Committee for Better Health Care for All Colorado Citizens v. Meyer

The majority gives a broad construction to the notarization requirement which the legislature imposed on initiative petitions by the 1989 statutory amendments, and, as so construed, upholds it. In addition, the majority also affirms the lower court’s order which approved the Secretary of State’s (Secretary’s) rejection of several petitions on the grounds that the circulators did not sign the petition affidavits on the same day they were notarized. Because I believe the Secretary’s rejection of the petitions was erroneous, I respectfully dissent from that part of the majority opinion.

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