Ballot Measure Town Hall set for Saturday Oct. 3

As the state moves inevitably toward the Nov. 3 election date, consumers continue to look for information about the multiple state ballot questions on which they will vote.

Election 2020 .Image courtesy of Fort Myers Beach Observer

A Ballot Measure Virtual Town Hall will be hosted at 10:15 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 3 by three Democratic legislators: Colorado Senator Rhonda Fields, Colrado Senator Nancy Todd, and Colorado Representative Mike Weissman.

The legislators will be discussing many of the eleven state-level ballot measures that Colorado voters will be deciding on this fall.

To join the Zoom Meeting: https://senatedems.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1b2e70aeceb6e338b0169101&id=b7fbd2c0eb&e=74dc2a8423

The 11 ballot issues include:

Amendment B Taxes and Property
Repeals the Gallagher Amendment of 1982, which limited the residential and non-residential property tax assessment rates so that residential property taxes amounted to 45 percent of the total share of state property taxes, and non-residential property taxes amounted to 55 percent of the total share of state property taxes
Amendment C Lottery
Requires charitable organizations to have existed for three years before obtaining a charitable gaming license instead of five years; allows charitable organizations to hire managers and operators of gaming activities so long as they are not paid more than the minimum wage
Amendment 76 Suffrage
Amends the Colorado Constitution to state that “only a citizen” of the U.S. who is 18 years old or older can vote in federal, state, and local elections, instead of the existing language that says “every citizen” who is 18 years old can vote
Amendment 77 Gambling
Allows voters in Central City, Black Hawk, and Cripple Creek to vote to expand allowed gaming types and bet limits
Proposition EE Tobacco and Taxes
Increases taxes on tobacco, creates a new tax on nicotine products such as e-cigarettes; dedicates funds to education and health programs
Proposition 113 Elections
Joins Colorado into the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, awarding Colorado’s electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote
Proposition 114 Forests and parks and Environment
Reintroduces gray wolves on public lands
Proposition 115 Abortion
Prohibits abortion after 22 weeks gestational age
Proposition 116 Taxes
Decreases the state income tax rate from 4.63 percent to 4.55 percent
Proposition 117 Taxes
Requires voter approval of new enterprises that are exempt from TABOR if their revenue is greater than $50 million within its first five years
Proposition 118 Healthcare
Establishes a program for paid medical and family leave