In Colorado, the campaign All Pets Deserve Vet Care submitted signatures for an initiative to create the profession of veterinary professional associate (VPA), which would require a master’s degree and registration with the State Board of Veterinary Medicine. Sponsors submitted about 200,000 signatures for the initiative on July 29, 2024. To qualify for the ballot,…
Advance Colorado Action, an issue advocacy organization that describes its mission as “supporting policies that increase economic opportunity and greater government transparency,” submitted signatures for three ballot initiatives for the November general election ballot. Nearly 200,000 signatures were submitted for each initiative. To qualify for the ballot, each initiative must receive 124,238 valid signatures. The…
The Colorado State Legislature referred a constitutional amendment to the November ballot that would move the deadlines for filing initiative and referendum petition signatures, as well as the deadline for justices to file their declarations to run for another term, by one week. The change is intended to facilitate an extra week between the deadline…
So far, five ballot measures have been certified to appear on the 2024 ballot in Colorado. The most recent measure to be certified for the ballot is Initiative 77. The initiative would require that an economic impact statement be included on the ballot for each measure before the question itself is presented to voters. The…