2024 Ballot Measures

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Originally Posted by Eric P

128 should be changed to say 100% of thier sentences. If they only require x% for most, then they need to revise sentencing. Then use longer sentences for those earned them.

Zero tax deductions for special interest groups. Everyone should pay the same rates. But property tax should be eliminated and sales & income taxes adjusted. You should never be taxed for owning anything. Pay sales tax on it and never be taxed on it again. With property tax, do you really own anything or own property if the government could take it for not paying them for the privilege of ownership? Don't give me this crap about the fire department or the schools or whatever is funded by property tax. There are sales & income taxes.

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Sometimes it?s not an all or nothing game. Let?s get a first down before we go for the touchdown pass and the field goal.

The more groups that we get tax breaks for could be used to prove that none of them are warranted, or needed. Or, to try to keep getting more little by little. Disabled vets, then all Vets that served honorably, then their widows, kids, parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles, then cousins. Do it for the veterans! What? Do you hate America or something?

That could be a way to get us closer towards a government that is payed for by the users of the services rendered, sales taxes, and tariffs on imported goods from out of state, or out of country. Buy a non U.S. made good? 10% sales tax. Made in the U.S. but not made in Colorado? 5% tax. Made in Colorado? 1% tax. Decide to use the courts? Schools? Fire or Police Department services? You get to pay for those optional government services by the hour.

https://i2i.org/election2024/

Jon Caldara's Independence Institute voting guide.

More yeses than I expected but very close to how I will likely fill my ballot.

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Originally Posted by eddiememphis

https://i2i.org/election2024/

Jon Caldara's Independence Institute voting guide.

More yeses than I expected but very close to how I will likely fill my ballot.

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Thanks for sharing this link. I just reviewed it and went ahead and shared it with my entire company. It's good to see things from a Libertarian perspective instead of the two polarized sides.

Yeah, thanks for the positions / links / etc. on this one.

I'm almost wondering if the ranked choice thing is all that bad... w/o it we are guaranteed the more progressive, liberal gov/senate candidates. With it, maybe not. I'm just not seeing how it stops us from e.g. getting a GOP governor or presidential candidate because... we're already 100% cock blocked from that.

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Originally Posted by FoxtArt

Yeah, thanks for the positions / links / etc. on this one.

I'm almost wondering if the ranked choice thing is all that bad... w/o it we are guaranteed the more progressive, liberal gov/senate candidates. With it, maybe not. I'm just not seeing how it stops us from e.g. getting a GOP governor or presidential candidate because... we're already 100% cock blocked from that.

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Depending on the voter makeup, there is a possibility that no Republicans, or any third party candidates would even make the general election ballot.

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Originally Posted by eddiememphis

Depending on the voter makeup, there is a possibility that no Republicans, or any third party candidates would even make the general election ballot.

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That's the idea.

Look at Alaska.

If you're unarmed, you are a victim.

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Originally Posted by FoxtArt

Yeah, thanks for the positions / links / etc. on this one.

I'm almost wondering if the ranked choice thing is all that bad... w/o it we are guaranteed the more progressive, liberal gov/senate candidates. With it, maybe not. I'm just not seeing how it stops us from e.g. getting a GOP governor or presidential candidate because... we're already 100% cock blocked from that.

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It's bad, in that it takes away the principle of our Republic. We are a Republic, and not a Democracy.

The Independence Institute, should know this.

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Originally Posted by eddiememphis

https://i2i.org/election2024/

Jon Caldara's Independence Institute voting guide.

More yeses than I expected but very close to how I will likely fill my ballot.

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Far too many "yes" from my perspective. He is as media personailty, and is obviously considering how he makes money, versus, what is right.

Vote NO on everything.

-John

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Originally Posted by eddiememphis

Depending on the voter makeup, there is a possibility that no Republicans, or any third party candidates would even make the general election ballot.

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I guess you may be right depending on how it's engineered / how it tabulates ranked choice. If 55% in 4th place is more valuable than 45% in 1st place, then it's engineered to do exactly what you said. I'll try to take a look.

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Originally Posted by FoxtArt

I guess you may be right depending on how it's engineered / how it tabulates ranked choice. If 55% in 4th place is more valuable than 45% in 1st place, then it's engineered to do exactly what you said. I'll try to take a look.

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Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes creating new election processes for certain federal and state offices, and, in connection therewith, creating a new all-candidate primary election for U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, governor, attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer, CU board of regents, state board of education, and the Colorado state legislature; allowing voters to vote for any one candidate per office, regardless of the voter’s or candidate’s political party affiliation; providing that the four candidates for each office who receive the most votes advance to the general election; and in the general election, allowing voters to rank candidates for each office on their ballot, adopting a process for how the ranked votes are tallied, and determining the winner to be the candidate with the highest number of votes in the final tally?