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Colorado Prohibit Restrictions on Energy Sources Initiative (2024)
| Colorado Prohibit Restrictions on Energy Sources Initiative | |
|---|---|
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| Election date November 5, 2024 | |
| Topic Energy | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Colorado Prohibit Restrictions on Energy Sources Initiative was not on the ballot in Colorado as an initiated state statute on November 5, 2024.
This initiative would have prohibited laws and ordinances favoring or restricting a consumer's chosen energy source used for cooking, hot water systems, generators, or heating based on the type of energy.[1][2]
Text of measure
Full text
The full text of initiative 116 may be found 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 2024 ballot:
- Signatures: 124,238 valid signatures
- Deadline: August 5, 2024
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 Suzanne Taheri and Steven Ward.[1]
- The initiative was cleared to gather signatures beginning on February 22, 2024, with signatures due by August 5, 2024.[1]
- Sponsors did not submit signatures by the deadline on August 5, 2024.[1]
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