Seth Klamann is a statehouse reporter at the Denver Post, covering policy, state government and the legislature. He previously worked for the Gazette, the Casper Star-Tribune and the Omaha World-Herald. He's a graduate of the University of Missouri and a proud Kansas City native.
An election worker hands out stickers to voters at a drive-through style ballot drop on Bannock Street and West 14th Avenue in Denver on Election Day on Nov. 7, 2023. Colorado voters are set to weigh in on ballot questions related to abortion rights, veterinary services, mountain lion trophy hunting and an overhaul of the state’s election system in November.— meaning ballot questions pursued by members of the public, rather than the legislature — were finalized late last week.
Here’s a breakdown of the citizen’s initiatives that will be on the ballot . As the state’s ballot is finalized, the numbered initiatives will get new proposition or amendment numbers that voters will see when they vote.would change how Colorado runs elections for U.S. senators and congressional representatives; for governor, treasurer, attorney general and secretary of state; and for state senators and representatives.
In a general election race that has more than two candidates, voters would rank the candidates by preference. For example, if there are four candidates, a voter would be asked to rank them from one to four. The measure is backed by Kent Thiry, the millionaire former CEO of DaVita. Thiry previously backed ballot initiatives to open Colorado’s partisan primaries to unaffiliated voters and to change how Colorado draws its congressional and state legislative maps, with a switch to independent redistricting commissions.would elevate the right to abortion to the Colorado Constitution by prohibiting the government from denying, impeding or discriminating against a person’s ability to exercise that right.
The initiative would also require that people who previously had been convicted of two violent crimes serve their full sentence if convicted for one of those listed felonies. The initiative is also backed by Advance Colorado.would create a new veterinarian position in Colorado: a “veterinary professional associate.” People seeking that position would have to hold a master’s degree in veterinary clinical care .
The money would be set aside for increased salaries, for the hiring of area- or crime-specific officers, for training, and for other related services. The measure would also require that $1 million be paid from the fund to the family of each law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty.Casa Bonita is finally opening up reservations to everyoneMissing hiker found dead in Indian Peaks Wilderness in Boulder CountyKeeler: CSU Rams brought Fort Scared Raid, not Fort Air Raid, to No. 4 Texas.
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