Ballot Title Setting Board
2023-2024

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

A change to the Colorado Revised Statutes creating new election processes for U.S. President and certain federal and state offices, and, in connection therewith, creating a new all-candidate primary election for U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, governor, attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer, CU board of regents, state board of education, and the Colorado state legislature, but not for U.S. President; reducing the number of signatures required to petition onto the all-candidate primary ballot; allowing voters to vote for any one candidate per office, regardless of the voter’s or candidate’s political party affiliation; providing that the four candidates for each office who receive the most votes advance to the general election; and in the general election, allowing voters to rank candidates on their ballot for each of these offices and for U.S. President, adopting a process for how the ranked votes are tallied, and determining the winner to be the candidate with the highest number of votes in the final tally.

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

Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes creating new election processes for U.S. President and certain federal and state offices, and, in connection therewith, creating a new all-candidate primary election for U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, governor, attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer, CU board of regents, state board of education, and the Colorado state legislature, but not for U.S. President; reducing the number of signatures required to petition onto the all-candidate primary ballot; allowing voters to vote for any one candidate per office, regardless of the voter’s or candidate’s political party affiliation; providing that the four candidates for each office who receive the most votes advance to the general election; and in the general election, allowing voters to rank candidates on their ballot for each of these offices and for U.S. President, adopting a process for how the ranked votes are tallied, and determining the winner to be the candidate with the highest number of votes in the final tally?

Hearing April 18, 2024

Single subject approved (2-1, Sullivan); staff draft amended; titles set.
The Board made technical corrections to the text of the initiative.
Board members: Theresa Conley, Christy Chase, Jennifer Sullivan
Hearing adjourned 3:42 PM.

Rehearing April 26, 2024

Motion for rehearing (Chilson) was granted only to the extent the Board made changes to the title (2-1, Reichert).
Motion for rehearing (Good; Templin) denied in its entirety (2-1, Reichert).
Board members: Theresa Conley, Christy Chase, Lee Reichert
Hearing adjourned 5:25 PM.

* Unofficially captioned "Concerning the Conduct of Elections" by legislative staff for tracking purposes. This caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.