Colorado Amendment No. 2, Increases in Annual Expenditures Initiative (1978)
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| Topic State and local government budgets, spending, and finance |
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| Type Initiated constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Colorado Amendment No. 2 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Colorado on November 7, 1978. It was defeated.
A “yes” vote supported limiting increases on annual per capita expenditures by the state and local governments. |
A “no” vote opposed limiting increases on annual per capita expenditures by the state and local governments. |
Election results
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Colorado Amendment No. 2 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 295,616 | 41.27% | ||
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420,759 | 58.73% | ||
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- Results are officially certified.
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Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment No. 2 was as follows:
| “ | Shall the constitution of the state of Colorado be amended by adding a new article XA limiting annual increases in per capita expenditures by the state and its political subdivisions to the percentage increase in the United States consumer price index, except when a larger increase is approved by the voters in the affected jurisdiction in a special election; providing a procedure for emergency expenditures; prohibiting the state from imposing any part of the cost of new or expanded state programs on political subdivisions; requiring adequate funding of new and existing benefit programs; and establishing a maximum limit on the surplus fund for the state and providing that excess revenues collected by the state be returned to the taxpayers? | ” |
Path to the ballot
In Colorado, proponents needed to collect a number of signatures for an initiated constitutional amendment.
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