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Redistricting fight escalates as Colorado Title Board clears competing ballot proposals
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Colorado’s title board on Wednesday gave final approval to multiple ballot measures related to congressional redistricting, setting up a series of proposals that could alter how the state draws its U.S. House districts for the 2028 and 2030 elections. The board, which has final authority over ballot measure titles and language, has one remaining meeting…
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Colorado Title Board advances competing redistricting proposals, revised Pinnacol measure
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With just two meetings left before an April 15 deadline, the state’s Title Board on Wednesday pushed through a slate of ballot measures, including a revised proposal to privatize Pinnacol Assurance and dueling plans to redraw Colorado’s congressional map. The measures set the stage for potential legal fights and a crowded November ballot. Any ballot…
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Colorado group files 6 ballot measures to counter redistricting proposals backed by Democrats
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A half-dozen congressional redistricting ballot measures were filed Friday by a Colorado advocacy group in response to proposals filed last week from a group seeking to flip three Republican-held U.S. House seats in two years. “The gist of it is adding criteria around competitiveness and not allowing maps to be drawn to benefit one political…
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Colorado Title Board rejects challenges to graduated income tax ballot measure
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The state body that determines whether a ballot measure contains a single subject has rejected challenges to eight versions of the push to change Colorado’s flat rate to a graduated income tax, thereby increasing the taxes on higher income earners. Opponents argued that the proposals wouldn’t just hike the taxes on higher-income individuals — they…
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Voters will decide proposal to repeal Colorado limits on police cooperation with immigration authorities
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A ballot initiative backed by the group Advance Colorado has qualified for the November general election, setting up a statewide vote on whether to undo limitations placed upon state and local law enforcement agencies’ ability to work with federal authorities. Ballot measure 95 would change the state constitution to require law enforcement to notify federal…
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Colorado ballot measure for tougher fentanyl penalties moves forward
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A proposed measure that would increase penalties for fentanyl manufacturing, distribution and possession has collected enough signatures to qualify for the 2026 ballot, following several failed attempts by the state legislature to pass similar legislation. Backed by Advance Colorado, the ballot initiative would make the sale of any amount of fentanyl a Class 1 felony,…
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Advance Colorado’s Michael Fields is ‘very encouraged’ by election results
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With three citizen initiatives on the ballot this election and two more that were withdrawn following a special legislative session over the summer, Advance Colorado has had a busy year. The organization, which describes itself as “focused on reversing radical policies that are harming the state and restoring common sense values and principles in Colorado,”…
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Colorado Dawn hit with campaign finance complaint
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A campaign finance complaint has been filed against the independent expenditure committee Colorado Dawn, IEC. The expenditures at the heart of the complaint were paid for by Colorado Dawn’s 501(c)(4), at $872,000 for text messages and campaign flyers in support of school choice on the November ballot. Colorado Dawn is a 501(c)(4), and according to…
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Gov. Jared Polis signs bill to end Colorado’s ‘property tax wars’ — at least for 6 years
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Hours after two groups withdrew two ballot measures on property taxes, Gov. Jared Polis fulfilled the last part of the deal by signing into law a compromise measure that is expected to further reduce — but not eliminate — the increases most Coloradans will pay for in property taxes in the next two years. House Bill 24B-1001 is…
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Colorado property tax ballot initiatives withdrawn as part of deal with governor, lawmakers
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Two initiatives aiming to cut property taxes and cap their revenue growth have been officially withdrawn from the Nov. 5 ballot, Colorado election officials confirmed on Wednesday. The withdrawal was the culmination of a negotiation — among Gov. Jared Polis, legislative leaders and the groups behind the initiatives — that led to a special session last…