Colorado Amendment No. 5, State Legislative Redistricting Measure (1954)

Colorado Amendment No. 5
Election date November 2, 1954
Topic Redistricting policy
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Colorado Amendment No. 5 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Colorado on November 2, 1954. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported this amendment to: • set the size of the Senate at 35 members and the House at 65 members; • provide that House districts should have an equal population so far as practicable;   • allow counties to be divided into multiple single-member House districts, rather than requiring counties with larger populations to elect several members at large; and • eliminate the state census requirement from the constitution.

A "no" vote opposed this amendment to change constitutional provisions regarding redistricting.

Election results

Colorado Amendment No. 5
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		116,695	42.30%
No		159,188	57.70%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment No. 5 was as follows:

“

Amendment to Article V of the Constitution of the State of Colorado, relating to the General Assembly and the apportionment of the members thereof.

”

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Colorado Constitution

A two-thirds vote was needed in each chamber of the Colorado State Legislature to refer the constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.

See also

1954 Measures

• 1954 Measures
• Redistricting policy on the ballot
• 1954 legislative sessions

Colorado

• Colorado ballot measures
• Colorado ballot measure laws

News and analysis

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External links

• Colorado Blue Book (1954)