Colorado Amendment No. 1, Initiative and Referendum Process Amendment (1980)

Colorado Amendment No. 1
Election date November 4, 1980
Topic Initiative and referendum process
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Colorado Amendment No. 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Colorado on November 4, 1980. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported establishing provisions relating to signatures for initiatives and referendums and creating new provisions relating to initiatives and referendums.

A “no” vote opposed establishing provisions relating to signatures for initiatives and referendums and creating new provisions relating to initiatives and referendums.

Election results

Colorado Amendment No. 1
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		638,731	60.14%
No		423,322	39.86%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment No. 1 was as follows:

“

An amendment to article V and XIX of the constitution of the state of Colorado, concerning the initiative and referendum process, and providing that an elector must be registered in order to sign a petition for an initiated or referred measure and that the proposed initiated measures shall be submitted to the legislative research and drafting offices of the general assembly for review and comment at a -.. meeting open to the public before a ballot title is fixed.

”

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Colorado Constitution

A two-thirds vote was needed in each chamber of the Colorado State Legislature to refer the constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.

See also

1980 Measures

• 1980 Measures
• Initiative and referendum process on the ballot
• 1980 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 (1980)