Colorado Code
Article 40 - Initiative and Referendum
§ 1-40-126. Explanation of Effect of "Yes/for" or "No/against" Vote Included in Notices Provided by Mailing or Publication

In any notice to electors provided by the director of research of the legislative council, whether by mailing pursuant to section 1-40-124.5 or publication pursuant to section 1-40-124, there shall be included the following explanation preceding any information about individual ballot issues: "A 'yes/for' vote on any ballot issue is a vote in favor of changing current law or existing circumstances, and a 'no/against' vote on any ballot issue is a vote against changing current law or existing circumstances."
Source: L. 93: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 692, § 1, effective May 4. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 299, § 6, effective August 2. L. 2012: Entire section amended, (HB 12-1089), ch. 70, p. 243, § 4, effective January 1, 2013.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 1-40-114 (3), which was added by House Bill 93-1155. (See L. 93, p. 266 .)
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in the 2012 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 70, Session Laws of Colorado 2012.

Structure Colorado Code

Colorado Code

Title 1 - Elections

Article 40 - Initiative and Referendum

§ 1-40-101. Legislative Declaration

§ 1-40-102. Definitions

§ 1-40-103. Applicability of Article

§ 1-40-104. Designated Representatives

§ 1-40-105. Filing Procedure - Review and Comment Meeting - Amendments - Filing With Secretary of State

§ 1-40-105.5. Initial Fiscal Impact Statement - Definition

§ 1-40-106. Title Board - Meetings - Ballot Title - Initiative and Referendum - Definitions

§ 1-40-106.5. Single-Subject Requirements for Initiated Measures and Referred Constitutional Amendments - Legislative Declaration

§ 1-40-107. Rehearing - Appeal - Fees - Signing

§ 1-40-108. Petition - Time of Filing

§ 1-40-109. Signatures Required - Withdrawal

§ 1-40-110. Warning - Ballot Title

§ 1-40-111. Signatures - Affidavits - Notarization - List of Circulators and Notaries

§ 1-40-112. Circulators - Requirements - Training

§ 1-40-113. Form - Representatives of Signers

§ 1-40-114. Petitions - Not Election Materials - No Bilingual Language Requirement

§ 1-40-115. Ballot - Voting - Publication

§ 1-40-116. Validation - Ballot Issues - Random Sampling - Rules

§ 1-40-117. Statement of Sufficiency - Cure

§ 1-40-118. Protest

§ 1-40-119. Procedure for Hearings

§ 1-40-120. Filing in Federal Court

§ 1-40-121. Designated Representatives - Expenditures Related to Petition Circulation - Report - Penalty - Definitions

§ 1-40-122. Certification of Ballot Titles

§ 1-40-123. Counting of Votes - Effective Date - Conflicting Provisions

§ 1-40-124. Publication

§ 1-40-124.5. Ballot Information Booklet

§ 1-40-125. Mailing to Electors

§ 1-40-126. Explanation of Effect of "Yes/for" or "No/against" Vote Included in Notices Provided by Mailing or Publication

§ 1-40-126.5. Explanation of Ballot Titles and Actual Text of Measures in Notices Provided by Mailing or Publication

§ 1-40-130. Unlawful Acts - Penalty

§ 1-40-131. Tampering With Initiative or Referendum Petition

§ 1-40-132. Enforcement

§ 1-40-133. Retention of Petitions

§ 1-40-134. Withdrawal of Initiative Petition

§ 1-40-135. Petition Entities - Requirements - Definition

§ 1-40-136. Bills Enacted in the Second Regular Session of the Seventy-Second General Assembly That Include an Act Subject to Petition Clause - Legislative Declaration