Tag: proposition 108
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Both sides claim win after chaotic Colorado GOP meeting to decide whether to cancel party’s 2026 primary
Colorado Republicans voted Saturday to force the state party to cancel next year’s party primary and instead pick GOP nominees via party assemblies, but state party officers say the vote at a chaotic state central committee meeting in Aurora didn’t meet the legally required threshold, so the party will hold a primary election in 2026.…
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Gov. Jared Polis signs bill to end Colorado’s ‘property tax wars’ — at least for 6 years
Hours after two groups withdrew two ballot measures on property taxes, Gov. Jared Polis fulfilled the last part of the deal by signing into law a compromise measure that is expected to further reduce — but not eliminate — the increases most Coloradans will pay for in property taxes in the next two years. House Bill 24B-1001 is…
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Colorado property tax ballot initiatives withdrawn as part of deal with governor, lawmakers
Two initiatives aiming to cut property taxes and cap their revenue growth have been officially withdrawn from the Nov. 5 ballot, Colorado election officials confirmed on Wednesday. The withdrawal was the culmination of a negotiation — among Gov. Jared Polis, legislative leaders and the groups behind the initiatives — that led to a special session last…
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Colorado Legislature returns to address property tax deal, citizen initiative process
The Colorado General Assembly returned to the state Capitol Monday to finalize the deal lawmakers hope will end two ballot measures Democrats have called “reckless and destructive” but which supporters argue are necessary in order to provide sufficient and meaningful relief to residents against soaring tax liabilities. This week’s special session is focused on a…
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Signatures submitted to add Colorado property tax initiative to November ballot
A ballot initiative to reduce property tax assessment rates has received enough signatures to qualify for the November 2024 ballot, its sponsors announced Tuesday. Proposition 108, also known as the Citizens’ Tax Cut, has submitted nearly 200,000 signatures to the Secretary of State’s Office, exceeding the required threshold by over 75,000. The signatures will now…
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Judge denies Colorado GOP’s request to exclude unaffiliated voters from primary elections
A federal judge on Friday declined a request from the Colorado Republican Party to block unaffiliated voters from participating in its primary elections, finding the GOP was unlikely to succeed in its constitutional challenge to a 2016 ballot measure allowing for unaffiliateds to vote in major party primaries. After a two-day hearing last week, U.S.…
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Contentious exchanges punctuate hearing on GOP’s challenge to Colorado primary law
A federal judge heard closing arguments on Wednesday about whether the 48% of Colorado voters who are unaffiliated should be barred from participating in the state’s Republican Party primary, with multiple contentious exchanges in the hearing’s final hours. The Colorado Republican Party is alleging a 2016 voter-approved law violates its First Amendment rights by forcing…
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Colorado GOP makes case to judge for barring unaffiliated voters from casting primary ballots
The Colorado Republican Party presented a series of witnesses in federal court on Tuesday in its effort to block unaffiliated voters from participating in the party’s primary elections, months after the GOP failed to secure enough support from its own members to close its nominating process to those who are not registered Republicans. The defendant…