ballot intiatives
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Measures on property compensation, payday loans make Colorado’s fall ballot
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Colorado’s November ballot got a little more crowded Tuesday when two more measures fulfilled the requirements qualifying them for the general election. Initiative 108, which would require governments to compensate property owners when the government takes action that devalues property, and Initiative 126, which would reduce payday loan interest and fees, both turned in enough…
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Colorado coalition has 4 ballot issues to hike sales tax for transportation
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And they’re back. Colorado Politics told you a couple of weeks ago that this was coming: a basket of proposals to pay for jammed highways, transit and other long-neglected transportation needs in Colorado. Here are the offers: a sales tax by 0.5 percent, 0.62 percent or 1 percent, and then a fourth possibility would ask for…
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Backers kill ballot measure to lift TABOR revenue caps
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Supporters of a state ballot measure to set a 10-year time-out on TABOR revenue restrictions called it quits Tuesday, blaming what could be a crowded fall ballot, the high cost of getting across a complicated argument to voters and an “uncertain political climate.” “In November, Colorado voters are going to be asked to decide on up…
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Protect Colorado running strong campaign against fractivist initiatives
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Among the persistent vexations in Colorado politics is the lingering and recurrent threat of ballot initiatives. These campaigns are often conceived by special interest groups to upend the balance of power in one area of law or another. Ask many who work in politics, and they will tell you ballot proposals often pose unintended consequences…
