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Colorado Ban on Snare Traps Initiative (2020)
| Colorado Ban on Snare Traps Initiative | |
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| Election date November 3, 2020 | |
| Topic Hunting and fishing and Treatment of animals | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Colorado Ban on Snare Traps Initiative (#23) was not on the ballot in Colorado as an initiated state statute on November 3, 2020. The sponsor withdrew the measure before a ballot title was set.
This initiative would have banned the use of snare traps except on private property.[1][2]
Text of measure
Full text
- The full text of Initiative #23 is available here.
Path to the ballot
The state process
In Colorado, the number of signatures required to qualify an initiated state statute for the ballot is equal to 5 percent of the total number of votes cast for the office of Colorado secretary of state in the preceding general election. State law provides that petitioners have six months to collect signatures after the ballot language and title are finalized. State statutes require a completed signature petition to be filed three months and three weeks before the election at which the measure would appear on the ballot. The Constitution, however, states that the petition must be filed three months before the election at which the measure would appear. The secretary of state generally lists a date that is three months before the election as the filing deadline.
The requirements to get an initiated state statute certified for the 2020 ballot:
- Signatures: 124,632 valid signatures
- Deadline: August 3, 2020[3]
The secretary of state is responsible for signature verification. Verification is conducted through a review of petitions regarding correct form and then a 5 percent random sampling verification. If the sampling projects between 90 percent and 110 percent of required valid signatures, a full check of all signatures is required. If the sampling projects more than 110 percent of the required signatures, the initiative is certified. If less than 90 percent, the initiative fails.
Details about this initiative
- Samuel J. Matthews and Nora Matthews of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, filed this initiative with the Legislative Council Staff on January 10, 2019.[2]
See also
External links
- Colorado Secretary of State: Initiative Filings, Agendas & Results
- Initiatives filed with the Legislative Council Staff
- Initiative #23 text filed with the Legislative Council Staff
Footnotes
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, "Initiative #23 Complete Text," accessed January 15, 2019
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Colorado General Assembly, "Initiatives filed with the Legislative Council Staff," accessed January 15, 2019
- ↑ On May 17, 2020, Colorado Governor Jared Polis (D) signed Executive Order D 2020 065, which temporarily suspended the state law requiring signatures to be submitted six months after ballot language finalization. Under the order, signatures for 2020 Colorado initiatives were due by August 3, 2020.
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