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2004 Nov 2 :: State of Colorado :: Constitutional Amendment 35[see summary of question below] See summary »

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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 B 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 ELIGIBILTIY 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 PRODCUTS; 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, EXLUDING 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 LIMIT?

2004 Nov 2 :: State of Colorado :: Constitutional Amendment 35[see summary of question below] See summary »

Ballot Question Results

View results as: # | %  
Precinct
Yes
No
Total Votes Cast
Totals
 
7,694
7,650
15,344
Absentee Voting
 
2,393
1,995
4,388
Early Voting
 
1,994
1,836
3,830
Provisional
 
78
98
176
1
 
136
191
327
2
 
231
194
425
3
 
132
164
296
4
 
104
119
223
5
 
148
269
417
6
 
101
81
182
7
 
108
122
230
8
 
58
142
200
9
 
105
162
267
10
 
25
40
65
11
 
31
47
78
12
 
178
278
456
13
 
213
316
529
14
 
218
142
360
16
 
70
86
156
17
 
227
189
416
18
 
211
232
443
19
 
199
241
440
20
 
248
267
515
21
 
144
158
302
22
 
342
281
623
Totals
 
7,694
7,650
15,344
 
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