Results for Proposed Initiative #97

Ballot Title Setting Board
2015-2016

The title as designated and fixed by the Board is as follows:

An amendment to the Colorado constitution making it more difficult to amend the Colorado constitution by requiring that any petition for a citizen-initiated constitutional amendment be signed by at least two percent of the registered electors who reside in each state senate district for the amendment to be placed on the ballot.

The ballot title and submission clause as designated and fixed by the Board is as follows:

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution making it more difficult to amend the Colorado constitution by requiring that any petition for a citizen-initiated constitutional amendment be signed by at least two percent of the registered electors who reside in each state senate district for the amendment to be placed on the ballot?

Hearing March 2, 2016

Single subject approved; staff draft amended; titles set.
Hearing adjourned 10:30 AM.

Rehearing March 16, 2016

Motions for Rehearing relating to single subject denied; Motion for Rehearing filed by Forsyth granted only to the extent that the Board made changes to the titles.
Hearing adjourned 2:45 PM.

* Unofficially captioned “Petition Signature Requirements for Initiated Constitutional Amendments" by legislative staff for tracking purposes. This caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.