Tag: Ballot Measure
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Colorado title board to review graduated income tax proposal for 2026 election
The Secretary of State’s title board on Wednesday will review another attempt at a graduated income tax ballot measure for the 2026 general election. In October, the title board had rejected two proposals submitted by the Bell Policy Center because they did not fit the state’s single-subject rule. A third was withdrawn. The two ballot…
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Colorado justices weigh disclosure requirements for ballot initiative spending
Members of the Colorado Supreme Court considered on Tuesday whether an organization that spent $4 million to advocate for ballot initiatives in the 2020 election was required to disclose its donors and spending. The organization, Unite for Colorado, advanced a straightforward argument: It spent 10% or less of its money on a single ballot measure.…
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Colorado title board rejects graduated income tax ballot measures
Colorado’s title board on Wednesday unanimously rejected two ballot measure proposals submitted by a policy think tank that would change the state’s flat income tax rate — in which everyone currently pays the same rate of 4.41% — to a graduated income tax, where people with incomes of up to $500,000 would get a small…
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Colorado legislators deny move to delete ‘tax increase’ language in ballot title in statewide publication
Colorado legislators on Thursday rejected an attempt to change the title of a ballot measure in a widely disseminated publication in order to avoid mentioning that it would result in a tax increase for households with incomes above $300,000 a year. The proponent of the change argued that keeping “tax increase” in the measure’s title…
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Westminster ballot measure may ask for tax increases to improve fire department
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Westminster voters may have to decide on an increased sales tax rate in the city this November. The City Council met with survey research firm Magellan Strategies Monday evening to discuss the potential ballot measure that would place a 0.35% sales tax increase throughout the…
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Protect Our Kids PAC warns against Colorado’s magic mushroom ballot measure
The Protect Our Kids political action committee warned against a Colorado ballot measure seeking to decriminalize the hallucinogenic compounds in magic mushrooms during a town hall Tuesday. The town hall — hosted by Colorado Politics, The Denver Gazette and The Colorado Springs Gazette — was a public forum for the proponents and opponents of Proposition…
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Bipartisan group of 30 leaders opposes Colorado’s ‘magic mushroom’ ballot measure
A bipartisan group of 30 current and former elected officials have banded together to speak out against Proposition 122, the “natural medicine” ballot measure seeking to decriminalize the hallucinogenic compounds found in certain strains of mushrooms. Under Proposition 122, so-called “magic mushrooms” — more specifically the hallucinogenic compounds psilocybin and psilocin — would become legally accessible to individuals 21 years or older…
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Over 100 Colorado nonprofits back Prop FF for free school meals
More than 100 nonprofit organizations signed on in support of a ballot measure seeking to provide free meals to all public school students in Colorado. Proposition FF, dubbed Healthy School Meals for All, would cap state income tax deductions for those with annual adjusted gross incomes of $300,000 or more, using the money to provide…
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Colorado property tax rates poised to skyrocket in coming years, report by business group finds
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Coloradans are facing massive property tax increases in the coming years due to a combination of the state’s surging real estate market, the tax system’s biennial assessment calendar, and the looming expiration of measures adopted to ease the shock of tax hikes, according to a…
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Denver City Council narrowly votes down measure to eliminate at-large council members
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver City Council narrowly struck down the first reading of a bill Monday that would have created a ballot measure to eliminate at-large council members. If passed by voters, the ballot measure would have converted the two at-large council seats into two additional district…