Tag: colorado
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Colorado voters to decide on three alcohol-related ballot initiatives in November
Coloradans will see three initiated measures - Initiatives 96, 121, and 122 - on the November ballot related to alcohol. The secretary of state announced that the measures qualified for the ballot on August 26. To qualify for the ballot, sponsors needed to submit 124,632 valid signatures for each proposal. Initiative 96 would incrementally increase…
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Sen. Kevin Priola joins Democratic Party
Colorado Sen. Kevin Priola announced that he was leaving the Republican Party and would register as a Democrat on Aug. 22. Priola belonged to the Republican Party since 1990. Priola was elected to District 25 on Nov. 8, 2016, as a Republican. He previously represented District 56 in the Colorado House of Representatives from 2009…
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Colorado to vote on housing programs initiative in November
Colorado voters will decide on an initiative to create a new State Affordable Housing Fund in November. Proponents submitted 230,748 signatures for the measure on August 4, 2022. On August 19, the Colorado secretary of state's office announced that the initiative qualified for the ballot. Through random sample verification, 149,072 were projected to be valid.…
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Campaigns for four ballot initiatives in Colorado submitted signatures by August 8 deadline and could appear on November ballot
Campaigns for four Colorado ballot initiatives submitted signatures by the August 8 signature deadline. Three of the initiatives would change state alcohol laws, and one initiative concerns revenue for housing projects. To qualify for the ballot, sponsors of each initiative needed to submit 124,632 valid signatures. Initiative 108 is being sponsored by Coloradans for Affordable…
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Signature deadline for Colorado initiatives approaching on August 8
Eleven ballot initiatives cleared for signature gathering in Colorado face a signature deadline on August 8. To qualify for a spot on the November ballot, proponents need to submit 124,632 valid signatures. The 11 initiatives concern topics including abortion, alcohol regulations, decriminalizing psychedelic plants and fungi, housing, utilities, healthcare, campaign finance, and education funding. Initiative…
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Coloradans to decide on initiative decriminalizing psychedelic plants and fungi in November
Coloradans will vote on an initiative in November to decriminalize possession of certain psychedelic plants and fungi. The initiative would define dimethyltryptamine (DMT), ibogaine, mescaline (excluding peyote), psilocybin, and psilocyn as natural medicines. It would also create the Regulated Natural Medicine Access Program for licensed centers to administer natural medicine services. Licensed centers would be…
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2022 will feature the most abortion-related ballot measures on record; next states to watch for abortion measures are Michigan and Colorado
There will be at least five abortion-related ballot measures in 2022, including the first two ballot measures to provide explicit state constitutional rights related to abortion. On June 27, the California State Legislature passed a constitutional amendment, bringing the total to five – the most on record for a single year. Before 2022, the highest…
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Pam Anderson wins Republican nomination for Colorado secretary of state
Former Jefferson County Clerk Pam Anderson won the Republican primary for Colorado secretary of state on June 28, 2022, receiving 44% of the vote. Mike O'Donnell and Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters received 29% and 27% of the vote, respectively. Heading into the primary, Anderson and Peters led in fundraising and media attention. The 2020…
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Joe O'Dea wins Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Colorado
Joe O'Dea defeated Ron Hanks in the Republican Party primary for U.S. Senate in Colorado on June 28. O'Dea received 55.5% of the vote to Hanks’ 44.5%. Leading up to the primary, Hanks and O'Dea led in media attention, and O'Dea maintained a lead in fundraising. According to the most recent Federal Election Commission data…
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Barbara Kirkmeyer wins CO-08 Republican primary
State Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer won the Republican primary for Colorado's 8th Congressional District on June 28, 2022. Four candidates ran. Kirkmeyer had 40% of the vote. Thornton Mayor Jan Kulmann was second with 23%, Weld County Commissioner Lori Saine had 21%, and military veteran Tyler Allcorn had 17%. Colorado gained an eighth congressional district following…