Colorado Statutes § 1-40-126 Explanation of effect of "yes/for" or "no/against" vote included in notices provided by mailing or publication
Statute Text
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."
History
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 1/1/2013 .
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
.)
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