Colorado Amendment 85 — Plain Language Ballot Questions
Ballot measure · November 3, 2026
- What it does
- Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado Constitution concerning ballot question language, and, in connection therewith, requiring all state and local ballot questions to be written in plain language and at no more than an 8th grade reading level and prohibiting a state statute from requiring language that conflicts with these requirements in ballot questions for citizen-initiated measures?
- A YES vote means
- A yes vote requires all state and local ballot questions to be written in plain language at no more than an 8th-grade reading level and bars statutes requiring conflicting language for citizen initiatives.
- A NO vote means
- A no vote keeps current rules for how ballot question language is written.
- Needed to pass
- 55% of votes cast
- Put on the ballot by
- citizen initiative
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