Colorado Amendment 49, Prohibition of Paycheck Deductions Initiative (2008)

Colorado Amendment 49
Election date November 4, 2008
Topic Labor union deductions
Status Defeated
Type Initiated constitutional amendment	Origin Citizens

Colorado Amendment 49 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Colorado on November 4, 2008. It was defeated.

A “yes” vote supported prohibiting public employee paycheck deductions with certain exceptions.

A “no” vote opposed prohibiting public employee paycheck deductions with certain exceptions.

Election results

Colorado Amendment 49
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		882,428	39.24%
No		1,366,620	60.76%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 49 was as follows:

“

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning deductions from governmental payroll systems, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting a governmental payroll system from taking a payroll deduction from any government employee except deductions required by federal law, tax withholdings, judicial liens and garnishments, deductions for individual or group health benefits or other insurance, deductions for pension or retirement plans or systems, or other savings or investment programs, and charitable deductions?

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Signature requirements for ballot measures in Colorado

In Colorado, proponents needed to collect a number of signatures for an initiated constitutional amendment.

See also

2008 Measures

• 2008 Measures
• Labor union deductions on the ballot
• 2008 legislative sessions

Colorado

• Colorado ballot measures
• Colorado ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Colorado Blue Book (2008)