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Colorado Duties of the Independent Ethics Commission Amendment (2014)
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The Colorado Duties of the Independent Ethics Commission Amendment did not make the November 4, 2014 ballot in Colorado as an initiated constitutional amendment. The measure would have transfered the jurisdiction over judicial discipline and disability from the commission on judicial discipline to the independent ethics commission. This jurisdiction would not have only applied to new claims of violations, but also claims previously dismissed by the commission on judicial discipline.[1][2]
The measure would have amended Section 5 of Article XXIX of the Colorado Constitution.
Text of measure
If the initiative had been placed on the ballot, the language would have appeared as:[2]
| “ | Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning regulation of judicial conduct and, in connection therewith, transferring jurisdiction over judicial discipline and disability to the independent ethics commission from the commission on judicial discipline and specifying that such jurisdiction includes review of claims of violations of the Colorado code of judicial conduct and claims of disability, as well as complaints that were previously dismissed by the commission on judicial discipline?[3] | ” |
Constitutional changes
The measure would have amended Section 5 of Article XXIX of the Colorado Constitution. The full text of the proposed changes can be read here.
Support
- Clean Up the Courts
- Chris Forsyth, primary proponent
- Laurie Forsyth, second proponent
Path to the ballot
Supporters were required to gather 86,105 valid signatures by Monday, August 4 at 3:00 PM for the measure to appear on the ballot.
Clean Up the Courts ended its volunteer campaign for the 2014 ballot in favor of aiming at a 2016 ballot placement. According to Chris Forsyth,
| “ | [We've] formed a board and will start taking donations to help pay paid circulators to get these on the ballot in 2016. I anticipate fundraising to begin in the next couple of days. We hope to obtain signatures during 2015 when we are not competing with other political issues for attention and volunteers. If all goes as expected, The Honest Judge Amendment and The Two-Thirds Majority Amendment will be on the ballot in 2016.[3] | ” |
| —Chris Forsyth[4] | ||
See also
- Colorado 2014 ballot measures
- 2014 ballot measures
- Colorado Legislature
- List of Colorado ballot measures
External links
- Colorado Initiatives Submitted for Review and Comment for 2013-2014
- Full text of proposed initiative #94
- Clean Up the Courts website, Facebook profile & Twitter feed
Footnotes
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "Full text of proposed initiative #94," accessed May 23, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Colorado Secretary of State, "Results for Proposed Initiative #94 Ballot Title Setting Board 2013-2014," accessed May 23, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Margaret Koenig, "E-mail correspondence with Chris Forsyth," August 4, 2014
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