Review and Comment Hearing for Initiative #414
Legislative staff walked the proponents of Initiative #414 — a sweeping rewrite of Colorado election procedures — through a review-and-comment hearing that flagged conflicts with federal election law, a possible unconstitutional prior restraint on the press, and a hand-count timeline staff called an implementation impossibility. No vote was taken; the proponents said they intended to file with the Title Board that same day, the deadline to reach the 2026 ballot.
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“To provide legal immunity from criminal and civil prosecution for citizens who use reasonable force to intervene and stop suspected election crimes until law enforcement arrives. Do the proponents generally agree with this statement of purposes?”
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Sign in to subscribeWe had a glitch. I think we're good now. Isn't it so nice that it's so quiet? Okay, I'm going to call order again. Broadcast, because I can do that. Yeah, sorry. I had. I think the audio was. I think it should be working now. This is the hearing for proposed initiative measure 2025, 2026, number 414 concerning election procedures. It is 11:02am on April 3, 2026, in room HCR0109, the Capitol. We will go around and introduce ourselves. For the purposes of the record, I'll go first. My name is Dan Graby. I am with Legislative Council staff Staff Pierce Lively at the Office of Legislative Legal Services. Hassan, Missy Espinosa, Michael Scott for the second proponent for this measure. All right. Section 141051, Colorado Revised Statutes, requires the directors of the Colorado Legislative Council and the Office of Legislative Legal Services to review and comment on initiative petitions for proposed laws and amendments to the Colorado Constitution. The purpose of this statutory requirement of the Directors of Legislative Council and the Office of Legislative Legal Services is to provide comments intended to aid proponents in determining the language of their proposal and to avail the public of…
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