2026 Ballot Measures

Colorado Notification of U.S. Department of Homeland Security for Certain Criminal Charges and Immigration Status Initiative

Rocky Mountain Equality: "[This amendment] denies due process. An accusation, not a conviction, is enough to upend a person's and their family's life, if they cannot immediately prove their citizenship status.... Amendment 81 would expand ICE's power in Colorado, requiring local law enforcement to act as an arm of Trump's deportation machine.” NO On 81

Right to Natural Gas

Who Is Advance Colorado: “Amendment 82 is a shameless corporate giveaway in defiance of all established climate science. It would amend the Colorado Constitution to enshrine a right for corporations to buy and sell natural gas.” Whose right is it anyway?

Constitutional Right to Hunt and Fish

Why Vote No on 83:  “Amendment 83 misleads Colorado voters into thinking they are protecting the right to hunt and fish when it actually takes away our voice in future wildlife decisions….[it is intentionally undefined and vague, creating uncertainty around future actions to address habitat, biodiversity, nongame species, disease, climate change, and other wildlife challenges.”

Mail Ballot Voter Identification

Defend Our Ballots: Amendment 84 puts Colorado’s mail vote on the line. “Colorado's signature verification system is rigorous, accurate, and already working. Adding a new ID-number requirement won't improve security — it will only create new barriers and new risks.”

Plain Language Ballot Questions

Who Is Advance Colorado: “Amendment 85 seeks to add language to the state constitution requiring all future ballot questions to be written “at no more than an 8th grade reading level,” and prohibits the legislature from mandating any language which interferes with that standard. It’s an attempt to make raising taxes on the wealthy harder than cutting them.”

Congressional Redistricting

Who Is Advance Colorado: “In 2025, Trump and Republicans kicked off a push for states to redistrict in the middle of the decade, instead of waiting until after the next census, in hopes of gaining redrawn seats for Republicans. Amendment 86 is [conservative dark money group] Advance Colorado’s contribution to that effort.”

Penalties for Fentanyl Crimes

Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition: “Sponsored by a conservative political organization, Prop 132 would significantly increase prison sentences for fentanyl offenses and is projected to substantially increase overdose deaths in Colorado.”

Require Life in Prison for Human Trafficking of Minors

IIndivisible Colorado: “[This measure] this does not support best practice for supporting survivors. It is best practice to allow the experts in the court system to evaluate the details of each individual case to determine the appropriate sentences/outcomes. This may include, in part, the type and level of participation of the defendant, keeping in mind that the defendant may also be a victim.”

Colorado Sex Requirement for School and College Sports Initiative.

Nadine Bridges, Executive Director of One Colorado: "This proposition is vague, poorly written, and leave[s] critical questions unanswered. Who decides who gets questioned, who gets inspected, and which kids are going to be singled out? When laws are written this vaguely, they open the door to unintended consequences that can cause serious harm to all of our kids."  More info: Families Not Politics

Prohibit Surgeries for Treatment in Response to Minors' Perception of Sex or Gender

Families Not Politics: “This measure takes healthcare decisions out of parents’ and doctors’ hands, with no way to appeal if the government gets it wrong.”

Income Tax Rate Cap

Who Is Advance Colorado: “Trickle-down economics at its worst, Proposition 136 seeks to place a permanent cap on the individual and corporate income tax in Colorado. The policy would force cuts to vital services in order to pad the pockets of big business and the already wealthy.”