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 Dec. 24, 2024).

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 2025

§ 1-40-126’s source at colorado​.gov