CO Const., Article VII, Section 6

Electors only eligible to office. No person except a qualified elector shall be elected or appointed to any civil or military office in the state. Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 52. Cross references: For the requirements for election to office of county commissioner, see § 1-4-205; for the eligibility requirements making qualified electors in general, primary, and special elections eligible to hold office, see § 1-4-501; for the eligibility requirements making qualified electors in municipal elections eligible to hold office, see § 31-10-301.