2004 Nov 2 :: State of Colorado :: State Measure 35Amendment (Constitutional) See summary »

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Summary

SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED $175 MILLION ANNUALLY THROUGH ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAXES IMPOSED FOR HEALTH RELATED PURPOSES, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, AMENDING THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION TO INCREASE STATEWIDE TAXES ON THE SALE OF CIGARETTES BY WHOLESALERS OF THREE AND TWO-TENTHS CENTS PER CIGARETTE AND ON THE SALE, USE, CONSUMPTION, HANDLING, OR DISTRIBUTION OF OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS BY DISTRIBUTORS AT THE RATE OF TWENTY PERCENT OF THE MANUFACTURER'S LIST PRICE; INCREASING SUCH TOBACCO TAXES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2005; REQUIRING ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS OF SPECIFIED PERCENTAGES OF THE ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX REVENUES TO EXPAND ELIGIBILITY FOR AND INCREASE ENROLLMENT IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC HEALTH PLAN, TO FUND COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE THROUGH CERTAIN COLORADO QUALIFIED PROVIDERS, TOBACCO EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND PREVENTION, EARLY DETECTION, AND TREATMENT OF CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR AND PULMONARY DISEASES, TO COMPENSATE THE STATE GENERAL FUND, THE OLD AGE PENSION FUND, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR TOBACCO TAX LOSSES RESULTING FROM REDUCED SALES OF CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS; SPECIFYING THAT THE APPROPRIATIONS OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX REVENUES SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO AND NOT SUBSTITUTED FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUCH PROGRAMS ON JANUARY 1, 2005; ALLOWING THE USE OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX REVENUES FOR ANY HEALTH RELATED PURPOSE AND TO SERVE POPULATIONS ENROLLED IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC HEALTH PLAN AND THE COLORADO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AS OF JANUARY 1, 2005, UPON A DECLARATION OF A STATE FISCAL EMERGENCY BY TWO-THIRDS OF THE MEMBERS OF EACH HOUSE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND THE GOVERNOR; PROHIBITING THE REPEAL OR REDUCTION OF EXISTING TAXES IMPOSED ON CIGARETTES AND OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS; EXCLUDING ALL ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX REVENUES FROM FISCAL YEAR SPENDING FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 20 OF ARTICLE X OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION; AND EXEMPTING APPROPRIATIONS OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX REVENUES FROM THE STATUTORY LIMITATION ON GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS GROWTH OR ANY OTHER EXISTING SPENDING LIMITATION?

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2004 Nov 2 :: State of Colorado :: State Measure 35Amendment (Constitutional) See summary »

Ballot Question Results

View results as: # | %  
Precinct
Yes
No
Times Counted Total Votes Cast
Totals
 
15,937
8,058
25,618
23,995
Absentee
 
3,448
1,633
5,313
5,081
Early Voting
 
5,009
1,910
7,419
6,919
Provisional
 
136
69
249
205
3065934001
 
236
103
388
339
3065934002
 
215
99
334
314
3065934003
 
312
139
510
451
3065934004
 
303
168
491
471
3065934005
 
185
89
293
274
3065934006
 
278
110
404
388
3065934007
 
251
163
443
414
3065934008
 
235
107
362
342
3065934009
 
206
90
315
296
3065934010
 
172
77
270
249
3065934011
 
234
265
534
499
3065934012
 
265
159
454
424
3065934013
 
381
158
574
539
3065934014
 
250
113
379
363
3065934015
 
96
95
211
191
3065934016
 
204
87
306
291
3065934017
 
404
177
608
581
3065934018
 
337
278
679
615
3065934019
 
206
178
403
384
3065934020
 
159
123
299
282
3065934021
 
267
223
546
490
3065934022
 
347
250
631
597
3065934023
 
189
172
398
361
3065934024
 
252
255
545
507
3065934025
 
81
95
194
176
3065934026
 
320
222
572
542
3065934027
 
45
26
72
71
3065934028
 
265
124
402
389
3065934029
 
258
109
374
367
3065934030
 
391
192
646
583
Totals
 
15,937
8,058
25,618
23,995