[Editor's note: For the applicability of this section on or after January 1, 2026, see the editor's note following the part 16 heading.]

1. (1) If a municipality exists partially or wholly within a county covered by the multilingual ballot requirements of section 1-5-905 (1) and the municipality has a population of at least three thousand people, a clerk is required to provide multilingual ballot access in one of the following ways for any municipal election held on or after January 1, 2027:

   1. (a) Ensuring that each ballot and sample ballot includes all ballot content in English and all ballot content fully translated into any minority language for which a minority language sample or in-person ballot is required pursuant to section 1-5-906 for the county in which the municipality partially or wholly exists; or
   2. (b) Creating a minority language sample ballot pursuant to section 31-10-1604 and providing an in-person minority language ballot pursuant to section 31-10-1605.
2. (2) The clerk shall ensure that any translation provided as required by this part 16 is performed by one or more qualified translators.

Source: L. 2025: Entire part added, (SB 25-001), ch. 178, p. 761, § 14, effective August 6.