Please join 350 Colorado in actively opposing Amendment 71 (A71), which will appear on Colorado’s 2016 ballot.  Amendment 71,  is backed by million of dollars from the oil and gas industry and their advocates, in large part because it is intended to stall any future attempts to place ballot initiatives like #75 (local control over oil and gas) and #78 (2500’ setbacks) on the ballot. These special interests have amassed over $4 million to convince Coloradans to surrender their right to initiate important changes to Colorado law.

Click here to sign up to help defeat amendment 71 and protect grassroots ballot initiative campaigns from wealthy special interests.

Often referred to as the “anti-initiative initiative”, A71 would place prohibitive petition restrictions on citizen groups seeking to empower voters to change Colorado law in the public interest—effectively denying access to the ballot to all but the wealthiest industry groups and politicians.  By requiring that 2% of voters in every one of Colorado’s 35 senatorial districts sign a petition in order to place an initiative on the ballot, it would allow any district in Colorado to veto an initiative before voters even have a chance to weigh in.  Additionally it would require a 55% supermajority of voters in order to adopt the proposed change to the Colorado Constitution.

Read the Denver Post’s editorial on why Amendment 71 is flawed and the wrong choice for Colorado >>

Read other media coverage and resources list to fight Amendment 71 >>

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Who’s OPPOSED TO 71  :

 

Vote No On 71 Sign-On Groups List  10/18/16

350 Colorado

350 Central Colorado

ACLU of Colorado

America Votes

Arapahoe Tea Party

Be The Change-USA

Bell Policy Center

Boulder City Council

Boulder County Commissioners

Boulder County Republicans

Citizens for Huerfano County

Citizens in Charge

Citizens Project

Clean Energy Action

CLLARO

Coloradans for Civil Liberties

Coloradans Resisting Extreme Energy Development

Colorado AFL-CIO

Colorado Campaign for Life

Colorado Center on Law & Policy

Colorado Common Cause

Colorado Community Rights Network

Colorado Education Association

Colorado Firearms Association

Colorado Firearms Coalition

Colorado Fiscal Institute

Colorado People’s Alliance

Colorado Right to Life

Colorado Rising

Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition

Colorado Tea Party Patriots

Colorado Term Limits Coalition

Colorado Union of Taxpayers

Conservation Colorado

Delta County Libertarian Party

Denver Democratic Party

Denver Republican Party

Divestment Student Network

Eagle County Republican Party

Earthworks

Eco-Justice Ministries

F.A.C.E.U.S. (Families Against Court Embezzlement Unethical Standards)

Food and Water Watch

Fort Collins Sustainability Group Steering Committee

Frack Free Colorado

FRESC: Good Jobs Strong Communities

Generation Latino

Green Cities Coalition of the Pikes Peak Region

Greenpeace USA

Humane Society of the United States

Independence Institute

Jefferson County Republican Party

The Judicial Integrity Project

Lakewood Fractivists

Libertarian Party of Colorado

LOGIC (League of Oil and Gas Impacted Coloradans)

Metro Denver Community Rights

Mi Familia Vota

NAACP-MT-WY State Conference

NARAL Pro-Choice Colorado

New Era Colorado

Northern Colorado Community Rights

North Metro Neighbors for Safe Energy

Our Broomfield

Our Health, Our Future, Our Longmont

Padres & Jóvenes Unidos

Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains

Progress Now Colorado

The Question Alliance

SEIU State Council

Servicios de la Raza

Sierra Club Rocky Mountain Chapter

South Park Coalition

Stop Over Development Douglas County

TABOR Committee

Transparent Courts

Wall of Women Colorado

Weld Air and Water

What the Frack?! Arapahoe

 

Individuals Against 71

Steve Fenberg – State Senate Candidate

Anne Harper Weld County Commissioner Candidate

Alice Madden ­– Regent at Large Candidate

Arn Menconi – Green Party US Senator Candidate

Adams County GOP Chair Anil Mathai

Boulder Mayor Suzanne Jones

Congressman Jared Polis

Longmont City Councilor Joan Peck

RTD Director Natalie Menten

State Representative Mike Foote

State Representative Steve Lebsock

State Representative Tim Leonard

State Representative Brittany Petersen

State Representative Kim Ransom

State Representative Joe Salazar

State Representative Jonathan Singer

State Representative Jesse Ulibarri

State Representative Faith Winter

State Senator Irene Aguilar

State Senator Morgan Carroll

State Senator John Cooke

State Senator Justin Everett

State Senator Steve Humphrey

State Senator Matt Jones

State Senator John Kefalas

State Senator Kent Lambert

State Senator Kevin Lundberg

State Senator Michael Merrifield

State Senator Tim Neville

State Senator Steve

Former Colorado State Senate President John Andrews                                                               Former Congressman Bob Beauprez

Former Congressman Tom Tancredo

Former State Senator Dave Schultheis

 

Newspapers and Media Against 71

The Aurora Sentinel

Boulder Weekly

Boulder Daily Camera

The Denver Post

Greeley Tribune

Radio host Jeff Crank

Radio host Mike Rosen

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