Here are the 14 questions on Colorado’s ballot this November

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CPR News
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4 September 2024
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Colorado News
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Colorado’s biannual exercise in direct democracy will get a real workout this year, with voters asked to weigh in on more than a dozen changes to the state’s laws and constitution. Half of those questions were put on the ballot by state lawmakers and the rest come from interest groups outside the Capitol...

Amendment G: Allow more disabled veterans to access a state property tax exemption...

Amendment H: Setting up a judicial discipline board...

Amendment I: No bail for defendants in first degree murder cases...

Amendment J: Remove the same-sex marriage ban from the state constitution...

Amendment K: Earlier deadlines to set the ballot...

Initiative 89: Enshrine legal abortion in the state constitution...

Initiative 91: Ban the sport hunting of big cats...

Initiative 112: Parole eligibility for people convicted of violent crimes...

Initiative 138: Constitutional right to school choice...

Initiative 145: Creating the position of Veterinary Professional Associate...

Initiative 157: $350 million in state funding for law enforcement...

Initiative 310: All candidate primaries and ranked-choice voting*...

Proposition JJ: Allow the state to keep all of the taxes it’s collected from sports betting...

Proposition KK: A new excise tax on gun and ammunition sales... The referred measure passed with only Democratic support; all of the legislature’s Republicans, and two Democrats, voted against it.

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