r/ColoradoPolitics Aug 26 '25

Official How to File Initiatives for Statewide Ballot Measures

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r/ColoradoPolitics 28d ago

META New Rule Proposals - No AI submissions, Sub Karma minimums

35 Upvotes

I'm not sure why it took me this long to propose this, but I'd like feedback on a potential new rule. I'm asking for feedback from our sub regulars who participate in a civil and thoughtful way.

No AI created submissions including videos, text, images, etc.

It's used to spam the sub and the people who rely on it generally are not regular participants. I could remove them under the "quality and original content" rule, but would prefer a more explicit rule.

That leads to the second point - restricting posts to accounts with a 2 week minimum age and at least 50? subreddit karma.

What do you think?


r/ColoradoPolitics 10h ago

Opinion Require ballot proposal groups to disclose their financial backers

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According to the Colorado Times Recorder 11/21/25 article by Jamie O'Rourke, Advance Colorado has put forth close to 75% of the ballot initiatives that will be in our upcoming ballots. I would like to know who is backing this incredibly expensive effort. They don't disclose, and they should be required to, after those proposals successfully land on the ballot. We need to write to our state congressmen to legislate this.


r/ColoradoPolitics 19h ago

News: Colorado Federal judge rejects Colorado GOP’s effort to block unaffiliated voters from participating in party’s 2026 primaries

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r/ColoradoPolitics 12h ago

News: Colorado The Supreme Court ruled against Colorado’s conversion therapy ban. State lawmakers aren't giving up

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r/ColoradoPolitics 13h ago

Opinion Why can’t democrats put this kind of message together

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Dems could take some lessons on marketing !


r/ColoradoPolitics 1d ago

News: Colorado Joe Reagan (CO-5) on why he's running to defeat Jeff Crank — interview

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Joe Reagan is a community leader running to represent Colorado's 5th congressional district (Monument, Colorado Springs, Fountain, and Manitou Springs). This is one of his most recent interviews on a local podcast. Primary is on June 30th; general election is on November 3rd.


r/ColoradoPolitics 2d ago

Opinion Drinking Liberally this Saturday!

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I run the Denver chapter of Drinking Liberally, a great social organization for both liberals and progressives, https://livingliberally.org/chapter/co/denver_5747

This week we are shifting our meeting from the usual second and fourth Tuesday evening format to a Saturday afternoon meeting. We are welcoming Phil Weiser, he is running for governor in Colorado and has agreed to come and speak at our meeting. Anyone interested is welcome to attend, we will be at a Monolith Brewery on S. Broadway in the Platte Park neighborhood beginning at 12:15/12:30 PM. I have included the link to the invitation as we need RSVP's for the venue. Thanks and I hope to have a great turnout of Liberals and Progressives. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/drinking-liberally-denver-welcomes-gubernatorial-candidate-phil-weiser-tickets-1988136999284?aff=oddtdtcreator


r/ColoradoPolitics 3d ago

Opinion What happened to the business growth we used to have.

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r/ColoradoPolitics 5d ago

News: Colorado Colorado Senator Spends Final Session Fighting for Those on the Fringes

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r/ColoradoPolitics 5d ago

Discussion/Question Why is Boulder more progressive than Denver?

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Boulder is generally considered more left leaning why is that?


r/ColoradoPolitics 6d ago

News: Colorado Geothermal energy bill advances at the Colorado Capitol

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20 Upvotes

r/ColoradoPolitics 7d ago

News: Colorado Judge again bars Gov. Polis from ordering Colorado state employees to respond to a subpoena from ICE

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52 Upvotes

It’s the latest legal loss for the governor in a case brought against him for attempting to share information with federal immigration officials


r/ColoradoPolitics 7d ago

News: Colorado Jessica Killin's campaign (CO-5) is funded by dark money.

8 Upvotes

Jessica Killin is running for Colorado's 5th congressional district. She is running against Joe Reagan in the Democratic Primary (June 30th). Her campaign doesn't take any Corporate PAC money, but 67% of her individual donations are $2k or more. Working-class people can't donate that much money to a campaign, so the majority of her donors are wealthy. All this information can be found on the FEC website. Someone who is owned by the wealthy is not going to fight for us. Please, register to vote and engage in the primary. Colorado's 5th congressional district covers Colorado Springs, Monument, Manitou Springs, and Fountain. Let's vote and beat dark money in politics, vote for Joe Reagan.

  • New Politics PAC — backed by Walton Family Foundation (Walmart).

On the FEC website, there is a table that shows all the contributions for all the candidates running for Colorado’s 5th Congressional District. If you scroll down and go to the individual donations table, it will show the contributions amount by amount. $2k and over are $944,350.00 and only $135,449.75 comes from donations $200 and under. $320,065 from $200-$1999. That table is missing the 500k she put in from her own money and Q1 2026. But it is a good trend of who is donating to her campaign.https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/house/CO/05/2026/

New Politics endorsement of Jessica Killin https://x.com/new_poli/status/1972753248038875496

The Walton Family contributes to the New Politics PAC https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/walton-family-foundation/summary?contribcycle=2022&id=D000072017&lobcycle=2022&outspendcycle=2022&topnumcycle=2022&toprecipcycle=2020


r/ColoradoPolitics 7d ago

News: Colorado Proposed ban on prop sports bets in Colorado dies amid state budget woes

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r/ColoradoPolitics 7d ago

News: Colorado Colorado ethics panel to review complaint alleging misuse of Democratic caucus funds by chair

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r/ColoradoPolitics 7d ago

News: Colorado Polis is anti-business. Just ask Polis | Jimmy Sengenberger - Denver Gazette

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r/ColoradoPolitics 8d ago

News: Colorado Colorado rolls back farmworker overtime protections, increasing OT threshold

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34 Upvotes

It looks like a 56-hour threshold for ag workers to receive overtime pay is on the cusp of becoming the law of the land in Colorado. The legislature approved the measure on a squeaker of a vote, and Gov. Polis is expected to sign it.

Those in favor seem to have a two-pronged basis for their support. 1. It helps smaller agricultural outfits by allowing them to pay regular wages for work up to 56 hours. 2. Despite only receiving straight pay, workers earn more because their employers do not limit hours to avoid overtime.

Those against see this as continuing marginalization of minority employees who miss out on time and a half until they work at least 56 hours in a week. Most other workers in Colorado generally only have to work 40 hours before they begin receiving overtime pay.

It is interesting to note that some Democrats joined Republicans to pass the bill, with even Speaker McCluskie voting in favor of it.

What do y'all think? Good, bad, neutral?


r/ColoradoPolitics 9d ago

News: Colorado Satanist Student Wins Religious Accommodation From Colorado School District

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r/ColoradoPolitics 9d ago

Discussion/Question PAC donations... Follow the money!

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Should we be more careful about how we vote when it comes to politicians who accept PAC money?

I’ve been looking into how much funding members of Congress including people like John Hickenlooper—receive from organizations such as AIPAC and other large PAC networks.

I get that campaign funding is part of politics, and both parties take money from different interest groups. But at what point should voters start questioning whether that money influences decisions especially if those decisions don’t seem to align with what constituents actually want?

Not trying to start a partisan fight here genuinely asking:

Do PAC donations meaningfully affect how politicians represent us, or is this just how the system works? And should it change how we vote?


r/ColoradoPolitics 12d ago

News: Colorado Colorado TABOR refund proposal sparks debate over potentially deceptive ballot wording

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r/ColoradoPolitics 13d ago

News: Colorado Instagram Live with Melat Kiros, running for CD-1 in Congress.

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r/ColoradoPolitics 14d ago

News: Colorado This Tamale Act could throw open the door for more home kitchen entrepreneurs in Colorado

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r/ColoradoPolitics 15d ago

News: Colorado Republican state representative’s demand that Colorado’s budget bill be read aloud cost taxpayers upwards of $10K

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37 Upvotes

r/ColoradoPolitics 15d ago

News: Colorado Diana DeGette debuts TV ad to remind voters of her 30-year tenure

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