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Colorado State Capital Location Measure (1881)
| Colorado State Capital Location Measure | |
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| Election date |
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| Topic State capitals |
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| Type Legislatively referred state statute |
Origin |
The Colorado State Capital Location Measure was on the ballot as a legislatively referred state statute in Colorado on November 8, 1881.
Instead of selecting from a list of cities, voters were instructed to write their chosen location on the ballot in the following format: "For [the name of the place] as the seat of government." Denver, Colorado, received the most votes at 30,248, or 66.48% of the 45,497 votes cast.[1][2]
Election results
| Colorado State Capital Location Measure | ||||
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| Location | Votes | Percentage | Outcome | |
| Denver | 30,248 | 66.48% | 
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| Pueblo | 6,047 | 13.29% | 
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| Colorado Springs | 4,790 | 10.53% |
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| Cañon City | 2,788 | 6.13% |
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| Scattering | 1,624 | 3.57% |
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Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for State Capital Location Measure was as follows:
| “ | For [the name of the place] as the seat of government. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
A simple majority vote was needed in each chamber of the Colorado State Legislature to refer the measure to the ballot for voter consideration.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Colorado State Legislature, "An Act to Provide for Submitting the Question of the Permanent Location of the Seat of Government to the Qualified Electors of the State (1881)," accessed March 4, 2025
- ↑ Colorado LegiSource, "Colorado’s Capitol Building Started 150 Years Ago with a Land Donation – Thank You Mr. Brown," August 2, 2018
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