Colorado Project-Common Cause v. Anderson

Plaintiffs brought a declaratory judgment action in the trial court seeking a declaration that C.R.S. 1963, 70-1-2 and 70-1-6 are unconstitutional as unduly restricting the right of initiative vested in the people by Article V, Section 1 of the Colorado Constitution.

We are concerned in this opinion only with the validity of section 70-1-2, and we adopt the unusual procedure of deciding the two issues raised in the appeal by separate opinions because the exigencies of time demand an immediate resolution of the problem with respect to the publication requirements of section 70-1-2. We leave for…