Colorado Changes to Parole Eligibility Initiative (2022)
| Colorado Changes to Parole Eligibility Initiative | |
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| Election date November 8, 2022 | |
| Topic Prisons | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Colorado Changes to Parole Eligibility Initiative was not on the ballot in Colorado as an initiated state statute on November 8, 2022.
Measure design
The initiative would have increased the amount of time served required to be eligible for parole.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title was as follows:
| “ | Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning parole eligibility for an offender convicted of a violent crime, and, in connection therewith, requiring an offender who was convicted on or after January 1, 2023, of second degree murder; first degree assault; first degree kidnapping, unless the first degree kidnapping is a class 1 felony; sexual assault; first degree arson; first degree burglary; or aggravated robbery to serve eighty-five percent of the sentence imposed before being eligible for parole and requiring an offender convicted of any such crime on or after January 1, 2023, and who was previously convicted of two crimes of violence to serve the full sentence imposed before beginning to serve parole?[2] | ” |
Full text
The full text of the initiative can be accessed 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 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
- Suzanne Taheri and Michael Fields filed the initiative on March 25, 2022. Ballot language was given for the measure on April 6, 2022.[1]
- The initiative was withdrawn or denied title setting prior to circulation approval.[1]
See also
External links
- Colorado Secretary of State: Initiative Filings, Agendas & Results
- Initiatives filed with the Legislative Council Staff
- Full text
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Colorado Secretary of State, "Initiative Filings, Agendas & Results," accessed July 26, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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