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Strongly opposed by civil rights groups, this measure would permanently change the Colorado Constitution, forcing law enforcement, including Colorado Corrections, to verify, within 72 hours, the immigration status of anyone accused of a crime–before the case has been decided in court–or with a past felony. Civil rights advocates warn that the short time limit for reporting will lead to profiling based on race, ethnicity, and spoken language, and threatens due process and the rights of citizens and non-citizens alike.

Learn more about voting NO on Amendment 81 from our allies at Rocky Mountain Equality.

This amendment creates a constitutional right to purchase or sell natural gas for homes and businesses throughout the state. “Natural,” or methane gas, is a fossil fuel extracted primarily through fracking. This measure benefits corporate polluters and monopoly utilities by locking their profits into our state constitution. It would open the door to legal challenges over policies that protect our basic health and safety. It is already legal to buy, sell and distribute gas and gas appliances, and Coloradans are seeing energy costs skyrocket. This measure will force us to cover the high costs of new gas pipelines.

Learn more about voting NO on Amendment 82 from our allies at the Bell Policy Center.

This amendment would add to the state constitution the right to hunt, fish, or take wildlife by traditional methods excluding endangered species.

Learn more about voting NO on Amendment 83 from our allies at Keep Colorado’s Voice.

This measure is all about disenfranchising voters by requiring them to put their privacy at risk by writing the last four digits of their social security number or their full driver’s license or state ID number on the outside of their ballot envelope. Voters who fail to comply will have their ballots rejected. Currently, signatures are already required and checked against a state database. This additional requirement creates a second hurdle that could cause more ballots to go into a cure process and risk suppression, identify theft exposure, and disproportionate harm. This is a redundant requirement that will only risk error and exposure.

Learn more about voting NO on Amendment 84 from our allies at the Bell Policy Center.

This measure requires that all ballot titles be written at an 8th grade reading level. The messaging around this is very misleading, and very dangerous. Colorado already has provisions that promote simple language while providing accuracy. The issues we vote on are often complex and titling at an 8th grade level would make it difficult to convey the serious implications of many proposed measures. It could also end requirements to explain the fiscal impacts of proposed measures on our state budget.

Learn more about voting NO on Amendment 85 from our allies at Indivisible Colorado.

This amendment would require mid-decade redistricting maps to be approved by the independent commission and Colorado Supreme Court, while banning maps intentionally favoring either party.

Learn more about voting NO on Amendment 86 from our allies at Voces Unidas.

Threatening to further strain our already understaffed and overcrowded state Corrections facilities and expand private prisons in Colorado, this measure makes possession of any amount of fentanyl a felony, even first time cases. An 18 year old, at a party, sharing even one pill would face the same mandatory 8-32 year prison sentence as the highest level drug trafficker, even if they didn't know the drug contained fentanyl. Prop 132 provides no new funding for the treatment it mandates, and forces the state to spend at least $400 million on new private prison construction, in just the first five years alone. Analysis also projects that the measure would likely increase overdoses by 41% in that same five year time period.

Learn more about voting NO on Proposition 132 from our allies at the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition.

This initiative would lock in the state income tax at its current flat rate of 4.4%. This measure is counter to efforts to create a graduated income tax. Colorado continues to face a difficult budget climate, and this measure would directly counteract Amendment 87, which would lower taxes for us and increase them for the top 3%, and gut our efforts to pursue additional state revenue. If this proposition passes at a higher rate than Amendment 87, GIT does not go into effect.

Learn more about voting NO on Proposition 136 from our allies at the Bell Policy Center.

This measure claims to be a straightforward response to child sex trafficking. It is not – and it was put on the ballot by groups trying to deny access to reproductive healthcare. The proposition’s backers,Protect Kids Colorado, did not consult Colorado’s top victims’ rights groups before characterizing the act of traveling across state borders to access reproductive healthcare as “trafficking” minors. This wouldn’t just block reproductive healthcare access, but would further punish underage victims of sex trafficking by increasing an already severe sentence of 16-48 years to mandatory life-in-prison without parole. That raises serious questions about how the measure could affect minors who are themselves victims of trafficking but become entangled in the criminal legal system.

Learn more about voting NO on Proposition 133 from our allies at the League of Women Voters of Colorado.

This measure gives government too much power over decisions that belong to families, schools, and coaches, replacing their judgment with a statewide, rigid, blanket law that requires proof of a child's reproductive anatomy to play sports from Kindergarten through College, opening the door to invasive gender checks for any girl who is too tall or too strong.

Learn more about voting NO on Proposition 134 from our allies at Families Not Politics.

This measure overrides the relationships between Colorado families and their doctors and undermines the ability to make important decisions about medical care. It bans gender-related surgery for anyone under 18 even when parents and doctors agree it's necessary, and could force doctors into having to refuse unrelated care, like treatment for reproductive cancers, because of legal risks.

Learn more about voting NO on Proposition 135 from our allies at Families Not Politics.