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Colorado Amendment No. 2, Voter Qualifications Amendment (1984)
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| Topic Voter registration |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Colorado Amendment No. 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Colorado on November 6, 1984. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported establishing the requirement of voter registration in order to vote in a number of elections and to be able to sign several types of petitions. |
A “no” vote opposed establishing the requirement of voter registration in order to vote in a number of elections and to be able to sign several types of petitions. |
Election results
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Colorado Amendment No. 2 |
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811,130 | 72.73% | ||
| No | 304,208 | 27.27% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment No. 2 was as follows:
| “ | An amendment to articles IV, XIV, XX, and XXI of the constitution of the state of Colorado, providing that a person must be a registered elector in order to vote for state elected executive officers, to vote for removal of a county seat, to vote on the striking off of county territory, to sign a petition for or to vote on county home rule, to vote on the formation, merger, election of members of governing bodies, and the functions of service authorities, to vote on a franchise relating to any street, alley or public place of a home rule city, to sign a petition for or to vote on municipal home rule, to sign a petition for or to vote on recall of state and local elective public officers, and applying to registered electors the percentage for determining the number of signatures on home rule petitions. | ” |
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Colorado Constitution
A two-thirds vote was needed in each chamber of the Colorado State Legislature to refer the constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.
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Footnotes
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