Initiative 48 Deemed Sufficient. “Labeling Genetically Modified Food” will appear on November ballot.

Initiative 48 Deemed Sufficient

“Labeling Genetically Modified Food” will appear on November ballot

DENVER, August 20, 2014 – Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler announced today that the proposed ballot measure concerning “Labelling Genetically Modified Food” was found to be sufficient as required by statute.

Proponents submitted petitions for Proposed Initiative 48 to the Secretary of State’s office on August 4. A five-percent random sample of the submitted signatures projected the number of valid signatures to be greater than 110 percent of the total number of signatures required for placement on the ballot.

Because the random sample verification established that the projected number of valid signatures totals 145.06 percent of the amount required for placement on the ballot, Proposed Initiative 2013-2014 #48 is sufficient and will be certified to the 2014 general election ballot.

Under Colorado law, and barring a successful protest, the initiative will be numbered “Proposition 105.” 

Petition verification summary:

Total number of qualified signatures submitted	171,387
5% of qualified signatures submitted (random sample)	8,569
Total number of entries accepted (valid) from the random sample	6,245
Total number of entries rejected (invalid) from the random sample	2,324
Number of projected valid signatures from the random sample	124,905
Total number of signatures required for placement on ballot	86,105
Projected percentage of required valid signatures	145.06

For more information about the initiative process, please visit our website.

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