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Deadline For Colo. “Personhood” Amendment Moved Up

Colorado's "personhood" amendment suffered a setback on Friday after the Secretary of State's office said it made a mistake on the deadline to turn in signatures and moved it up by three days.

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01-22-10 By Kim | Comment (3)

Two measures for ballot

Two new tax measures have been approved for Colorado's 2010 ballot.

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12-05-09 By Kim | Comment (0)

Tancredo ballot measure would require employers to verify immigration status of all new hires

Former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo wants every Colorado business to verify that new hires are U.S. citizens, a proposal that immediately prompted cries of racism from critics.

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12-04-09 By Kim | Comment (0)

Anti-abortion ‘personhood’ measures shrink the rights of women

Colorado's Ballot Initiative 25 would amend the state constitution in more than 20,000 places, granting even the cells of a fertilized egg full legal rights while working to effectively limit the rights of pregnant women. Legal experts say the law would lead to outlandish and oppressive applications.

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11-06-09 By Kim | Comment (0)

Personhood initiative lining up friends and foes

A version of the anti-choice initiative soundly defeated by Colorado voters in 2008 is making its way to the 2010 ballot, this time reworked as an “egg-as-a-person” initiative.

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10-27-09 By Kim | Comment (1)

Denver groups seek to bury illegal immigrant impound initiative

Initiative 300 would create require police officers to seize the vehicles of anyone driving without a valid license. But, as investigations have made clear, the initiatives aren’t primarily concerned with traffic safety; they are meant to bolster anti-immigration policy, using traffic laws to find undocumented immigrants and to bring legal action against them.

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10-16-09 By Kim | Comment (0)

Colorado To Maine: Don’t Let TABOR Happen To You

Former Colorado senator Steve Johnson (R) sounds the alarm in the Pine Tree State over their proposed Taxpayer's Bill of Rights (TABOR).

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10-14-09 By Kim | Comment (1)

Vehicle-impound initiatives test Colorado ballot system

The so-called impound initiatives introduced repeatedly in local municipalities over the past three years might serve as a test case, and would require police to seize the vehicles of every unlicensed driver they stop. 

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10-14-09 By Kim | Comment (1)

TABOR: Colorado By The Numbers

Supporters of Question 4 on the Nov. 3 ballot point to Colorado’s success. They argue TABOR has sparked growth in Colorado. The only problem is that people have been heading to Colorado for more than a century.

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10-07-09 By Kim | Comment (1)

Denver council urges voters to reject impound initiative

The Denver City Council on Monday passed a proclamation urging voters to defeat a ballot initiative that would require police to impound the vehicles of unlicensed drivers.

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10-06-09 By Kim | Comment (0)

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