Ballot History
Year: 1994

Ballot Number: 12

Short Title: Election Reform

Ballot Title: Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado Constitution to allow state elections on any subject in odd-numbered years; to allow increases in elected officials' compensation above 1988 levels only by voter approval or by inflation after 1994; to limit the future participation of elected officials in state and local government pension plans without voter approval; to enact a tax credit for individuals who make cash gifts to new campaign committees that pledge to take donations only from human beings; to limit contributions that political candidates, elected officials, or their campaign committees may accept from specified sources; to restrict public resources used in ballot issue campaigns; to require a mandatory fine for willful violations of the campaign contribution, public expenditure, and petition provisions; to extend petition powers to residents of all political jurisdictions; to allow judges to be recalled and bar recalled judges from any future judicial position; to limit petition ballot titles to 75 words and to revise other procedural and substantive petition provisions for the initiative, referendum, and recall; to limit the annual number of bills that governments may exclude from referendum by petition; to limit the reasons for invalidating petition signatures; to repeal changes in state petition laws or regulations adopted after 1988 unless voter-approved; to prevent elected officials from changing certain voter-approved laws; and to authorize individual, class action, or district suits to enforce the amendment?

Election Results:
Rejected

Votes For: 246,723 (22.5%)
Votes Against: 848,140 (77.5%)

Type of Change: Constitutional

Initiative/Referendum: Initiative

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Categories: Elections