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Colorado Amendment 17, Term Limits Initiative (1994)
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| Topic Congressional term limits |
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| Type Initiated constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Colorado Amendment 17 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Colorado on November 8, 1994. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported establishing limits on the number of consecutive terms one may serve for certain positions and reducing the number of consecutive terms a representative elected from Colorado may serve in the United States House of Representatives to three consecutive terms. |
A “no” vote opposed establishing limits on the number of consecutive terms one may serve for certain positions and reducing the number of consecutive terms a representative elected from Colorado may serve in the United States House of Representatives to three consecutive terms. |
Election results
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Colorado Amendment 17 |
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554,238 | 51.05% | ||
| No | 531,521 | 48.95% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 17 was as follows:
| “ | An amendment to the Colorado Constitution to limit the number of consecutive terms that may be served by a nonjudicial elected official of any political subdivision of the state, by a member of the state board of education, and by an elected member of the governing board of a state institution of higher education and to allow voters to lengthen, shorten, or eliminate such limitations of terms of office; and to reduce the number of consecutive terms that may be served by the United States Representatives elected from Colorado. | ” |
Path to the ballot
In Colorado, proponents needed to collect a number of signatures for an initiated constitutional amendment.
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Footnotes
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