Ballot Title Setting Board
2023-2024
The title as designated and fixed by the Board is as follows:
An amendment to the Colorado constitution prohibiting the use of any voting method where voters are allowed to rank candidates and ballots are counted in rounds until a single candidate is elected in any election in Colorado for a local, state, or federal office.
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 prohibiting the use of any voting method where voters are allowed to rank candidates and ballots are counted in rounds until a single candidate is elected in any election in Colorado for a local, state, or federal office?
Hearing March 20, 2024
Single subject approved; staff draft amended; titles set.
The Board determined that the proposed initiative requires the addition of language to the Colorado Constitution; a 55% vote is required to pass.
Board members: Theresa Conley, Jeremiah Barry, Jen Sullivan
Hearing adjourned 5:33 PM.
Rehearing April 3, 2024
Motions for rehearing (Landry; Bertolacci) granted; title setting denied on the grounds that the initiative contains multiple subjects and the Board lacks jurisdiction to set title (3-0).
Board Members: Theresa Conley, Jen Sullivan, Jeremiah Barry
Hearing adjourned 7:03 PM.
Hearing April 18, 2024 - refiled
The Board determined it had jurisdiction to accept the resubmitted measure (2-1, Conley); and the resubmitted measure complied with the single subject requirements as specified in Article V. Section 1(5.5) of the Colorado Constitution (3-0).
Single subject approved; staff draft amended; titles set.
The Board determined that the proposed initiative requires the addition of language to the Colorado Constitution. The requirement for approval by fifty-five percent of the votes cast applies to this initiative.
Board members: Theresa Conley, Jeremiah Barry, Jennifer Sullivan
Hearing adjourned 11:53 AM.
* Unofficially captioned "Prohibit Ranked Choice Voting" by legislative staff for tracking purposes. This caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.