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BALLOT GUIDE
Create a right to abortion in the state constitution and repeal the constitutional provision banning the use of public funds for abortion.
Provide a constitutional right to school choice including neighborhood schools, charter schools, private schools, homeschools, open enrollment options, and future innovations in education
Expands the property tax exemption for veterans with a disability to veterans with individual unemployability status
Creates an independent judicial discipline adjudicative board and create rules for the judicial discipline process
Remove the right to bail in cases of first degree murder when the proof is evident or the presumption is great
Remove the provision of the state constitution that says "Only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in this state"
Change deadlines for filing initiative and referendum petition signatures and judicial retention notice deadlines to remove one week in order to allow one extra week for the secretary of state to certify ballot order and content and election officials' deadline to transmit ballots
Change parole eligibility requirements, requiring offenders convicted of certain violent crimes on or after January 1, 2025, to serve at least 85% of their sentence before parole eligibility, and offenders with two prior violent crime convictions to serve their full sentence before beginning parole.
Create the profession of veterinary professional associate (VPA) requiring a master's degree and registration with the state board of veterinary medicine
Create the Peace Officer Training and Support Fund to provide funding for law enforcement training, retention, and hiring; training surrounding the use of force; and death benefits for surviving spouses and children of officers or first responders killed in the line of duty
Establish top-four open primary elections and ranked-choice voting for U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, governor, attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer, Colorado University board of regents, state board of education, and state legislature
Allow the state to retain tax revenue collected above $29 million annually from the tax on sports betting proceeds
Levy a 6.5% excise tax on firearms and ammunition manufacturing and sales to be imposed on firearms dealers, manufacturers, and ammunition vendors and appropriating the revenue to the Firearms and Ammunition Excise Tax Cash Fund to be used to fund crime victim services programs, education programs, and mental and behavioral health programs for children and veterans
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