How Colorado voted on ballot measures
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Ballots organized in trays at the Jefferson County election center. Photo: RJ Sangosti/Denver Post via Getty Images
Colorado voters faced one of the longest ballots in state history Tuesday, weighing in on everything from transgender rights and taxes to fentanyl penalties and fishing.
Why it matters: Together, the 14 measures put major policy decisions directly in voters' hands — and delivered conservatives some victories in an otherwise overwhelmingly blue election.
Zoom in: Here's how Coloradans voted, as of Thursday afternoon, based on preliminary results from the Secretary of State's Office, AP race calls and campaigns' declarations of victory and defeat.
👍 What passed:
- Amendment 87: Raises income taxes on high earners while lowering rates for most taxpayers.
- Proposition 133: Mandates life without parole for child sex trafficking and expands the crime's definition.
- Proposition 134: Bars transgender athletes from school sports teams that don't match their sex assigned at birth.
- Proposition NN: Allows Colorado to retain TABOR refunds for education, children's programs and other purposes.
Yes, and: Front Range voters also approved Ballot Issue 7A, which will raise sales taxes in certain communities by 0.333% to fund passenger rail between Pueblo and Fort Collins.
👎 What failed:
- Amendment 81: Would have required police to notify federal immigration authorities about certain criminal defendants whose legal status cannot be verified.
- Amendment 82: Would have made buying and selling natural gas for heating and cooking a constitutional right.
- Amendment 83: Would have made hunting and fishing a constitutional right and a preferred wildlife management method.
- Amendment 84: Would have required additional voter identification information, beyond a signature, on mail ballots.
- Amendment 85: Would have required ballot questions to be written at an eighth-grade reading level.
👀 What we're watching: Numerous ballot questions remain too close to call.
Editor's note: This story is developing and will be updated.