{"id":46235,"date":"2014-11-05T14:30:54","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T21:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/11\/05\/im-relatively-happy-on-the-state-ballot-measures-at-least.html"},"modified":"2014-11-05T08:14:02","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T15:14:02","slug":"im-relatively-happy-on-the-state-ballot-measures-at-least","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/11\/05\/im-relatively-happy-on-the-state-ballot-measures-at-least.html","title":{"rendered":"I’m relatively happy on the state ballot measures, at least"},"content":{"rendered":"

While the national election results were (IMO) appalling, and most of the Colorado state elections only a bit less so (it seems<\/i> 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:<\/p>\n

Amendment 67 (Personhood):<\/b> Defeated. Again. Two-to-one margin. Expect it to rise up, zombie-like, as soon as they can gather up enough signatures. Again.<\/p>\n

Amendment 68 (Race track slots):<\/b> 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.<\/p>\n

Proposition 104 (Open school board propostions):<\/b> 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. <\/p>\n

Proposition 105 (GMO labeling):<\/b> Lost, so no meaningless fear-mongering on food labels. Now, if we want to do something important, let's press for more meaningful testing<\/i> of GMOs.<\/p>\n

And one other positive benefit of the election: the number of unsolicited phone calls to the house should go way<\/i> down. It's a small silver lining, but I'll take it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nElection 2014: Colorado voters overwhelmingly defeat racetrack casino measure – Denver Business Journal<\/a><\/span>
\nThe constitutional amendment would have allowed casinos at horse tracks in Colorado, but like similar previous amendments, it found no support.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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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 … Continue reading “I’m relatively happy on the state ballot measures, at least”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_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":[106,353,348],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-elections-2014","category-women"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30020,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/29\/colorado-personhood-comes-up-short-for-the-november-ballot.html","url_meta":{"origin":46235,"position":0},"title":"Colorado Personhood comes up short for the November ballot","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 29-Aug-12 1:15pm","format":false,"excerpt":"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\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":31142,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/05\/the-ballot-measures-we-didnt-get-in-colorado.html","url_meta":{"origin":46235,"position":1},"title":"The ballot measures we didn't get in Colorado","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 5-Nov-12 3:32pm","format":false,"excerpt":"We have only three on the state-wide ballot -- here's a list of 20 others that didn't make it, from Personhood, to Same-Sex Marriage, to Concealed Carry, to eliminating all property taxes.\u00a0 Embedded Link Colorado 2012 ballot measures - Ballotpedia There are 19 hours left until polls open on November\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":45034,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/08\/ballot-propositions-i-will-soon-tire-of-hearing-about.html","url_meta":{"origin":46235,"position":2},"title":"Ballot Propositions I will soon tire of hearing about","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 8-Sep-14 7:14pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Swear to God I was just wondering today when these would be finalized so I could see what they were. 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