2024 Ballot Measures

[eddiememphis]

https://ballotpedia.org/Colorado_2024_ballot_measures

It's that time of year again. We get to vote on new and silly propositions that will change our state.

Prop KK- 6.5% tax on firearms and ammunition. Proceeds will fund "Firearms and Ammunition Excise Tax Cash Fund to be used to fund crime victim services programs, education programs, and mental and behavioral health programs for children and veterans", because, you know... it's for the children.

Amendment 79- Constitutional Right to Abortion. A lil nugget they added is the repeal of section 50, article V, that states "Public funding of abortion forbidden". So now anyone gets her (or his!) abortion covered by the state. I can't figure out if this one is for the children or not.

Prop 127- Prohibit hunting of kitties. It's always a good idea to let uninformed city dwellers make wildlife management decisions. After all, what could go wrong?

Prop 131- Ranked Choice Voting- Let's vote for everyone, all at once. Then, through a convoluted process that is easily rigged, someone will eventually win. Was it the person you voted for? Yes, since you voted for them all! Everyone is a winner!

There are a couple on the ballot that make sense but for the most part, I foresee myself casting a whole lot of NOs.

[BladesNBarrels]

What percentage of the voters will actually read and research the meaning and consequences of each of the 14 Statewide Ballot Measures?

[arbol]

Who put these measures on our ballot?

Colorado is quickly devolving into the next state as bad as California.

-John

[arbol]

Amendment 79 Provide for a state constitutional right to abortion and repeal provision banning the use of public funds for abortions
Amendment 80 Provide a constitutional right to school choice including neighborhood schools, charter schools, private schools, homeschools, open enrollment options, and future innovations in education
Amendment G Expands the property tax exemption for veterans with a disability to veterans with individual unemployability status
Amendment H Creates an independent judicial discipline adjudicative board and create rules for the judicial discipline process
Amendment I Remove the right to bail in cases of first-degree murder when the proof is evident or the presumption is great
Amendment J Remove the provision of the state constitution that says "Only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in this state"
Amendment K Change deadlines for filing initiative and referendum petition signatures and judicial retention notice deadlines to remove one week in order to allow one extra week for the secretary of state to certify ballot order and content and election officials' deadline to transmit ballots

Proposition 127 Prohibit trophy hunting, defined as "intentionally killing, wounding, pursuing, or entrapping a mountain lion, bobcat, or lynx; or discharging or releasing any deadly weapon at a mountain lion, bobcat, or lynx"
Proposition 128 Require that persons convicted of certain violent crimes serve more of their sentences before being eligible for parole
Proposition 129 Create the profession of veterinary professional associate (VPA) requiring a master's degree and registration with the state board of veterinary medicine
Proposition 130 Allocate state revenue to a new fund, called the Peace Officer Training and Support Fund, for law enforcement recruitment, retention, training, and death benefits
Proposition 131 Establish top-four primaries and ranked-choice voting (RCV) for federal and state offices in Colorado
Proposition JJ Allow the state to retain tax revenue collected above $29 million annually from the tax on sports betting proceeds
Proposition KK Levy a 6.5% excise tax on firearms and ammunition manufacturing and sales to be imposed on firearms dealers, manufacturers, and ammunition vendors and appropriating the revenue to the Firearms and Ammunition Excise Tax Cash Fund to be used to fund crime victim services programs, education programs, and mental and behavioral health programs for children and veterans

[arbol]

Vote No on everything.

[arbol]

If you won't go out to fight for Trump, go out to fight for TABOR.

Tell all your friends to vote no on everything,

[Eric P]

80 may be good. Does the funding follow the kid to school of choice?

[Eric P]

And constitutional ammendments now require a higher approval. More than 50% + 1?

[buffalobo]

And constitutional ammendments now require a higher approval. More than 50% + 1?

Always have, 60%+.

Edit to correct numbers and dates of super majority requirement for constitutional amendments to Colorado's constitution.

On November 8, 2016, however, Colorado voters approved?Amendment 71, an?initiated constitutional amendment?that imposed a?55 percent supermajority vote?for constitutional amendments, including both?initiated constitutional amendments?and?legislatively referred constitutional amendments.?

If you're unarmed, you are a victim.

[buffalobo]

Vote no on all, none of the proposed constitutional amendments are important enough to amend the state constitution.

We have amended the state constitution way too much already.

If you're unarmed, you are a victim.