Colorado voters will decide on a ballot measure this fall that would make it harder to amend the state constitution via the initiative process itself.
The measure would require signatures from 2 percent of registered voters in each of the state’s 35 Senate districts to get on the ballot and a 55 percent “yes” vote to pass.
Currently there is no geographic requirement to get an issue on the ballot — the signature requirement is equal to 5 percent of the number of people who voted for the secretary of state in the last general election (this year’s threshold is 98,492 signatures).
And on Election Day, a simple majority is required to pass an initiative.
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, Colorado has one of the easiest processes for placing initiatives on the ballot.
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