Yes.
If approved for the Colorado ballot, Proposition 95 would ask voters to amend the state constitution to require law enforcement agencies statewide to alert the Department of Homeland Security if they charge someone who has a prior felony conviction, or is suspected of committing a violent crime, if the person’s immigration status is in question.
If successful, the amendment would override state laws prohibiting state and local police from sharing Coloradans’ personal information with immigration authorities.
The measure was introduced by Suzanne Taheri and Michael Fields of Advance Colorado, a conservative nonprofit. The measure needs 124,238 signatures, and those of at least 2% of the state’s total registered electors in each of the 35 state senate districts, to qualify for the ballot. It needs at least 55% of the vote to pass.
The deadline to submit signatures for the measure is Dec. 26.
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