Initiative 82 Deemed Sufficient

Initiative 82 Deemed Sufficient

“Colorado Congressional Delegation to Support Campaign Finance Limits” will appear on November ballot

Denver, Colorado – Today Secretary of State Scott Gessler announced that proposed Initiative 82 concerning “Colorado Congressional Delegation to Support Campaign Finance Limits” was found to be sufficient as required by statute.

Proponents of Initiative 82 submitted 182,113 signatures to the Secretary of State’s office on August 6. A five percent random sample review of the signatures projected the number of valid signatures to be less than 110 percent but more than 90 percent of the total number of signatures required for placement on the ballot. Under state law, the Secretary ordered a line-by-line review of every signature submitted. Following the line-by-line review, the Secretary declared the petition sufficient.

Petition verification summary:

Line-by-line review 

Total number of qualified signature lines	182,113
Total number of entries rejected	94,943
Total number of entries accepted	87,170
Total number of signatures required for placement on ballot	86,105

 

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