ballot initiative
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Colorado Supreme Court to hear appeals on campaign disclosures, right to jury trial in child neglect cases
The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday it will consider when groups that advocate on ballot initiatives were required to register and disclose their election spending under a pre-2022 version of state law. At least three of the court’s seven members must agree to hear a case. The justices will also evaluate whether a father…
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Appeals court rules developer may bring ballot initiative to rezone Telluride neighborhood
Colorado’s second-highest court on Wednesday clarified that a developer may bring a ballot initiative in Telluride to rezone part of a planned-unit development for affordable housing despite other lot owners’ objections. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals stressed that the question of whether the zoning change infringes on the rights of homeowners in…
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Front Range Passenger Rail District votes to push back ballot initiative to 2026
The district in charge of planning a passenger rail line from Pueblo to Fort Collins said on Friday that it would wait until 2026 to seek voter approval for a sales tax raise. Nancy Burke, director of communications and outreach for the Front Range Passenger Rail District, said district board members had been considering between…
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10th Circuit rejects conservative group’s challenge to ballot title transparency law
The federal appeals court based in Denver rejected a conservative group’s challenge on Friday to a 2021 Colorado law that requires tax-cutting ballot initiatives to provide details to voters about affected services, even if the mandated information is inaccurate. Following the 1992 enactment of the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, ballot measures seeking to increase tax…
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10th Circuit rejects conservative group’s challenge to ballot title transparency law
The federal appeals court based in Denver rejected a conservative group’s challenge on Friday to a 2021 Colorado law that requires tax-cutting ballot initiatives to provide details to voters about affected services, even if the mandated information is inaccurate. Following the 1992 enactment of the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, ballot measures seeking to increase tax…
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Justice Melissa Hart addresses scope of state, federal constitutional protections amid legal battles
During a discussion about the ways in which Colorado’s constitution provides certain protections beyond its federal counterpart, Justice Melissa Hart invited attorneys to consider how to expand the range of issues brought before the state’s highest court. “We can only do what we get,” she said of the Supreme Court. “But lawyers need to think…
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10th Circuit reinstates challenge to Colorado’s regulations on ballot issue advocacy groups
The federal appeals court based in Denver has reinstated a legal challenge to Colorado’s regulations on groups advocating for or against ballot initiatives, which require registration with the state and, in some instances, disclosure of donors. Previously, a trial judge threw out the lawsuit from the Colorado Union of Taxpayers, Inc. after finding the conservative…
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State Supreme Court spikes trio of ballot initiatives seeking to loosen alcohol restrictions
Three proposed ballot initiatives seeking to allow wine sales in food stores and third-party alcohol delivery may not move forward to the statewide ballot, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday. The justices concluded the proposals contained more than one subject in violation of the state’s constitution. “In the case of these Initiatives, we conclude…
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Title Board revises ballot title for abortion criminalization initiative, advances pair of property tax caps
The Title Board declined to revoke the ballot title previously awarded to a proposed ballot initiative criminalizing abortion, but it amended the description on Tuesday to more explicitly inform voters the measure would prohibit murdering a child “regardless of whether the child is a fetus.” The three-member board previously set a title for Initiative #56 in February…
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Title Board advances ballot initiatives on criminalizing abortion, expanding ‘natural medicine’
The Title Board awarded ballot titles on Wednesday to three proposed statewide initiatives, one of which would criminalize abortions while the other two would expand access to psychoactive medicine. Initiative #56 would outlaw the “murder of a child,” which would include intentionally causing the death of “a living human being at any time prior to,…