Colorado § 31-11-111 - Initiatives, referenda, and referred measures - ballot titles.
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§ 31-11-111. Initiatives, referenda, and referred measures - ballot titles.
(1) After an election has been ordered pursuant to section 31-11-104 or 31-11-105, the legislative body of the municipality or its designee shall promptly fix a ballot title for each initiative or referendum.
(2) The legislative body of any municipality may, without receipt of any petition, submit any proposed or adopted ordinance or resolution or any question to a vote of the registered electors of the municipality. The legislative body of the municipality or its designee shall fix a ballot title for the referred measure.
(3) In fixing the ballot title, the legislative body or its designee shall consider the public confusion that might be caused by misleading titles and shall, whenever practicable, avoid titles for which the general understanding of the effect of a "yes" or "no" vote would be unclear. The ballot title shall not conflict with those titles selected for any other measure that will appear on the municipal ballot in the same election. The ballot title shall correctly and fairly express the true intent and meaning of the measure.
(4) Any protest concerning a ballot title shall be conducted as provided by local charter, ordinance, or resolution.
Source: L. 95: Entire article added, p. 428, § 1, effective May 8.
ANNOTATION
Law reviews. For article, "Ballot Measures: The Scope of Authority in Statutory Counties", see 52 Colo. Law 22 (May 2023).
Annotator's note. For cases construing a similar provision that applied to state and municipal elections, see §§ 1-40-106 and 1-40-107.
The fixing of a ballot title occurs upon the final action of a local government legislative body to settle or decide the wording of the ballot title. Under § 1-11-203.5, a person must, therefore, contest the form or content of a ballot title within five days of the legislative body's final action concerning the ballot title. Cacioppo v. Eagle County Sch. Dist. RE-50J, 92 P.3d 453 (Colo. 2004).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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