1. (1) [Editor's note: For the applicability of this subsection (1) on or after January 1, 2026, see the editor's note following this section.] Any county clerk and recorder required to conduct a recount shall arrange for the canvass board who officiated in certifying the official abstract of votes cast to observe the conduct of the recount. If any member of the canvass board cannot be present for the recount, another person shall be appointed in the manner provided by law for appointment of the members of the original board.
2. (2) [Editor's note: For the applicability of this subsection (2) on or after January 1, 2026, see the editor's note following this section.] A county clerk and recorder conducting a recount shall employ assistants, clerks, and election judges as necessary for the conduct of the recount. The clerk and recorder shall employ a bipartisan team of election judges to determine issues of voter intent in accordance with rules adopted by the secretary of state. If the bipartisan team of election judges cannot make a unanimous decision regarding an issue of voter intent, the canvass board shall, by majority vote, make such determination.
3. (3) [Editor's note: For the applicability of this subsection (3) on or after January 1, 2026, see the editor's note following this section.] The canvass board may correct the abstract of votes cast, should a discrepancy in the vote tabulation be discovered during the recount.
4. (4) [Editor's note: For the applicability of this subsection (4) on or after January 1, 2026, see the editor's note following this section.] At the conclusion of the recount, the county clerk and recorder shall make the returns of all partisan, nonpartisan, ballot issue, and ballot question elections to the canvass board and provide a copy to the persons or groups requesting the recount or notified of the recount pursuant to sections 1-10.5-105 and 1-10.5-106. The canvass board shall meet and issue an amended abstract of votes cast for the office, ballot issue, or ballot question that is the subject of the recount and deliver it to the designated election official.
5. (5) The designated election official shall notify the governing body of the results of the recount.

Source: L. 99: Entire article added with relocations, p. 487, § 13, effective July 1. L. 2025: (1), (2), (3), and (4) amended, (SB 25-001), ch. 178, p. 747, § 10, effective August 6.

Editor's note: (1) This section is similar to former § 1-10-305 as it existed prior to 1999.

(2) Section 16(2) of chapter 178 (SB 25-001), Session Laws of Colorado 2025, provides that the act changing this section applies to elections and election-related activities occurring on or after January 1, 2026.