If you believe a campaign sign is in violation of a county or city code, please contact the appropriate department:
Due to severe winter weather, all Douglas County Government offices will be CLOSED Friday, Nov. 8. Read more.
Due to severe winter weather, all Douglas County Government offices will be CLOSED Friday, Nov. 8. Read more.
As defined by Colorado statute, the term electioneering includes campaigning for or against any candidate and/or issue that is on the ballot. Electioneering also includes soliciting signatures for a candidate petition, a recall petition, or a petition to place a ballot issue or ballot question on a subsequent ballot.
According to Colorado Revised Statutes, no electioneering may take place within a 100-foot limit of any polling place, vote center, or early voting site (C.R.S. 1-13-714). This includes any location in which ballots are on site. Voter Service and Polling Centers can be located within privately owned buildings. Property owners have the right to not allow electioneering anywhere on their property, even if outside the 100-foot limit. Volunteers may be asked to move to public property at the legitimate request of the property owner.
Temporary campaign signs do not require a permit. They must, however, meet the guidelines of Section 29 of the Douglas County Zoning Resolution. The regulations governing signs for Douglas County apply only in portions of the county that are not incorporated. For information on the regulations that apply within a city or town within the county, please contact that municipality directly from the list below.
The placement of campaign signs in unincorporated Douglas County is determined by Section 29, Subsection 2912, of the Douglas County Zoning Resolution. City and/or town planning departments, private property owners, and homeowner associations may impose additional regulations.
If you believe a campaign sign is in violation of a county or city code, please contact the appropriate department:
Interference with the distribution of election material (C.R.S. 1-13-113)
“During the period beginning forty-five days before and ending four days after any election, any person who prevents, hinders, or interferes with the lawful distribution of any card, pamphlet, circular, poster, handbill, yard sign, or other written material relating to any candidate for election for any office or relating to any issue that is to be submitted to the electors in any election, or any person who removes, defaces, or destroys any lawfully placed billboard, sign, or written material from any premises to which it was delivered, commits a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars. Any person found guilty of removing, defacing, or destroying any billboard, sign, or written material shall pay the cost of replacement. The owner of the premises, an authorized agent of the owner, or any person charged with enforcement of any state law, ordinance, or regulation may remove any billboard, sign, or written material without penalty when placed without permission or authorization of the owner of such premises, or in violation of state law or county or municipal ordinance or regulation, or which is in place at any time other than during the period beginning forty-five days before and ending four days after an election.”