Laws governing ballot measures in Colorado
Citizens of Colorado may initiate legislation as constitutional amendments, state statutes, and combined constitutional amendments and state statutes. In Colorado, citizens also have the power to repeal legislation via veto referendum.
The Colorado State Legislature may place measures on the ballot as legislatively referred constitutional amendments, legislatively referred state statutes, legislatively referred bond measures, and legislatively referred constitutional convention questions. Referred amendments and constitutional convention questions require a two-thirds (66.67%) vote from each chamber during one legislative session, while statutes and bond measures require a simple majority vote. Bond measures require the signature of the governor to appear on the ballot.
Below are links to the various types of ballot measure law Ballotpedia tracks:
- Laws governing the initiative process in Colorado
- Laws governing recall in Colorado
- Amending the Colorado Constitution
- Laws governing local ballot measures in Colorado
- Signature requirements for ballot measures in Colorado
- Campaign finance requirements for Colorado ballot measures
Statutes relevant to ballot measures
The following is a list of enacted bills related to ballot measures passed between 2007 and 2015.
- Colorado House Bill 1326 (2009)
- Colorado House Bill 1072 (2011)
- Colorado Senate Bill 216 (2010)
- Colorado House Bill 1370 (2010)
- Colorado House Bill 1035 (2011)
- Colorado House Bill 1293 (2012)
- Colorado House Bill 15-1057 (2015)
Ballot measure lawsuits
The following is a selection of historical lawsuits related to ballot measure law.
- Buckley v. American Constitutional Law Foundation
- Campbell v. Buckley
- Chandler v. City of Arvada
- Meyer v. Grant
- Independence Institute v. Colorado Secretary of State
- Kerr v. Polis
See also
- Laws governing ballot measures
- Types of ballot measures in Colorado
- List of Colorado ballot measures
