Colorado 2012 Elections–Information Sources

Here are some resources that I found useful to fill out the 2012 ballot

1. Vote411.org: A very good website for vote information. Enter your address and you get presented with a personalized list of questions that appear on your ballot. In addition, you get information on all the candidates for a particular race as well as some Q&A filled in by the candidates. Was extremely useful in figuring out where different candidates stand on various issues (especially for local races)
2. Colorado Office of Judicial Performance Review: A review panel consisting of citizens and attorneys that evaluate and provide opinions on retaining judges. A good website to determine how to vote for judges.
3. 2012 Blue Book: Ballot information booklet published by the State’s Legislative Council Staff
4. ColoradoBallot.Net: A site with some basic information on ballot initiatives setup by an independent small business owner.
5. League of Women Voters – Colorado: Another useful site for ballot information

Colorado Elections 2012–Blue Book

The Colorado 2012 blue book is available online at

http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheader=application%2Fpdf&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1251822971738&ssbinary=true

This year the following measures are up for voting:

Amendment S - State Personnel System
Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning the state personnel system, and, in connection therewith, expanding the veterans' preference; increasing the number of candidates eligible to be appointed to a position; adjusting the duration of allowable temporary employment; allowing the flexibility to remove a limited number of positions from the system; modifying the residency requirement; adjusting the terms of service for members of the state personnel board; and requiring merit-based appointments to be made through a comparative analysis process?

Amendment 64 - Use and Regulation of Marijuana
Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning marijuana, and, in connection therewith, providing for the regulation of marijuana; permitting a person twenty-one years of age or older to consume or possess limited amounts of marijuana; providing for the licensing of cultivation facilities, product manufacturing facilities, testing facilities, and retail stores; permitting local governments to regulate or prohibit such facilities; requiring the general assembly to enact an excise tax to be levied upon wholesale sales of marijuana; requiring that the first $40 million in revenue raised annually by such tax be credited to the public school capital construction assistance fund; and requiring the general assembly to enact legislation governing the cultivation, processing, and sale of industrial hemp?

Amendment 65 - Colorado Congressional Delegation to Support Campaign Finance Limits
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?

More info:

League of Woman Voters: http://www.lwvcolorado.org/docs/ballot-issues-2012.pdf