Colorado Automatic Voter Registration via Public Entities Initiative (2018)
| Colorado Automatic Voter Registration via Public Entities Initiative | |
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| Election date November 6, 2018 | |
| Topic Suffrage | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Colorado Automatic Voter Registration via Public Entities Initiative was not on the ballot in Colorado as an initiated state statute on November 6, 2018.
The measure would have provided for the automatic voter registration of individuals when interacting with public entities that collect an individual's legal name, age, residence, citizenship information, identification information, and signature. The information would have been forwarded to the secretary of state's office, which would send a notification to the individual asking whether they want to decline voter registration or affiliation with a political party. If a person did not respond to the notification, the person would be registered as a voter.[1]
Colorado adopted a system of automatic voter registration in February 2017.[2] The current system is tied to the Department of Motor Vehicles, whereas this initiative would be tied to all public entities that collect the necessary information.
Text of measure
Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
Jason Legg and Scott Cadiz submitted the initiative to the Colorado Legislative Counsel for review and comment on March 29, 2017. On April 12, 2017, the counsel offered comments.[1] Compliance with these recommendations is not required. The next step is for proponents to submit a draft to the Colorado secretary of state, who will convene a title board to evaluate whether the initiative meets the single-subject rule and write a ballot title.
The number of signatures required for a successful petition is equal to 5 percent of the total number of votes cast for the office of secretary of state in the preceding general election. The same number of signatures is required for constitutional amendments, statutes, and referendums. In 2018, the number of signatures required for an initiated state statute is 98,492. In Colorado, petitioners have six months to collect signatures after the ballot language and title are finalized. The Colorado Constitution says that signatures must be filed three months before the election at which the measure would appear. In 2018, three months before the November election is August 6.
The measure did not qualify for the November 2018 ballot because it had either (a) never been cleared for signature gathering, (b) was abandoned by sponsors, or (c) otherwise reached a certain stage in the initiative process, but did not make the ballot.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Colorado Legislative Counsel, "Voter Registration Through Public Entities," accessed April 3, 2017
- ↑ Ballotpedia staff, "E-mail and Call Interview with Benjamin Schler, Manager of Internal Operations and Legal at Elections Division of Colorado Secretary of State," March 24, 2017
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