Colorado's crowded ballot: Initiative inflation could set record

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By Jessica Fender
The Denver Post

Colorado voters could face the largest November ballot in state history if citizen initiative campaigners who've promised to turn in valid petitions by today's deadline come through.

At 18 potential ballot measures and what is likely a record-setting $20 million raised already, Colorado could beat its own 14-measure record set in 2006.

Six campaign groups — including backers of the severance tax hike for college scholarships and the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights revamp — have told the Secretary of State's office they will deliver their signatures today, an agency spokesman said. Others could also be in the works.

Competing campaigns flush with cash mean one thing for voters: A glut of advertising, said Denver political analyst Floyd Ciruli.

"The public will be overwhelmed," Ciruli said.

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1. It's long past time to outlaw all ballot initiatives during Presidential elections.

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2. These initiatives are beyond the ken of ordinary citizens.

That's the classic definition of unconstitutional.

"End old liquor provisions" -- What the hell does *that* mean? :wtf: