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Colorado State Representative Districts Amendment (2014)
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A Colorado State Representative Districts Amendment did not make the November 4, 2014 ballot in Colorado as an initiated constitutional amendment. The measure would have made the state representative districts each consist of one county. It would have taken effect January 10, 2017. The title given to this measure by the Ballot Title Setting Board was, "An amendment to the Colorado constitution establishing the boundaries of each district for the state house of representatives as coinciding with the boundaries of a single county in the state." The measure was also known as the Phillips County Plan.[1][2][3]
The measure would have amended Section 45 of Article V of the Colorado Constitution.
Text of measure
Ballot title
The language would have appeared on the ballot as:[3]
| “ | Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution establishing the boundaries of each district for the state house of representatives as coinciding with the boundaries of a single county in the state?[4] | ” |
Constitutional changes
The measure would have amended Section 45 of Article V of the Colorado Constitution. The full text of the proposed changes can be read here.
Support
- Randy Schafer, primary proponent
- Joe Kinnie, second proponent
- Restoring Colorado
Path to the ballot
Supporters were required to gather 86,105 valid signatures by Monday, August 4 at 3:00 PM for the measure to appear on the ballot. In early July 2014, leaders of the initiative effort decided to end their campaign for the 2014 ballot. They concluded they would not have enough time or resources to gather the required signatures by the deadline. Kinnie and Schafer said the group will try again for a 2016 ballot placement.[5]
See also
- Colorado 2014 ballot measures
- 2014 ballot measures
- Colorado Legislature
- List of Colorado ballot measures
External links
- Colorado Initiatives Submitted for Review and Comment for 2013-2014
- Full text of proposed initiative #111
- Restoring Colorado campaign website (dead link)
Additional reading
Footnotes
- ↑ Legislative Council Staff and Office of Legislative Legal Services, "Memo to Randy Schafer and Joe Kinnie: Proposed initiative measure 2013-2014 #111, concerning state representative districts," March 31, 2014
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "Text of State Representative Districts Amendment," accessed May 23, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Colorado Secretary of State, "Results for Proposed Initiative #111 Ballot Title Setting Board 2013-2014," accessed May 23, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Rocky Mountain PBS INews, "Leaders of Plan to Radically Redraw Colorado House Give Up for Now," July 9, 2014
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