Proposed 2008 Initiative Available for Signatures

“Judicial Term Limits” enters circulation

Denver, January 14, 2008 – Secretary of State Mike Coffman recently announced a proposed initiative for the 2008 ballot may begin collecting petition signatures.

Ballot titles for proposed initiatives are set by a "title board," consisting of the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, and the director of the Office of Legislative Legal Services or their designees.

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 limiting terms for state court judges, and, in connection therewith, making a full term of office four years for justices of the supreme court, judges of the court of appeals, district court judges, county court judges, judges of the probate and juvenile courts of Denver, and any other state court judge with jurisdiction inferior to the supreme court; and limiting judges who are retained after January 1, 2010, from serving for more than three full terms of office at the same judicial level after January 1, 2010?

The Secretary of State’s office has reviewed the petition format, and it conforms to applicable statutory requirements. The petition format is therefore approved pursuant to C.R.S 1-40-113(1).
The Secretary of State’s tracking number for this measure is #43.

The proponents for this measure, John K. Andrews, Jr. and Kathleen LeCrone, must collect the signatures of 76,047 registered voters. The proponents have six months from the date the title is set to gather signatures. Signatures must be turned into the Secretary of State’s office by May 14, 2008 at 3:00 p.m.

The initiative proponents can be reached at (720) 489-7700.