Colorado Amendment 64, Regulation of Marijuana Initiative (2012)
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| Topic Marijuana |
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| Type Initiated constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Colorado Amendment 64 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Colorado on November 6, 2012. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported allowing the possession and use of marijuana by those over 21 and establishing regulations for marijuana. |
A “no” vote opposed allowing the possession and use of marijuana by those over 21 and establishing regulations for marijuana. |
Election results
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Colorado Amendment 64 |
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1,383,140 | 55.32% | ||
| No | 1,116,894 | 44.68% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 64 was as follows:
| " | Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning marijuana, and, in connection therewith, providing for the regulation of marijuana; permitting a person twenty-one years of age or older to consume or possess limited amounts of marijuana; providing for the licensing of cultivation facilities, product manufacturing facilities, testing facilities, and retail stores; permitting local governments to regulate or prohibit such facilities; requiring the general assembly to enact an excise tax to be levied upon wholesale sales of marijuana; requiring that the first $40 million in revenue raised annually by such tax be credited to the public school capital construction assistance fund; and requiring the general assembly to enact legislation governing the cultivation, processing, and sale of industrial hemp? | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
In Colorado, proponents needed to collect a number of signatures for an initiated constitutional amendment.
See also
External links
Footnotes
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