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Colorado Amendment 4, Limited Gambling in Certain Eastern and Southern Cities and Counties Initiative (1992)
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| Topic Gambling policy |
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| Type Initiated constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Colorado Amendment 4 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Colorado on November 3, 1992. It was defeated.
A “yes” vote supported allowing limited gambling in certain eastern and southern cities and counties if approved by voters in such jurisdiction and establishing provisions for such gambling. |
A “no” vote opposed allowing limited gambling in certain eastern and southern cities and counties if approved by voters in such jurisdiction and establishing provisions for such gambling. |
Election results
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 414,699 | 27.61% | ||
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1,087,136 | 72.39% | ||
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- Results are officially certified.
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Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 4 was as follows:
| “ | An amendment to Article XVIII of the Colorado Constitution to permit limited gaming subject to an affirmative local vote, in the cities and towns of Burlington, Evans, Lamar, Las Animas, Sterling, Antonito, Garden City, Granada, Holly, Julesburg, Milliken, Ovid, Peea and Sedgwick and the counties of Logan, Prowers, and Sedgwick; to add to the types of games which may be conducted where limited gaming is permitted; to allow the General Assembly to increase the maximum single bet above the present five-dollar limit; to allocate tax revenues derived from limited gaming activities; and to change the tax revenue allocation from the general fund to the public school fund if the General Assembly continues school funding at no less than the level established at the 1992 legislative session. | ” |
Path to the ballot
In Colorado, proponents needed to collect a number of signatures for an initiated constitutional amendment.
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