Originally Posted by
OneGuy67
Three words: Colorado Ballot Initiative
Initiatives (also referred to simply as Amendments) are amendments to the state statutes or to the state constitution proposed via petition by citizens, and must be signed by a number of registered voters equal to at least 5% of the total number of votes cast for all candidates for the office of secretary of state at the previous general election. Upon acceptance, the initiative is voted upon during the next statewide general election.[1] Amendments are designated by number. The number assigned to a measure when petitions are circulating is generally different from the number ultimately assigned to an initiative when it is placed upon the ballot.
There is no difference in Colorado, as of July 16, 2008, between the requirements for placing a statutory change, and a state constitutional change on the ballot, or approving such a change. Colorado Referendum O facing voters in November 2008 would change these requirements by requiring more support at the petition stage to amend the state constitution than to amend a state statute.
According to the Secretary of State's website, a total of 1,722,096 votes were cast for Secretary of State in 2010. To get an initiative on the ballot to repeal each of these bills if they were to become law, would require at least 5% of the total SoS vote, which is 86,105 signatures. If the pot heads could do it...