Colorado Amendment 28, Mail-In Ballot Elections Initiative (2002)
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| Topic Absentee and mail voting |
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| Type Initiated state statute |
Origin |
Colorado Amendment 28 was on the ballot as an initiated state statute in Colorado on November 5, 2002. It was defeated.
A “yes” vote supported requiring most elections to be conducted by mail-in ballot. |
A “no” vote opposed requiring most elections to be conducted by mail-in ballot. |
Election results
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Colorado Amendment 28 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 557,573 | 42.41% | ||
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757,299 | 57.59% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 28 was as follows:
| “ | An amendment to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning the conduct of elections using mail-in ballots, and, in connection therewith, replacing existing statutory provisions relating to mail ballot elections with provisions governing "automatic absentee ballot elections"; requiring that, after January 1, 2005, any election held on the same day as any primary, general, congressional vacancy, special legislative, partisan officer recall, or other November coordinated election, be conducted as an automatic absentee ballot election; permitting other elections and elections held before January 1, 2005 to be conducted as automatic absentee ballot elections; requiring an election official who conducts an automatic absentee ballot election to submit a plan for the election to be approved by the secretary of state; specifying requirements for the delivery and return of ballots in an automatic absentee ballot election, including provisions for ballot drop-off sites, polling booth locations, and the issuance and return of replacement ballots; specifying requirements for ballot qualification in an automatic absentee ballot election, including the verification of voters' signatures and the counting of such ballots; specifying that interference with the delivery of a ballot in an automatic absentee ballot election to the designated election official is an election offense; and increasing penalties for specified election offenses. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
In Colorado, proponents needed to collect a number of signatures for an initiated state statute.
See also
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Footnotes
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