Colorado Amendment 65, Federal Campaign Spending and Contribution Amendment Initiative (2012)

Colorado Amendment 65
Election date November 6, 2012
Topic Federal constitutional issues
Status Approved
Type Initiated constitutional amendment	Origin Citizens

Colorado Amendment 65 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Colorado on November 6, 2012. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported requiring Colorado Congress members to support a federal constitutional amendment on campaign spending and contributions.

A “no” vote opposed requiring Colorado Congress members to support a federal constitutional amendment on campaign spending and contributions.

Election results

Colorado Amendment 65
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		1,762,516	74.01%
No		619,073	25.99%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 65 was as follows:

“

Shall there be amendments to the Colorado constitution and the Colorado revised statutes concerning support by Colorado's legislative representatives for a federal constitutional amendment to limit campaign contributions and spending, and, in connection therewith, instructing Colorado's congressional delegation to propose and support, and the members of Colorado's state legislature to ratify, an amendment to the United States constitution that allows congress and the states to limit campaign contributions and spending?

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Signature requirements for ballot measures in Colorado

In Colorado, proponents needed to collect a number of signatures for an initiated constitutional amendment.

See also

2012 Measures

• 2012 Measures
• Federal constitutional issues on the ballot
• 2012 legislative sessions

Colorado

• Colorado ballot measures
• Colorado ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Colorado Blue Book (2012)