Rally at the Capitol on Tuesday!

Please join us for our graduated income tax kickoff event from noon to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17 on the west steps of the Colorado Capitol, 200 E. Colfax Ave. Denver. We will have petition gatherers at the event so come ready to sign and help the Protect Colorado's Future (PCF) coalition get this measure on the ballot! PCF is a broad coalition of nonprofits that working to get a question on the November ballot that will reduce state income taxes for every Coloradan making less than $500,000 a year, and raise them for those who make more than $500,000. This move to make our tax system more fair would raise revenue to pay for health care, K-12 education, and child care in Colorado. Come out to learn more, support our efforts, and be among the first Coloradans to sign! You can also donate or volunteer!

Colorado Supreme Court Agrees with the Bell and Blocks Conservative Ballot Initiative

The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday agreed with the Bell Policy Center's objections to a conservative ballot question about fees and blocked the initiative from getting onto the November 2026 ballot. The question, from Advance Colorado, would have required voter approval for new fees above a certain amount, which alone would have constituted a single subject. But the measure would have also surreptitiously upset decades of case law by establishing a new, retroactive definition of "fee" that could have nullified existing funding streams for health insurance premium reductions, energy cost supports for low-income families, programs to keep rural hospitals open, and transportation infrastructure. The court agreed with the Bell in determining the two issues contained in the question violated the state's single subject rule, which requires ballot questions to address just one topic. "Initiative #158 violates the single subject requirement by combining voter approval requirements for certain fees with a change to the definition of any existing or new 'fee' as that term is used in Colorado law," according to the decision. The Bell, which has been on the forefront of pushing back on damaging ballot questions, was heartened by the decision. "We are grateful the Colorado Supreme Court so thoughtfully considered the issues and agreed that the initiative contained more than one subject and therefore was ineligible to move forward. The process worked as intended and Colorado voters are well-served by this decision," said Joshua Mantell, Director of Government Affairs for the Bell.