Colorado Amendment 16, Freedom of Expression Initiative (1994)
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| Topic Constitutional rights and Federal government issues |
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Origin |
Colorado Amendment 16 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Colorado on November 8, 1994. It was defeated.
A “yes” vote supported prohibiting the state judiciary from interpreting the state's constitutional freedom of speech more broadly than the federal constitution. |
A “no” vote opposed prohibiting the state judiciary from interpreting the state's constitutional freedom of speech more broadly than the federal constitution. |
Election results
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Colorado Amendment 16 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 404,156 | 36.73% | ||
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696,040 | 63.27% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 16 was as follows:
| “ | An amendment to the Colorado Constitution stating that the state and any city, town, city and county, or county may control the promotion of obscenity to the full extent permitted by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and thereby preventing the Colorado courts from interpreting the right of free expression more broadly under the Colorado Constitution than under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution in the area of obscenity. | ” |
Path to the ballot
In Colorado, proponents needed to collect a number of signatures for an initiated constitutional amendment.
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Footnotes
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