{"id":151964,"date":"2020-11-05T00:52:39","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T07:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=151964"},"modified":"2020-11-05T00:52:39","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T07:52:39","slug":"the-2020-colorado-ballot-proposition-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2020\/11\/05\/the-2020-colorado-ballot-proposition-results.html","title":{"rendered":"The 2020 Colorado ballot proposition results"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since I talked about my Colorado ballot proposition choices before the election<\/a>, it’s only fair I report on how the People voted<\/a>. Colors will indicate whether I won <\/span>or lost<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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Amendment B: Doing away with the Gallagher Amendment on Property Taxes<\/strong><\/p>\n

I voted YES. <\/span>Result was YES (57-43).\u00a0<\/span>Colorado’s tax laws remain a mess, but this has yanked a few wires out of the tangle.<\/em><\/p>\n

Amendment C: Easier \/ more profitable to run bingo-raffle games.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I voted NO. Result was YES (52\/48), but fails by not reaching the required 55%.\u00a0<\/span>Changes in the ballot proposition system a few elections back means that some proposals require a 55% win. This one didn’t meet it, which I’m just as happy about, as the whole thing sounded like a scam.<\/em><\/p>\n

Amendment 76: Edit a voting requirement to “must be a United States citizen”<\/strong><\/p>\n

I voted NO. Result was YES (63-37).\u00a0<\/span>A solution searching\u00a0 for a problem, and a sop for nativists.<\/em><\/p>\n

Amendment 77: Allow limited gaming towns to go hog-wild with games and stakes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I voted NO. Result was YES (60-40).<\/span> Some towns and community colleges will get a little richer. Some gambling companies will get a lot richer. A bunch of Coloradans will get a lot poorer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Proposition EE: Nicotine tax on vaping products and smoking tobacco products.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I voted YES. Result was YES (68-32).<\/span>\u00a0Everyone loves a sin tax.<\/em><\/p>\n

Proposition 113: Join the National Popular Vote compact?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I voted YES. Result was YES (52-48).<\/span> The Electoral College sucks. Enough Coloradans feel that way, too.<\/em><\/p>\n

Proposition 114: Reintroduce gray wolves in Colorado?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I voted YES. Result was YES (50.3-49.7)<\/span>. This one barely eked its way to victory. Oh, btw, the Trump Administration just announced gray wolves were off the Endangered Species List.<\/em><\/p>\n

Proposition 115: Ban abortion at 22 weeks?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I voted NO. Result was NO (41-59).<\/span> I wish the margin had been higher. But, then, I wish folk would stop putting this on the ballot every election.<\/em><\/p>\n

Proposition 116: Cut state income tax from 4.63% to 4.55%<\/strong><\/p>\n

I voted NO. Result was YES (57-43).<\/span> Most people won’t notice the difference, but state programs will.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Proposition 117: Require voter approval of state enterprises that charge un-TABORed fees?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I voted NO. Result was YES (52-48).<\/span> This state remains compulsively anti-tax.<\/em><\/p>\n

Proposition 118: Create a paid family and medical leave program?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I voted YES. Result was YES (57-43).<\/span> But we’re also kind of progressive on what we want government to do. Yes, that’s quite a contradiction. But I’ll take it on this one (though it will be up for referendum in two years based on the win of Prop 117).<\/em><\/p>\n

Overall, I’m pretty pleased, going 7<\/span>–4<\/span> on how I wanted the vote to go — and not losing on the ones I felt most strongly about. So … I’ll take my victories where I can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m mostly happy about the results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1142,63,358,740,376,348],"tags":[1168,1741],"class_list":["post-151964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elections-2020","category-environment","category-poor-citizenship","category-race-racism","category-taxing-spending","category-women","tag-colorado","tag-election2020"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Colorado-voting.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":137424,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/11\/06\/the-2018-election-the-colorado-perspective.html","url_meta":{"origin":151964,"position":0},"title":"The 2018 Election: The Colorado Perspective","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 6-Nov-18 11:52pm","format":false,"excerpt":"(As of 11:50pm MST) The Candidates: Jared Polis (D) has won for governor (replacing the previous D who was term-limited out). 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