Voting Rights After a Felony in Colorado

How Colorado law treats voting with a felony conviction, from the state code and official state agencies.

Short answer: In Colorado a person cannot register or vote only while serving a sentence of detention or confinement in a correctional facility, jail or other location for a felony conviction. C.R.S. § 1-2-103(1), (4)

Voting with a felony conviction	In Colorado a person cannot register or vote only while serving a sentence of detention or confinement in a correctional facility, jail or other location for a felony conviction. People on parole are eligible to register and vote, as are people on probation and people jailed while awaiting trial or not serving a felony sentence; a confined prisoner who is not serving a felony sentence may register and list the facility as a ballot address. Probation is not named in § 1-2-103(4); eligibility follows because the bar applies only while serving a sentence of detention or confinement for a felony. Source: C.R.S. § 1-2-103(1), (4)

Voting with a felony conviction

In Colorado a person cannot register or vote only while serving a sentence of detention or confinement in a correctional facility, jail or other location for a felony conviction. People on parole are eligible to register and vote, as are people on probation and people jailed while awaiting trial or not serving a felony sentence; a confined prisoner who is not serving a felony sentence may register and list the facility as a ballot address.

Probation is not named in § 1-2-103(4); eligibility follows because the bar applies only while serving a sentence of detention or confinement for a felony.

Source: C.R.S. § 1-2-103(1), (4)

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