Colorado: Legislature quietly votes to restrict citizen rights
Bored to tears by any mention of petition rights? If you’ve ever supported a grassroots issue campaign, you may want to take a second look—and do so quickly—after a pair of little watched Colorado Senate votes that took place on Wednesday. Shortly after the lunch break and without a TV crew in sight, the Senate State, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee first passed a proposal that would largely gut the ability of ordinary citizens to propose amendments to the state constitution.