Ballot initiatives provide Colorado voters the opportunity to participate in direct democracy by voting specifically on policies and not just politicians. The federal 政府ernment is no longer able to protect our basic rights, but we can vote for 状态 and local ballot initiatives that give Colorado an opportunity to become a national leader in defending and expanding our hard‐won rights.
同意结束住房危机 – Colorado is in the midst of a devastating 住房 crisis that is having a disproportionate impact on communities of color and leading to a cascade of civil rights abuses for unhoused people. The ACLU of Colorado endorses public policies that will help protect and increase access to 住房.
州123号提案(全州)
State Proposition 123 will help increase and maintain the number of affordable 住房 units across the 状态.
是的，丹佛发起条例305(本地)
Denver’s Initiative 305 will keep more Denver families in their homes by ensuring access to free legal assistance for renters, 所以他们不会被房东不公平地驱逐.
赞成结束毒品战争 – The ACLU of Colorado supports a full and complete end to the failed and racist War on Drugs. The ACLU endorses public policies that take steps toward ending drug criminalization in favor of a well-regulated market and treatment-based approaches, and unwinding the harms of 50 years of failed drug policy.
州122号提案(全州)
State Proposition 122 will decriminalize the personal use and possession of five types of hallucinogenic and entheogenic plants and fungi and create a natural medicine services program.
Yes on Colorado Springs Ballot Question 300 (local)
Colorado Springs Proposition 300 would allow recreational marijuana purchases in the city.
支持公平教育 – A separate and unequal educational experience has been a primary driver of systemic inequalities for people of color in Colorado.
赞成州提案FF(全州范围)
Proposition FF will provide free meals to all K–12 students in participating districts, 不管他们的家庭收入如何. Free school lunches for all removes stigma from students who need free or reduced meals, 提高了教育成果.
支持选民无障碍 -选民参与保护我们的民主. The ACLU of Colorado believes that voting should be fair, 透明的, and easy for all voters – whether that’s through increased ballot transparency or streamlined election dates.
赞成提案GG(全州)
Proposition GG will require additional transparency for 状态 ballot measures by requiring relevant initiatives to include a tax table on the ballot to show just how much cost or savings a family can expect.
博尔德投票第2E题支持(本地)
Question 2E will move municipal elections to occur on even years. Aligning local elections with 状态 and federal election calendars reduces voter fatigue and increases voter participation.
奥罗拉投票3A(本地)
Question 3A will restore the right to run for political office despite prior felony conviction. The measure will also bring the city in line with the Colorado Constitution, which protects the right to run for office as a fundamental right of citizenship.
支持性别平等 -在潮流转变的时候, 女性 still make up a disproportionately small percentage of the military and veterans and are often left out of support once their serving or veteran spouse passes away.
通过州修正案E(全州范围)
修正案E弥补了股权差距, ensuring the same homestead exemption access to spouses when they lose their partner in the line of duty or from a service-related injury or disease.
反对不公平的税收政策 -在争取种族正义的斗争中, 系统性的平等, 以及移民正义, funding for families to have their basic needs met requires sound revenue from taxes.
反对州提案121
科罗拉多州的ACLU反对121号提案, knowing that a decrease in 状态 revenue might save our lowest income neighbors $5 per year, but will cost the programs that support their access to food, 住房, 医疗保健, 以及数百万的教育. Hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue loss will have a direct and negative impact on already underfunded necessary programs that help build power and equity across Colorado.
