Colorado voters will decide 11 statewide policy questions on the November ballot — a list of far-reaching measures that will help set the direction for the state’s future. The 2020 ballot asks voters whether Colorado should put limits on abortion and create a state program designed to provide paid time off to workers for medical […]
Election 2020 Explained
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Proposition 118 explained: Paid-leave measure would give Colorado workers time off but cost big money
Eight months into a pandemic, Colorado voters will decide an issue made even more relevant by current circumstances. Should Colorado create a state-run family leave program that would allow all workers — from waitresses and mechanics to accountants and engineers — to take paid time off when they have a serious illness, need to care […]
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Proposition 113 explained: Colorado voters could push the U.S. closer to a national popular vote system
Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election, but he lost the national popular vote to Democrat Hillary Clinton by nearly 3 million votes. The split verdict — the fifth time in U.S. history — brought new attention in Colorado and elsewhere to efforts aimed at modifying or replacing the Electoral College, America’s system to elect […]
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Amendment B explained: What repealing the Gallagher Amendment would mean for Colorado and your property taxes
For the second straight year, Colorado voters face a choice on a complicated tax question that could have major implications for generations to come in terms of public services and taxpayers’ wallets. This time, the matter at hand is whether to repeal the Gallagher Amendment, a constitutional provision that has had more impact on Colorado […]
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Proposition EE explained: How much more cigarettes, nicotine products would cost in Colorado
Cigarettes and tobacco products are taxed in Colorado. Vaping devices and vaping fuel are not. A question on the November ballot — Proposition EE — would change that system, increasing the price of cigarettes and all other nicotine and tobacco products gradually over the next seven years. The Colorado legislature passed legislation in the 11th […]
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Proposition 115 explained: Colorado’s broad access to abortion would be scaled back under ballot measure
The intensity behind Colorado’s abortion ballot measure escalated to the next level with a vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court and national Republican leaders’ intent to seat an anti-abortion justice. Colorado is among the states with the most unrestricted abortion access in the nation — one of seven that does not prohibit abortion at any […]
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Proposition 114 explained: What’s at stake with the effort to reintroduce gray wolves in Colorado
There are gray wolves to the north and gray wolves to the south. Colorado voters will decide in November whether the roaming predators should have a home in the middle of the country. Proposition 114 asks voters to direct Colorado Parks and Wildlife to reintroduce wolves in western Colorado beginning in 2023. The idea is […]