Ballot measure · Colorado · November 3, 2026

Amendment 85

Title as the state lists it: Plain Language Ballot Titles1,2

Research draftCitizen initiativeConstitutional amendment
How it got there
Citizen initiative
Kind of measure
Constitutional amendment
To pass
55% of the votes on it
Researched
October 27, 2026

Research draft. We gathered this from official sources on October 27, 2026: election offices, state laws and court records, each linked to its source. Separate reviewers checked a random sample of 48 facts from the ballot-measure research against the cited sources and found no errors. The rest hasn't been reviewed fact by fact yet, so check the linked source before relying on anything here.

§1What your vote means

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

A yes vote

A yes vote would require all state and local ballot questions to be written in plain language at no higher than an eighth-grade reading level, and would bar state laws from requiring wording in citizen-initiative ballot titles that conflicts with that standard.2 pp. 27-28

A no vote

A no vote would keep current law, which calls for plain language in ballot titles without a set reading level and still requires certain wording, such as details of tax changes, in some initiative titles.2 pp. 27-28

§2How it got on the ballot

Citizen initiative. Voters proposed it by signing a petition.1,2

Constitutional amendment. It would change the state constitution.1,2

It is on Colorado's list of statewide measures for November 3, 2026.1,2 One of these official sources itself calls the list certified or final. What we couldn't confirm about the list is in the notes on Colorado's measures.

§3What it needs to pass

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

55% of the votes on it. Needs yes votes from at least 55 percent of those voting on it, because it is a citizen-initiated change to the state constitution.2,3 Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(4)(b); Blue Book p. 27