Verification of Initiative 22 to require line-by-line review

Denver, August 16, 2013 - Today Secretary of State Scott Gessler announced that the proposed ballot measure concerning "Funding for public schools" will require a line-by-line review of signatures.

Proponents submitted petitions for proposed initiative #22 to the Secretary of State’s office on August 5. The office immediately began verifying a random sample of the signatures as set forth in state statute. Section 1-40-116(4), C.R.S., requires the verification of each signature filed if the random sample shows the number of valid signatures falls between 90 percent and 110 percent of the 86,105 signatures needed.

Random Sample Summary:

• Total number of qualified signatures submitted: 165,706
• 5% of qualified signatures submitted (random sample): 8,286
• Total number of entries accepted (valid) from random sample: 4,645
• Total number of entries rejected (invalid) from random sample: 3,641
• Number of projected valid signatures from random sample: 92,892
• Total number of accepted entries necessary for placement on ballot: 86,105
• Percentage of presumed valid signatures: 107.88

The Secretary of State’s office has notified the proponents the petition will require a line-by-line review. The office has until September 4 to complete the review. 

For more information about the initiative process, please visit our website.