The ballot title and submission clause as designated and fixed by the Board is as follows:
Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution prohibiting the use of any voting method where voters are allowed to rank candidates and ballots are counted in rounds until a single candidate is elected in any election in Colorado for a local, state, or federal office?
The language that will be added to the Colorado Constitution is as follows:
2023-2024 #201 (Final)
Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Colorado:
SECTION 1. Declaration of the People of Colorado.
(1) It is in the interest of the people of the state of Colorado to protect proven effectiveness and time-honored tradition of the conduct of elections in Colorado. It is further in the interest of the people of the state of Colorado that the method of conducting elections and determining winners instill confidence in voters that election outcomes be determined fairly. As complex methods can undermine public confidence in elections, such methods must be simple, transparent, and comprehensible to voters. In furtherance of this objective, the people of the state of Colorado establish that all voters have the right to be free from any manipulation or complication of voting methods, including "Ranked voting method", “Ranked choice voting”, “Instant runoff voting” or any variance of the name given to this method.
SECTION 2. In the constitution of the state of Colorado, add section 13 to article VII as follows:
Section 13. Ranked Choice Voting Prohibited. (1) RANKED CHOICE VOTING IS PROHIBITED FROM USE IN ANY ELECTION PROCESS FSOR ANY PUBLIC OFFICE IN THE STATE OF COLORADO.
(2) (A) “PUBLIC OFFICE” MEANS ANY OFFICE IN TOWN, CITY, COUNTY, DISTRICT, STATE, OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHOSE OCCUPANT OR OCCUPANTS ARE DETERMINED BY ELECTION BY THE ELECTORS OF THE RESPECTIVE POLITICAL JURISDICTION.
(B) “RANKED CHOICE VOTING” MEANS A METHOD OF CASTING, RECORDING, AND TABULATING VOTES TO DETERMINE WHICH CANDIDATES ARE ELECTED, IN WHICH ELECTORS ARE PERMITTED TO RANK CANDIDATES FOR AN OFFICE IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE AND BALLOTS CAST ARE TABULATED IN MULTIPLE ROUNDS FOLLOWING THE ELIMINATION OF AT LEAST ONE CANDIDATE UNTIL A SINGLE CANDIDATE IS DECLARED ELECTED.
(3) IN DETERMINING WHETHER A METHOD OF CASTING, RECORDING, AND TABULATING VOTES CONSTITUTES RANKED CHOICE VOTING AS DEFINED HEREIN, THE NAME GIVEN TO THE METHOD IS NOT TO BE CONSIDERED.
(4) ANY STATUTE, ORDINANCE, RULE, OR OPERATING PROCEDURE IN CONFLICT WITH THIS PROVISION IS VOID.
SECTION 3. Effective date.
This initiative takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on January 1, 2025.
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Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution prohibiting the use of any voting method where voters are allowed to rank candidates and ballots are counted in rounds until a single candidate is elected in any election in Colorado for a local, state, or federal office?
The language that will be added to the Colorado Constitution is as follows:
2023-2024 #201 (Final)
Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Colorado:
SECTION 1. Declaration of the People of Colorado.
(1) It is in the interest of the people of the state of Colorado to protect proven effectiveness and time-honored tradition of the conduct of elections in Colorado. It is further in the interest of the people of the state of Colorado that the method of conducting elections and determining winners instill confidence in voters that election outcomes be determined fairly. As complex methods can undermine public confidence in elections, such methods must be simple, transparent, and comprehensible to voters. In furtherance of this objective, the people of the state of Colorado establish that all voters have the right to be free from any manipulation or complication of voting methods, including "Ranked voting method", “Ranked choice voting”, “Instant runoff voting” or any variance of the name given to this method.
SECTION 2. In the constitution of the state of Colorado, add section 13 to article VII as follows:
Section 13. Ranked Choice Voting Prohibited. (1) RANKED CHOICE VOTING IS PROHIBITED FROM USE IN ANY ELECTION PROCESS FSOR ANY PUBLIC OFFICE IN THE STATE OF COLORADO.
(2) (A) “PUBLIC OFFICE” MEANS ANY OFFICE IN TOWN, CITY, COUNTY, DISTRICT, STATE, OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHOSE OCCUPANT OR OCCUPANTS ARE DETERMINED BY ELECTION BY THE ELECTORS OF THE RESPECTIVE POLITICAL JURISDICTION.
(B) “RANKED CHOICE VOTING” MEANS A METHOD OF CASTING, RECORDING, AND TABULATING VOTES TO DETERMINE WHICH CANDIDATES ARE ELECTED, IN WHICH ELECTORS ARE PERMITTED TO RANK CANDIDATES FOR AN OFFICE IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE AND BALLOTS CAST ARE TABULATED IN MULTIPLE ROUNDS FOLLOWING THE ELIMINATION OF AT LEAST ONE CANDIDATE UNTIL A SINGLE CANDIDATE IS DECLARED ELECTED.
(3) IN DETERMINING WHETHER A METHOD OF CASTING, RECORDING, AND TABULATING VOTES CONSTITUTES RANKED CHOICE VOTING AS DEFINED HEREIN, THE NAME GIVEN TO THE METHOD IS NOT TO BE CONSIDERED.
(4) ANY STATUTE, ORDINANCE, RULE, OR OPERATING PROCEDURE IN CONFLICT WITH THIS PROVISION IS VOID.
SECTION 3. Effective date.
This initiative takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on January 1, 2025.
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