Of the 14 initiatives appearing on Colorado’s November ballot, eight of them were created and sponsored by the billionaire-funded right-wing Advance Colorado organization, something I have written about at length. Over the last few weeks, in my quest to illuminate the ways in which wealthy donors are working to slant Colorado’s systems of politics and governance in favor of their profitable interests, I have looked at five of those initiatives: proposals to cap the corporate income tax rate, create a right to buy and sell natural gas, put a right to hunt and fish in the state constitution, restrict future ballot language to an 8th grade reading level, and add voter ID requirements to Colorado’s vote-by-mail system.
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DAVIS: Bad Ideas & Ballot Language
While most of the conservative-driven measures slated to appear on Colorado’s November ballot are designed to give tax money to billionaires, and a handful are designed to bully queer kids, two of them have a different purpose: to try and force structural changes to Colorado’s democracy which the initiatives’ backers seem to believe will benefit their interests. One seeks to mandate that ballot language be written to an “8th grade reading level,” and the other seeks to add voter identification requirements to Colorado’s vote-by-mail system. Both of the would-be alterations are sponsored by Advance Colorado.
Common Dollars & Common Sense: Inside the Persuasion Machine Shaping Colorado Elections
The year is 2024 and your Colorado ballot has just arrived in the mail. The envelope is thick, another year’s ballot loaded not just with candidates, but with state and local initiatives. You fill in the bubbles next to the candidates you like, take a deep breath, then turn to the page where the initiatives start.
Graduated Income Tax Initiative Begins Signature Gathering Campaign
Educators, health care workers, local officials, and others rallied on the steps of the state Capitol Tuesday to launch a campaign to place an initiative on the November ballot that would ask voters if they want Colorado to implement a graduated income tax.
Legalization of Psychedelic Medicines Will Likely Be on CO Ballots this November
Organizers turned in petition signatures Monday in an effort to put an initiative on the state’s ballots this November which would allow doctors to prescribe some psychedelic medicines to patients suffering depression and PTSD.
PAUSE ‘Animal Abuse’ Initiative Unpopular Among Veterinarians, Ranchers
Colorado veterinarians and cattlemen alike are opposing Colorado Ballot Initiative 16, an animal rights ballot initiative for the 2022 General Election that would classify many common veterinary and livestock practices as animal cruelty.