(1) "Approved as to form" means that the appropriate designated election official has reviewed the blank form of a petition and has approved the form as meeting the standards set forth in this article.

(2) "Circulated" means presented to an elector for the collection of a signature and other information required by this article.

(2.5) "Circulator" means a person who presents to other persons for possible signature a petition for recall as described in this article.

(3) "Committee" means the committee of signers described in section 1-12-108 (2).

(3.5) "Date for holding the election" means the first day on which recall ballots:

(a) Are to be made available to eligible electors at voter service and polling centers pursuant to the election plan approved under section 1-12-114 (1)(a); and

(b) May be accepted for processing by a designated election official.

(4) "Elected officer" means any person elected to public office or appointed to fill a vacancy in an elected position of public office.

(5) "Designated election official" means the secretary of state, a county clerk and recorder, or other election official as provided by article XXI of the state constitution.

(6) "Fails to qualify" means not satisfying the constitutional or statutory qualifications for office, whether by reason of age, citizenship, residency, or sufficient number of valid nomination petition signatures required by section 1-12-117 (3).

(7) "Fully adjudicated" means to have been decided by a final judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction and from which there can be no appeal.

(8) "Recall petition entity" means a person, as defined in section 2-4-401, C.R.S., that provides compensation to a circulator to circulate a recall petition.