Prognosticating the Colorado Ballot Initiatives

With FOURTEEN Statewide Ballot Initiatives to Vote on, here's what I think it going to happen

Welcome to democracy, there’s homework.

(Note: Ian wrote this, and as such, this is just, like, his opinion, man. If you want to get your recommendations from the taller of the two of us, Jason has his own handy dandy ballot guide right here.)

If you’re looking for help with the FOURTEEN statewide ballot questions, you’re not alone. This year’s Colorado ballot is a LONG one, with five legislatively referred constitutional amendments, two citizen-initiated constitutional amendments, two legislatively referred propositions, and five special interest group citizen-initiated propositions. So, it can be overwhelming! Luckily a few organizations we like have published ballot guides that are worth your time to review as you frantically google the initiatives in the last few days of the most consequential election of our lives!

• Our Favorite Nonpartisan News Organization Ballot Guide: The Colorado Sun

• Our Favorite Progressive Organization Ian Used to Work At Ballot Guide: ProgressNow Colorado’s Progressive Voters Guide

• Our Favorite Progressive Fiscal Policy Nerd Organization Ballot Guide: A TIE between Colorado Fiscal Institute and The Bell Policy Center

• Our Favorite Youth Ballot Guide For People Both Younger and Cooler Than us: New Era Colorado

• Our Favorite Ballot Guide for Tree-Huggers: Conservation Colorado

• Our Favorite Ballot Guide for Big Fans of Jason Bane: The Official Jason Bane Friends and Family Only Ballot Guide

Now with that whole “helping you participate in Democracy” thing out of the way, let’s get to the fun part, blindly predicting the outcome based almost solely on vibes!

Got a different take? See something we missed? Feel absolutely free to disagree with us in the comments, here, we’ll even leave you a handy little button to press!