acceptable for reading or marking a ballot.

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes a voter with a disability to either print the ballot or return the ballot by electronic transmission if printing the ballot is not feasible.

Highlights:

• Requires the secretary of state to create an electronic transmission system through which a voter with a disability may request and return a ballot (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes a voter with a disability who receives a ballot to print and return the ballot by electronic transmission if the voter affirms they care an eligible person. To be valid, a ballot returned by a voter must include a signed affidavit or a copy of an acceptable form of identification and must be received by the election official in the applicable jurisdiction before the close of polls on the day of the election (Sec. 1-2.c).

• Classifies "eligible person" as an individual who, regardless of any other disability (Sec. 1-2.d):

• Is blind;

• Has a visual impairment or perceptual or reading disability that cannot be improved to give visual function substantially equivalent to that of a person who has no such impairment or disability and so is unable to read or mark a ballot to substantially the same degree as a person without an impairment or disability; or

• Is otherwise unable, through physical disability, to hold, mark, or manipulate a ballot or to focus or move the eyes to the extent that would be normally acceptable for reading or marking a ballot.

Full Bill Text