Colorado Amendment 29, Candidates on Primary Ballots Initiative (2002)

Colorado Amendment 29
Election date November 5, 2002
Topic Primary election systems
Status Defeated
Type Initiated state statute	Origin Citizens

Colorado Amendment 29 was on the ballot as an initiated state statute in Colorado on November 5, 2002. It was defeated.

A “yes” vote supported eliminating the use of neighborhood caucus and assembly meetings to select candidates for primaries and requiring major political party candidates to obtain a minimum number of signatures to appear on the primary ballot.

A “no” vote opposed eliminating the use of neighborhood caucus and assembly meetings to select candidates for primaries and requiring major political party candidates to obtain a minimum number of signatures to appear on the primary ballot.

Election results

Colorado Amendment 29
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		509,109	39.84%
No		768,683	60.16%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 29 was as follows:

“

An amendment to the Colorado revised statutes concerning the use of petitions to provide candidate access to the primary election ballot, and, in connection therewith, requiring that all candidates for nomination at a primary election be placed on the primary election ballot by petition; eliminating the candidate designation and certification process from state, county, and district assemblies; specifying the signature requirements for nominating petitions for access to the primary election ballot; allowing a candidate to include a personal statement on his or her nominating petition; providing for examination of nominating petitions by the designated election official; and setting forth a procedure to protest the election official's decision regarding the sufficiency of nominating petitions.

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Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Signature requirements for ballot measures in Colorado

In Colorado, proponents needed to collect a number of signatures for an initiated state statute.

See also

2002 Measures

• 2002 Measures
• Primary election systems on the ballot
• 2002 legislative sessions

Colorado

• Colorado ballot measures
• Colorado ballot measure laws

News and analysis

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External links

• Colorado Blue Book (2002)