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Colorado 1996 ballot measures

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1997 →

← 1995

Twelve statement ballot measures were on the 1996 ballot in Colorado.

Seven measures were initiated constitutional amendments.
One measure was an initiated state statute.
Four measures were legislatively-referred constitutional amendments.
Six measures were defeated, while six were approved.

On the ballot

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CICA	Amendment 11	Taxes	Eliminates certain property tax exemptions	d
CICA	Amendment 12	Term Limits	Instructs Colorado representatives to vote for term limits for U.S. congressional members	a
CICA	Amendment 13	Direct Democracy	Changes initiative and referendum rights and procedures	d
CICA	Amendment 14	Animals	Prohibits certain methods of trapping or killing animals	a
CISS	Amendment 15	Elections	Creates new laws regarding campaign finance	a
CICA	Amendment 16	Property	Establishes constitutional law regarding management of state public land trusts	a
CICA	Amendment 17	Education	Creates parental rights to direct and control the upbringing, education, values, and discipline of their children	d
CICA	Amendment 18	Gambling	Permits limited gaming in the national historic district of the city of Trinidad	d
LRCA	Referendum A	Supermajority	Changes requirement to pass constitutional amendments from simple voter majority to 60 percent supermajority	d
LRCA	Referendum B	Elections	Increases the time period for mailing out ballot information to registered voters	a
LRCA	Referendum C	Law Enforcement	Authorizes the general assembly to establish qualifications for the office of county sheriff	a
LRCA	Referendum D	Welfare	Excludes funds for unemployment compensation from state fiscal limitations	d

External links

Colorado Legislative Council: Ballot Issue History
1996 Sample Ballot (from El Paso Country, CO)
I&R Institute ballot measure database for Colorado

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