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Review and Comment Hearing for Initiative #3, 4, 5

Monday, April 20, 2026·51m·▶ Watch / Listen

In a routine review-and-comment session, Legislative Council and Legislative Legal Services staff walked proponent Patricia Fichter through the drafting problems in three proposed 2027-2028 ballot initiatives aimed at remaking Colorado elections around proportional representation and ranked voting — no votes were taken, only feedback.

Key Actions

·Proportional representation for the General Assembly (Initiatives #3 and #4)Action

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Notable Quotes

How can proportional representation be achieved in a district that only elects a single member?

Jed Franklin (Office of Legislative Legal Services) · witnessFranklin's question exposed the core technical contradiction in the proportional-representation initiatives, which Fichter acknowledged would need to be fixed.

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Okay. It is Monday, April 20th at 1:15pm and we're doing the review and comment for Proposed Initiatives Number three, four and five. If we go ahead and state our name for the record. Hamza Save the Legislative Council Staff Jed Franklin Office of Legislative Legal Services Patricia Fichter Opponent a Proponent Sorry. Yep. Linda Templin Designated Representative Josh Wallen proponent perfect section 140151 of the Colorado Revised Statutes requires the Directors of Legislative Council Staff and the Office of Legislative Legal Services to review and comment on initiative petitions for proposed laws and amendments to the Colorado Constitution. We hereby submit our comments and questions to you regarding the appended proposed initiative. The purposes of the statutory requirement of the Directors of Legislative Council Staff and the Office of Legal Legal Services provide comments and questions intended to aid the designated representatives and the proponents they represent in determining the language of their proposal and to avail the public of the contents of the proposal. Our first objective is to be sure we understand your intended purpose of the proposal. We hope that the comments and questions in this memorandum provide a basis for discussion and understanding of the
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