While the national election results were (IMO) appalling, and most of the Colorado state elections only a bit less so (it seems Hickenlooper will edge out Beauprez for Governor, but we now have Corey Gardner in the Senate, Mike Coffman is (once again) my US Rep, and Gordon Klingenschmitt fercriminysakes is on his way to the state House), at least the state ballot propositions seem to have mostly fallen my way:
Amendment 67 (Personhood): Defeated. Again. Two-to-one margin. Expect it to rise up, zombie-like, as soon as they can gather up enough signatures. Again.
Amendment 68 (Race track slots): Defeated (which I'm pleased by) by an even higher margin than Personhood. Which goes to show that you can win an issue even with truly awful (in content and format) commercials.
Proposition 104 (Open school board propostions): Won. I saw hardly any advertising on this, which meant it passed because "openness" and "labor unions" drive votes certain ways. Which is great, and I hope all those folk voting for it are also in favor of their own salary negotiations with their bosses also being held in public.
Proposition 105 (GMO labeling): Lost, so no meaningless fear-mongering on food labels. Now, if we want to do something important, let's press for more meaningful testing of GMOs.
And one other positive benefit of the election: the number of unsolicited phone calls to the house should go way down. It's a small silver lining, but I'll take it.
Election 2014: Colorado voters overwhelmingly defeat racetrack casino measure – Denver Business Journal
The constitutional amendment would have allowed casinos at horse tracks in Colorado, but like similar previous amendments, it found no support.
