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Colorado Referendum C, Excess Spending Measure (2005)
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| Topic State and local government budgets, spending, and finance |
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| Type Legislatively referred state statute |
Origin |
Colorado Referendum C was on the ballot as a legislatively referred state statute in Colorado on November 1, 2005. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported allowing the state to spend more than its spending limitation for healthcare, education, transportation, and emergency personnel pensions. |
A “no” vote opposed allowing the state to spend more than its spending limitation for healthcare, education, transportation, and emergency personnel pensions. |
Election results
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Colorado Referendum C |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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600,222 | 52.06% | ||
| No | 552,662 | 47.94% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Referendum C was as follows:
| “ | Without raising taxes and in order to pay for education; health care; roads, bridges, and other strategic transportation projects; and retirement plans for firefighters and police officers, shall the state be authorized to retain and spend all state revenues in excess of the constitutional limitation on state fiscal year spending for the next five fiscal years beginning with the 2005-06 fiscal year, and to retain and spend an amount of state revenues in excess of such limitation for the 2010-11 fiscal year and for each succeeding fiscal year up to the excess state revenues cap, as defined by this measure? | ” |
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
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Footnotes
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