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VOLUME 121 | ISSUE 33
WEEK OF AUGUST 15, 2024
Ballot measures COUNTY FAIR THRILLS lack signatures Looking back on the 2024 Adams County Fair P4 Proponents of 8 proposed ballot measures fail to meet signatures deadline BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN
The proponents of eight measures being pursued for Colorado’s November ballot failed by a deadline of Aug. 5 to turn in the signatures they gathered to try to get their questions before voters. That means voters this fall won’t weigh in on whether to ban children assigned male at birth from participating in girl’s youth sports and whether the state should require voter approval for fees raising money for public transportation projects. Many of the measures that failed were being pursued by conservative activists. Supporters of the initiatives needed to collect roughly 125,000 voter signatures to get their initiatives on the November ballot. The eight measures that failed to make the ballot by default were: Initiative 142, which would have required public schools to notify parents within 48 hours if their child is experiencing “gender incongruence,” which the initiative would have defined as a “difference between a child’s biological sex and the child’s perceived or desired gender.” The initiative was being pursued by conservative activists. Initiative 144, which would have let veterinarians offer telehealth to patients in Colorado. The governor this year signed a bill passed by the legislature that will have a similar effect. SEE SIGNATURES, P13
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