Colorado Amendment No. 1, Vacancy Committee Amendment (1978)

Colorado Amendment No. 1
Election date November 7, 1978
Topic County and municipal governance
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 7, 1978. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported establishing a vacancy committee to fill vacancies in the office of county commissioner.

A “no” vote opposed establishing a vacancy committee to fill vacancies in the office of county commissioner.

Election results

Colorado Amendment No. 1
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		442,071	66.13%
No		226,432	33.87%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

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

“

An amendment to section 9 of article XIV of the constitution of the state of Colorado, providing that a vacancy in the office of county commissioner shall be filled within ten days after the occurrence thereof by a vacancy committee or, if said committee fails to act within ten days, shall be filled by the governor within fifteen days after occurrence of the vacancy, and providing that the person appointed to fill a vacancy in the office of county commissioner shall be a member of the same political party, if any, as the vacating commissioner.

”

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

1978 Measures

• 1978 Measures
• County and municipal governance on the ballot
• 1978 legislative sessions

Colorado

• Colorado ballot measures
• Colorado ballot measure laws

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External links

• Colorado Blue Book (1978)