Have to say I'm pleased by this, both because it means we won't have this on the ballot yet again (plus the finite chance that it could have passed), and because it indicates there's not enough support out there for them to have made it happen.
I do expect a nasty court fight, however.
Reshared post from +The Denver Post
Personhood Amendment misses November ballot
Proponents of Initiative 46, the Personhood Amendment, reportedly turned in 106,119 signatures. 23,873 of those were invalidated, leaving the measure short by 3,859. Backers have hired an election attorney. What's your take?
Embedded Link
Colorado anti-abortion intiative misses ballot, backers hire lawyer – The Denver Post
The proposed anti-abortion measure called the Personhood Amendment wont be on the ballot, Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler announced Wednesday morning.
Google+: View post on Google+
I would say that if it's that close, they're losing the argument.
So I was doing a presentation on what was coming up in the last legislative session and mentioned Civil Unions. One of the people in the audience screamed out “We keep turning that down, how can they keep introducing it?” Turned out, when we talked after my speech, she was a strong supporter of the personhood amendment to which I said “We keep turning that down, how can they keep introducing it?” We have a friendly relationship, but we avoid personhood and civil unions. She does support the Dream Act, BTW.
So fair enough — in a good cause it’s okay to try, try again, whereas in a bad cause we keep hoping they’ll get the message and go home. Yeah, that’s probably unfair.
I guess the answer is, “If there aren’t enough people who want to even sign a petition about it again or donate to the proceedings, then it’s time to call it quits for now, or think of another tactic.”