August 22, 2016 03:25 PM UTC

And Then There Were Five Ballot Measures

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• by: Colorado Pols

According to a press release from the Colorado Secretary of State’s office, an initiative seeking to increase the Tobacco Tax has gained approval and will be on the fall ballot:

Initiative No. 143 would amend Colorado’s constitution so that starting in January taxes on a pack of cigarettes would increase from 84 cents per pack to $2.59 per pack. The tax on other tobacco products would increase by 22 percent of the manufacturers’ list price. The language in the measure spells out how specific percentages of tax revenues would be spent.

As of today, there are five measures that are approved for the statewide ballot:

1. ColoradoCare (single-payer health insurance)
2. Minimum Wage Increase
3. Medical Aid in Dying
4. Making it Harder to Amend the Constitution
5. Tobacco Tax Increase

Four other proposed initiatives are still awaiting final ballot approval:

1. Primary Elections
2. Presidential Primary Elections
3. Local Control for Oil & Gas Drilling
4. Mandatory Setbacks in Oil & Gas Drilling