Colorado Amendment 15, Campaign Contribution Limits Initiative (1994)

Colorado Amendment 15
Election date November 8, 1994
Topic Campaign finance
Status Defeated
Type Initiated constitutional amendment	Origin Citizens

Colorado Amendment 15 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Colorado on November 8, 1994. It was defeated.

A “yes” vote supported creating limits for campaign contributions to partisan candidate committees and limiting the amount of campaign contributions by individuals and political committees

A “no” vote opposed creating limits for campaign contributions to partisan candidate committees and limiting the amount of campaign contributions by individuals and political committees

Election results

Colorado Amendment 15
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		508,029	46.35%
No		588,072	53.65%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 15 was as follows:

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An amendment to the Colorado Constitution to limit the amount of campaign contributions, including in-kind contributions, that may be accepted by candidate committees, political committees, and political parties; to require candidate committees to receive at least sixty percent of their contributions from natural persons; to prohibit a candidate committee from making a contribution to or accepting a contribution from another candidate committee; to prohibit a political party from accepting contributions that are intended to be passed through to a candidate committee; to limit those persons who may contribute to a candidate commi'itee to natural persons, political parties, and politicalcommittees; to treat unexpended campaign contributions held by a candidate committee as contributions from other than natural persons in a subsequent election; to require notice and disclosure of independent expenditures in an election; to require reporting to the secretary of state by candidate committees, political commitiees, and political parties of contributions, expenditures, and obligations; to create the campaign and political finance commission with jurisdiction over these provisions; to provide civil and criminal sanctions for violations of the proposed amendment; and to provide that a candidate found guilty of a criminal violation forfeits the right to hold any elected public office.

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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

1994 Measures

• 1994 Measures
• Campaign finance on the ballot
• 1994 legislative sessions

Colorado

• Colorado ballot measures
• Colorado ballot measure laws

News and analysis

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External links

• Colorado Blue Book (1994)