Colorado Amendment No. 4, Work Hours for Miners Amendment (1988)

Colorado Amendment No. 4
Election date November 8, 1988
Topic Working hours regulations
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Colorado Amendment No. 4 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Colorado on November 8, 1988. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported allowing the General Assembly to add limits to the number of hours miners can work in one day and removing obsolete provisions.

A “no” vote opposed allowing the General Assembly to add limits to the number of hours miners can work in one day and removing obsolete provisions.

Election results

Colorado Amendment No. 4
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		799,250	67.21%
No		389,906	32.79%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment No. 4 was as follows:

“

An amendment to Articles V, VII, VIII, and X of the Constitution of the State of Colorado concerning the maximum eight-hour workday applicable to persons who are employed in certain occupations, conforming the age qualifications for electors to that required by the Constitution of the United States, and concerning the deletion of obsolete provisions relating to suffrage for women, selection of the seat of government of the state, appropriations for the Capitol Building, and state support for the 1976 Winter Olympics.

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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

1988 Measures

• 1988 Measures
• Working hours regulations on the ballot
• 1988 legislative sessions

Colorado

• Colorado ballot measures
• Colorado ballot measure laws

News and analysis

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External links

• Colorado Blue Book (1988)