Ballot Title Setting Board
2003-2004

The title as designated and fixed by the Board is as follows:

An amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning a requirement that at each legislative session the general assembly of the state of Colorado shall call for the convening of a United States constitutional convention until the United States congress proposes a constitutional amendment to define marriage as between a man and a woman or to ensure the right of each state to define marriage for all its residents, and, in connection therewith, requiring the Colorado general assembly to take all necessary acts to attend and fully participate in the constitutional convention, if called, and to meet and consult with representatives from other states in convening the constitutional convention; and allowing a majority of either house of the Colorado general assembly to elect to postpone for the session a vote on the measure calling for the convening of a United States constitutional convention.

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 concerning a requirement that at each legislative session the general assembly of the state of Colorado shall call for the convening of a United States constitutional convention until the United States congress proposes a constitutional amendment to define marriage as between a man and a woman or to ensure the right of each state to define marriage for all its residents, and, in connection therewith, requiring the Colorado general assembly to take all necessary acts to attend and fully participate in the constitutional convention, if called, and to meet and consult with representatives from other states in convening the constitutional convention; and allowing a majority of either house of the Colorado general assembly to elect to postpone for the session a vote on the measure calling for the convening of a United States constitutional convention?

Hearing May 19, 2004

Single subject approved; staff draft amended; titles set.
Hearing adjourned 5:24 p.m.

* Unofficially captioned “U.S. Constitutional Convention – Marriage” by legislative staff for tracking purposes. Such caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.