Colorado could Have eleven Initiatives On The November Ballot

with the aid of Shaun Boyd

DENVER (CBS4) – Eleven statewide initiatives could be on the November ballot in Colorado.

Monday was the cut-off date for turning in signatures to the Secretary of State's workplace. Petitions for two anti-fracking measures arrived in half-empty packing containers.

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The spokeswoman for the secretary of state, Lynn Bartels, says it's challenging to understand what to make of all of the half-empty containers.

"it's atypical because different measures that had been turned in, the petitions have been scanned in by using our group of workers and put lower back in their common boxes to be despatched right down to Pueblo to the state company to be checked and that they probably had 5 packing containers left over. This was bins and bins and containers. That may not mean the rest but it surely may additionally imply whatever," Bartels spoke of.

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one of the measures enables native governments to have greater handle over fracking rules. The different requires a more advantageous distance between drilling sites and homes.

Frack Free Colorado — one of the vital companies behind the initiatives — posted video on fb boasting that that they had so many signatures they needed a truck to bring them. They need about ninety eight,000 signatures to make the ballot. they are saying they turned in additional than 100,000.

The secretary of state has until Sept. 7 to certify the petitions.

well-nigh one hundred sixty initiatives have been in the beginning submitted this 12 months. Petitions for nine ended up being became in and the Legislature referred two measures — one putting off an obscure exemption to slavery and the different offers with a property tax exemption.

amongst those that nonetheless has to be certified is an "aid in loss of life" measure. After the state Legislature twice refused to flow law allowing doctors to prescribe a lethal dose of medication for people who are demise, voters could now come to a decision no matter if Colorado will be a part of five other states in legalizing assisted suicide.

The future of Colorado's fitness care equipment also on the road this election. The Colorado Care initiative — the only one licensed for the ballot so a ways — would exchange Obamacare with a single-payer state-run system. A separate measure would lift cash for health-linked courses via elevating taxes on tobacco items.

The state could have the third-maximum minimum wage within the nation beneath an extra initiative that might carry the minimum wage to $12 an hour over the next 4 years.

And, two pollmeasures coping with fundamental elections could be on the ballot. one among them would restore the presidential simple and the other would open all primaries to unaffiliated voters.

most of the initiatives are constitutional amendments, including one to make it greater problematic to amend the charter sooner or later. it will require 55 percent approval in its place of an easy majority to pass an change and signatures from each a part of the state.

Shaun Boyd is CBS4's political professional. She's a veteran reporter with greater than 25 years of journey. follow her on Twitter @cbs4shaun.