List of Colorado ballot measures

The following is a list of statewide initiatives and referendums modifying state law and proposing state constitutional amendments in Colorado, sorted by election. The Colorado Legislative Council, an organ of the Colorado General Assembly, maintains a comprehensive list at its website.

Measures submitted to popular vote may be classified as follows:

Referendums are amendments to state statutes or the state constitution proposed by a two-thirds vote of both houses of the Colorado General Assembly and must be approved by a simple majority of voters at the next general election.cite web | title = Article V, Section 1: General assembly - initiative and referendum |work = Constitution of the State of Colorado | publisher = Colorado Judicial Branch | url = http://www.courts.state.co.us/exec/pubed/initiatives/coloconst-artVsect1.htm | format = HTML | accessdate = 2006-09-05 ] Such referred measures are designated by letter.

Initiatives (also referred to simply as Amendments) are amendments to the state statutes or to the state constitution proposed via petition by citizens, and must be signed by a number of registered voters equal to at least 5% of the total number of votes cast for all candidates for the office of secretary of state at the previous general election. Upon acceptance, the initiative is voted upon during the next statewide general election. Amendments are designated by number. The number assigned to a measure when petitions are circulating is generally different from the number ultimately assigned to an initiative when it is placed upon the ballot.

There is no difference in Colorado, as of July 16, 2008, between the requirements for placing a statutory change, and a state constitutional change on the ballot, or approving such a change. Colorado Referendum O facing voters in November 2008 would change these requirements by requiring more support at the petition stage to amend the state constitution than to amend a state statute.

Colorado voters may also present petitions forcing votes on the repeal of laws enacted by the state legislature without a "safety clause," and may force a public vote on the recall of an elected official. Neither type of ballot issue has been presented to Colorado voters at a statewide level in recent history.

November 2, 2004

* Amendment 34: Failed: Construction Liability
* Amendment 35: Passed: Tobacco Tax Increase For Health - Related Purposes
* Amendment 36: Failed: Selection of Presidential Electors
* Amendment 37: Passed: Renewable Energy Requirement
* Referendum A: Failed: State Personnel System
* Referendum B: Passed: Obsolete Constitutional Provisions

November 1, 2005

* Referendum C: Passed: State Spending
* Referendum D: Failed: State Borrowing

November 7, 2006

* Amendment 38: Failed: Petitions
* Amendment 39: Failed: School District Expenditures for Education
* Amendment 40: Failed: Term Limits on Court of Appeals and Supreme Court Judges
* Amendment 41: Passed: Standards of Conduct in Government
* Amendment 42: Passed: Colorado Minimum Wage Increase
* Amendment 43: Passed: Traditional Marriage
* Amendment 44: Failed: Marijuana Possession
* Amendment 45: Withdrawn By Proponents On August 22, 2006 after a ballot number was assigned: Domestic Partnerships
* Referendum E: Passed: Extension of Property Tax Exemption of Disabled Veterans
* Referendum F: Failed: Removing Recall Timelines from the Constitution
* Referendum G: Passed: Elimination of Obsolete Constitutional Provisions
* Referendum H: Passed: Unauthorized Alien Labor Tax Deduction
* Referendum I: Failed: Domestic Partnerships
* Referendum J: Failed: Public Schools Expenditure Accountability Act
* Referendum K: Passed: Attorney General Initiate Immigration Lawsuit

November 4 2008

This list is up-to-date with the list at the [http://www.elections.colorado.gov/DDefault.aspx?tid=1035 Secretary of State's Elections Center] as of 2008-10-03, whenfour proposed amendments (53, 55, 56 and 57) were withdrawn by their labor supporters in exchange for agreements from businesses and politicians to actively oppose Amendments 47, 49 and 54. [http://www.denverpost.com/politics/ci_10623567] . The withdrawn amendments will appear on the ballot, but the votes will not be counted.

* Amendment 46: Discrimination and Preferrential Treatment By Governments
* Amendment 47: Prohibition on Mandatory Labor Union Membership and Dues
* Amendment 48: Definition Of Person
* Amendment 49: Allowable Government Paycheck Deductions
* Amendment 50: Limited Gaming in Central City, Black Hawk, and Cripple Creek
* Amendment 51: State Sales Tax Increase for Services for People with Developmental Disabilities
* Amendment 52: Use of Severance Tax Revenue for Highways
* Amendment 53: Criminal Accountability of Business Executives - "withdrawn by the sponsors"
* Amendment 54: Campaign Contributions from Certain Government Contractors
* Amendment 55: Allowable Reasons for Employee Discharge or Suspension - "withdrawn by the sponsors"
* Amendment 56: Employer Responsibility for Health Insurance - "withdrawn by the sponsors"
* Amendment 57: Additional Remedies for Injured Employees - "withdrawn by the sponsors"
* Amendment 58: Severance Taxes on the Oil and Natural Gas Industry
* Amendment 59: Education Funding and TABOR Rebates
* Referendum L: Qualifications For Serving In State Legislature
* Referendum M: Obsolete Constitutional Provisions Relating To Land Value Increases
* Referendum N: Obsolete Constitutional Provisions Relating To Alcoholic Beverages
* Referendum O: Citizen-Initiated State Laws

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