Colorado Changes to Initiative Process Measure (2022)
| Colorado Changes to Initiative Process Measure | |
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| Election date November 8, 2022 | |
| Topic Direct democracy measures | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Colorado Changes to Initiative Process Measure (#54) was not on the ballot in Colorado as an initiated state statute on November 8, 2022.
Measure design
The initiative would have changed the requirements and deadlines for qualifying an initiative for the ballot, changed the process for legal challenges to an initiative, limited petition titles to 60 words, and required voter approval for laws that would amend approved initiatives. The initiative would have replaced the current initiative process and repealed all conflicting laws.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for the initiative is below.[1]
| “ | Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning initiative and referendum petitions, and, in connection therewith, allowing petitioning of all Colorado governments; changing requirements, procedures, and deadlines for: circulating petitions and qualifying petitions for the ballot, protesting petitions, including changing the venue and accelerating the protest process, and informing voters of petition contents, including referring voters to pro and con websites; limiting petition titles to 60 words; limiting the number of bills that the general assembly may exempt from possible voter review; allowing laws enacted by initiative to be changed only by another initiative; and repealing all conflicting statutes?[2] | ” |
Full text
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 2022 ballot:
- Signatures: 124,632 valid signatures
- Deadline: August 8, 2022
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
- Chip Creager and John Ebel filed the different versions of the initiative. The most recent version of the initiative, version #54, was given ballot language on January 19, 2022. It was approved for signature gathering on February 3, 2022, with signatures due by July 27, 2022.[1]
- Signatures were not submitted by the due date.[1]
See also
External links
- Colorado Secretary of State: Initiative Filings, Agendas & Results
- Initiatives filed with the Legislative Council Staff
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