{"id":25602,"date":"2019-06-18T10:58:38","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T16:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=367589"},"modified":"2019-06-18T21:19:42","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T03:19:42","slug":"colorado-voters-may-face-ballot-question-to-repeal-tabor-after-court-ruling-with-broad-implications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/local-news\/colorado-voters-may-face-ballot-question-to-repeal-tabor-after-court-ruling-with-broad-implications\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado voters may face ballot question to repeal TABOR after court ruling with \u2018broad implications\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a measure seeking to repeal the state\u2019s one-of-a-kind Taxpayer\u2019s Bill of Rights can qualify for the 2020 ballot. File photo<\/strong>
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The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a measure seeking to repeal the state\u2019s one-of-a-kind Taxpayer\u2019s Bill of Rights can qualify for the 2020 ballot, overruling a state board that determined the attempt was unconstitutional.<\/p>\n

The decision represented a key legal victory for critics of TABOR<\/a>, the constitutional amendment that sets limits on state spending and requires voter approval for new taxes and debt. And, as one Supreme Court justice wrote in a strongly worded dissent, the decision could have \u201cbroad implications\u201d beyond this question, potentially overturning decades of court precedent on what can qualify for the Colorado ballot under the state\u2019s single subject rule.<\/p>\n

The state title board, which oversees ballot access, ruled in January<\/a> that trying to repeal TABOR in its entirety would violate the state constitution\u2019s \u201csingle subject\u201d rule for ballot measures and legislation. That\u2019s because TABOR is a far-reaching amendment that covers several different issues, such as tax policy, debt, revenue growth, taxpayer refunds and elections.<\/p>\n

Read the full story at The Colorado Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Colorado Sun is a reader-supported news organization dedicated to covering the people, places and policies that matter in Colorado. Read more, sign up for free newsletters and subscribe at coloradosun.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a measure seeking to repeal the state\u2019s one-of-a-kind Taxpayer\u2019s Bill of Rights can qualify for the 2020 ballot. File photoShutterstock The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a measure seeking to repeal the state\u2019s one-of-a-kind Taxpayer\u2019s Bill of Rights can qualify for the 2020 ballot, overruling […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-25602","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-23 04:21:11","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIFT - The LIFT FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25602"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25640,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25602\/revisions\/25640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}