Among the legislative referrals are two amendments that will establish redistricting commissions responsible for congressional and state legislative district maps.
Seven citizen-initiated measures qualified for the ballot.
Proposition 111 (Banking) Restricts the charges on payday loans to a yearly rate of 36 percent
Proposition 112 (Fracking) Mandates minimum setbacks for new oil and gas development projects, including fracking
Companies that petitioned against Proposition 112:
Direct Action Partners and Encore Political Services Cost: $567,174.82 Signatures: 98,492 CPRS: $5.67
Of the total, $4.4 million was spent by Protect Colorado, the committee opposing Proposition 112 and that provided at least $10 million to the committee behind Amendment 74. It is unclear on what initiative or initiatives this $4.4 million was spent. As of October 25, 2018, Protect Colorado did not respond to Ballotpedia's requests for information on which initiatives these expenditures were used. Besides contributing to the committee behind Amendment 74, Protect Colorado reported in-kind contributions of $187,500 to the committee backing Proposition 110 in the form of paid signature gathering. Protect Colorado hired PAC/West to gather signatures. PAC/West and the Colorado Farm Bureau—which was also behind Amendment 74—provided contributions of $23,806.76 and $10,000, respectively, to the committee behind Amendment 75. According to the secretary of state's records on which organizations and companies were licensed to collect signatures for which initiative petitions, every organization or company that was licensed to collect signatures for Amendment 74 (Initiative #108) was also licensed to collect signatures for Amendment 75 (Initiative #173). Many on the list, however, were licensed for multiple different initiative efforts.
Given the uncertainties surrounding the expenditures by Protect Colorado and the signature petition costs for Amendments 74 and 75, Ballotpedia is providing a range of possible average and total signature petition costs in Colorado:
Total state petition costs: $2,900,435 - $7,331,985
Average petition costs: $580,087 - $1,047,426
Average cost per required signatures (CPRS): $5.87 - $10.62
November 7, 2018, Colorado Mid-term election results:
19th Judicial district D.A.: Michael J Rourke ® 4th congressional district: Ken Buck ® Weld County Commissioner at large: Steve Moreno ® Commissioner District 2: Scott James ® County Clerk and Recorder: Caly S Koppes ® Assessor: Brenda A Dones ® Sheriff: Steve Reams ®
