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Colorado Amendment 24, Voter Approval for the Expansion of Cities Initiative (2000)
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| Topic County and municipal governance |
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| Type Initiated constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Colorado Amendment 24 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Colorado on November 7, 2000. It was defeated.
A “yes” vote supported establishing provisions relating to voter approval of the expansion of cities. |
A “no” vote opposed establishing provisions relating to voter approval of the expansion of cities. |
Election results
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Colorado Amendment 24 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 511,886 | 30.11% | ||
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1,188,138 | 69.89% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 24 was as follows:
| “ | An amendment to the Colorado Constitution concerning the management of development, and, in connection therewith, specifying that local governments, unless otherwise excepted, shall approve development only within areas committed to development or within future growth areas in accordance with voter-approved growth area maps, requiring such local governments to delineate areas committed to development, requiring local governments proposing a future growth area to submit a growth area map to a vote at a regular election, specifying the content of growth impact disclosures to be distributed to voters in connection with such elections, and specifying the type of allowed action or development within growth areas, committed areas, or outside such areas. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
In Colorado, proponents needed to collect a number of signatures for an initiated constitutional amendment.
See also
External links
Footnotes
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