Ballot Title Setting Board
2009-2010

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

An amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning recognition of marriages, and, in connection therewith, declaring any union between two consenting adults to be valid or recognized as a marriage in Colorado, while preserving the general assembly's authority to impose gender-neutral restrictions on the validity or recognition of marriages.

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 recognition of marriages, and, in connection therewith, declaring any union between two consenting adults to be valid or recognized as a marriage in Colorado, while preserving the general assembly's authority to impose gender-neutral restrictions on the validity or recognition of marriages?

Hearing March 18, 2009

Single subject approved; staff draft amended; titles set.
Hearing adjourned 2:25 p.m.

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