Section 2.4. Electors.
A. Qualifications. A qualified elector is any person eighteen (18) years of age or older on the date of the next election, who has resided within the State of Colorado for twenty two (22) days immediately preceding the election at which the person offers to vote. In the case of an annexation that changes Town boundaries, any person otherwise qualified to register to vote under the provisions of this Section who has resided within the territory annexed for the time prescribed shall be deemed to have met the residency requirements for the precinct to which the territory was annexed. Persons holding a permanent resident card may be qualified electors.
B. Rules for determining residency:
1. The following rules shall be used to determine the residence of a person intending to register or to vote in any precinct and shall be used by election judges in challenge procedures:
a.
I. The residence of a person is the principal or primary home or place of abode of a person. A principal or primary home or place of abode is that home or place in which a person's habitation is fixed and to which that person, whenever absent, has the present intention of returning after a departure or absence, regardless of the duration of the absence. A residence is a permanent building or part of a building and may include a house, condominium, apartment, room in a house or mobile home. No vacant lot or business address shall be considered a residence.
II. The fixed address of a qualified elector may include a shelter, a homeless service provider or a private residence, but it may not include a post office box or general delivery at a post office.
b. In determining what is a principal or primary place of abode of a person, the following circumstances relating to the person shall be taken into account: Business pursuits, employment, income sources, residence for income or other tax purposes, age, marital or civil union status, residence of parents, spouse and children, if any, leaseholds, situs of personal and real property, existence of any other residences and the amount of time spent at each residence and motor vehicle registration.
c. The residence given for voting purposes shall be the same as the residence given for motor vehicle registration and for state income tax purposes.
d. A person shall not have considered to have gained a residence in Telluride while retaining a home or domicile elsewhere.
e. If a person moves to another State, County, Town or out-of-Town precinct with the intention of making it a permanent residence, that person shall be considered to have lost Town of Telluride residence after twenty two (22) days' absence from Telluride unless the person has evidenced an intent to retain residence in Telluride by a self-affirmation filed in writing with the Town Clerk. (Amended 11/5/13)
C. Registration. Registration requirements for municipal elections shall be the same as those governing general elections. Registration with the County Clerk and Recorder shall constitute registration for municipal elections. Qualified electors not qualified by the State of Colorado to register with the County Clerk and Recorder shall register with the Town Clerk. (Amended 11/5/13)
D. Emergency registration. Emergency registration is allowed only if the elector:
1. Appears in person at the primary office where emergency registration is conducted;
2. The elector declares under oath that the elector wishes to vote in the election for which registration books are closed; and
3. The elector applied to register to vote prior to the close of registration and can provide evidence of such registration. (Amended 11/2/93; 11/8/94; 11/4/08; 11/2/21; 11/7/23)