C.R.S. Section 1-40-126
Explanation of effect of “yes/for” or “no/against” vote included in notices provided by mailing or publication


In any notice to electors provided by the director of research of the legislative council, whether by mailing pursuant to section 1-40-124.5 or publication pursuant to section 1-40-124, there shall be included the following explanation preceding any information about individual ballot issues: “A ’yes/for’ vote on any ballot issue is a vote in favor of changing current law or existing circumstances, and a ’no/against’ vote on any ballot issue is a vote against changing current law or existing circumstances.”

Source: Section 1-40-126 — Explanation of effect of "yes/for" or "no/against" vote included in notices provided by mailing or publication, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-01.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

1‑40‑101
Legislative declaration
1‑40‑102
Definitions
1‑40‑103
Applicability of article
1‑40‑104
Designated representatives
1‑40‑105
Filing procedure - review and comment meeting - amendments - filing with secretary of state
1‑40‑105.5
Initial fiscal impact statement - definition
1‑40‑106
Title board - meetings - ballot title - initiative and referendum - definitions
1‑40‑106.5
Single-subject requirements for initiated measures and referred constitutional amendments - legislative declaration
1‑40‑107
Rehearing - appeal - fees - signing
1‑40‑108
Petition - time of filing
1‑40‑109
Signatures required - withdrawal
1‑40‑110
Warning - ballot title
1‑40‑111
Signatures - affidavits - notarization - list of circulators and notaries
1‑40‑112
Circulators - requirements - training
1‑40‑113
Form - representatives of signers
1‑40‑114
Petitions - not election materials - no bilingual language requirement
1‑40‑115
Ballot - voting - publication
1‑40‑116
Validation - ballot issues - random sampling - rules
1‑40‑117
Statement of sufficiency - cure
1‑40‑118
Protest
1‑40‑119
Procedure for hearings
1‑40‑120
Filing in federal court
1‑40‑121
Designated representatives - expenditures related to petition circulation - report - penalty - definitions
1‑40‑122
Certification of ballot titles
1‑40‑123
Counting of votes - effective date - conflicting provisions
1‑40‑124
Publication
1‑40‑124.5
Ballot information booklet
1‑40‑125
Mailing to electors
1‑40‑126
Explanation of effect of “yes/for” or “no/against” vote included in notices provided by mailing or publication
1‑40‑126.5
Explanation of ballot titles and actual text of measures in notices provided by mailing or publication
1‑40‑130
Unlawful acts - penalty
1‑40‑131
Tampering with initiative or referendum petition
1‑40‑132
Enforcement
1‑40‑133
Retention of petitions
1‑40‑134
Withdrawal of initiative petition
1‑40‑135
Petition entities - requirements - definition
1‑40‑136
Bills enacted in the second regular session of the seventy-second general assembly that include an act subject to petition clause - legislative declaration
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 1-40-126’s source at colorado​.gov