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3 days ago · Colorado lawmakers finished their work. Now it's time for Colorado voters to do theirs. State of play: The Legislature left five major questions for the November ballot, most prominently the repeal of a state constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, which is currently unenforceable because of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
1 day ago · A spokesman for Gov. Jared Polis told CPR the ballot measures are reckless attempts by out of state special interest organizations, despite the fact Polis himself has accepted millions of dollars in out of state money supporting both his campaigns, including a single donation of $900,000 in 2020 from the Sixteen Thirty fund, a far-left ...
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3 days ago · This one came down to the wire. One of the last bills to pass in the 2024 legislative session, SB-233 marks a significant update to Colorado’s property tax code. In particular, it will reduce property taxes for most Colorado homeowners—by about $1.3 billion statewide in year one—and devote more property tax revenue to public schools.
4 days ago · The measures are backed by the conservative political nonprofit Advance Colorado and Colorado Concern, a nonprofit that represents the state’s CEOs. Only Initiative 50 has qualified for the ballot. The proponents of Initiative 108 would have to collect about 125,000 voter signatures by early August to get that question on the ballot, too.
5 days ago · From 2000 through 2022, 34 legislatively referred constitutional amendments were on the ballot, of which 19 were approved (55.88%) and 15 were defeated (44.12%). An average of about two constitutional amendments are referred to the ballot during even-numbered years. Since 2017, constitutional amendments require voter approval of 55% to be adopted.
4 days ago · Meanwhile, one of the ballot measures, Initiative #50, has already qualified for the November ballot. You care. You want to know what is really going on these days, especially in Colorado.
5 days ago · Of the 38 measures, 19 were referred to the ballot by the state legislature, and 19 were placed on the ballot through citizen initiative petitions. Of the 19 referred measures, 11 (57.89%) were approved and eight (42.10%) were defeated. Of the 19 citizen-initiated measures, one (5.26%) was approved and 18 (94.74%) were defeated. Additional reading:
