The act makes the following changes to the local government and special district election codes:Revises statutory citations to clarify that the Colorado local government election code is the portion of the election code applicable to special district elections;
Provides additional statutory citations to specify all instances in which a county assessor provides a list of property owners for an election;
Clarifies that, when computing time for any designated period of days for a local government election, the first day from which the period of days runs is excluded and the last day from which the period of days runs is included;
Specifies that the candidate self-nomination form for special district elections must contain the county where the special district is located;
Clarifies that a candidate's and witness's respective addresses and telephone numbers and a candidate's current e-mail address need to be provided but do not need to be printed by the candidate and witness on the self-nomination form for special district elections;
Clarifies the procedures for reviewing and verifying a self-nomination form and curing any insufficiencies; and
Clarifies that local government ballots may be automatically sent to eligible electors who are qualified under contracts to purchase taxable property.
The board of directors of a special district currently consists of 5 or 7 directors elected at large. The act provides a process for dividing a special district into separate director districts and for members to be elected from each director district at large or by the electors within each director district.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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Statutes affected:
Preamended PA1 (03/24/2021): 32-1-103, 32-1-104, 32-1-305, 32-1-401, 32-1-501, 32-1-502, 32-1-602, 32-1-905, 32-1-1004, 32-1-1006, 32-1-1101
Introduced (03/02/2021): 1-5-304, 32-1-103, 32-1-104, 32-1-305, 32-1-401, 32-1-501, 32-1-502, 32-1-602, 32-1-806, 32-1-905, 32-1-1004, 32-1-1006, 32-1-1101
Engrossed (03/26/2021): 32-1-103, 32-1-104, 32-1-305, 32-1-401, 32-1-501, 32-1-502, 32-1-602, 32-1-905, 32-1-1004, 32-1-1006, 32-1-1101
Reengrossed (03/30/2021): 32-1-103, 32-1-104, 32-1-305, 32-1-401, 32-1-501, 32-1-502, 32-1-602, 32-1-905, 32-1-1004, 32-1-1006, 32-1-1101
Revised (05/03/2021): 32-1-103, 32-1-104, 32-1-305, 32-1-401, 32-1-501, 32-1-502, 32-1-602, 32-1-905, 32-1-1004, 32-1-1006, 32-1-1101
Rerevised (05/04/2021): 32-1-103, 32-1-104, 32-1-305, 32-1-401, 32-1-501, 32-1-502, 32-1-602, 32-1-905, 32-1-1004, 32-1-1006, 32-1-1101
Final Act (05/05/2021): 32-1-103, 32-1-104, 32-1-305, 32-1-401, 32-1-501, 32-1-502, 32-1-602, 32-1-905, 32-1-1004, 32-1-1006, 32-1-1101
Signed Act (None): 32-1-103, 32-1-104, 32-1-305, 32-1-401, 32-1-501, 32-1-502, 32-1-602, 32-1-905, 32-1-1004, 32-1-1006, 32-1-1101