Polhill v. Buckley

The plain language of Article XIX, section 2(3) expressly prohibits the submission to the electorate of measures that violate the single-subject requirement. That provision, which controls our deliberations here, pro*123vides: “No measure proposing an amendment or amendments to this constitution shall be submitted by the general assembly to the registered electors of the state containing more than one subject_” Art. XIX, § 2(3) (emphasis added). Despite this clear limitation on the authority of the General Assembly, the majority holds that “the Colorado Constitution [does not] confer upon the…