Colorado for Family Values v. Meyer

Opinion by

Judge DAVIDSON.

Plaintiff, Colorado for Family Values, a Colorado non-profit corporation, appeals from the trial court’s determination that then Secretary of State Natalie Meyer (Secretary) correctly concluded that plaintiff had violated the Campaign Reform Act of 1974(Act), § 1-45-101, et seq., C.R.S. (1980 Repl.Vol. IB). Under the Act, a group is subject to the Act’s registration and reporting requirement if it seeks to influence the passage or defeat of an issue. The dispositive question presented is whether an initiative that has gone through the title setting process, but has…