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Colorado End Gray Wolf Reintroduction Initiative (2026)
| Colorado End Gray Wolf Reintroduction Initiative | |
|---|---|
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| Election date November 3, 2026 | |
| Topic Forests and parks and Environment | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Colorado End Gray Wolf Reintroduction Initiative is not on the ballot in Colorado as an initiated state statute on November 3, 2026.
This initiative would have ended reintroduction of gray wolves by Colorado Parks and Wildlife on designated lands west of the continental divide, which was authorized in 2020 by voter approval of Proposition 114.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for the initiative is as follows:[1]
| “ | Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes ending any further reintroductions of gray wolves by December 31, 2026? | ” |
Full text
The full text 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 2026 ballot:
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
- The initiative was filed by Jon Caldara and Nash Herman. Ballot language was approved on February 19, 2025.[1]
- The initiative was cleared for signature gathering on April 9 with signatures due by August 27, 2025.[1]
- The initiative failed to have enough valid signatures submitted by the August 27, 2025 deadline, and did not make the ballot.[1]
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