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HomeMy WebLinkAboutR94-167 encouraging citizens to vote for referendum Bcommissioner �(� moved adoption of the following Resolution: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF COLORADO RESOLUTION NO. 94- ENCOURAGING THE CITIZENS OF EAGLE COUNTY TO VOTE FOR REFERENDUM B WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners ( "Board ") has reviewed Referendum B; and WHEREAS, the Board is in favor of Referendum B; and WHEREAS, the Board has determined passage of this amendment will allow more voters to receive an unbiased analysis of the issues they will be voting on. Distribution of the publication is to be statewide instead of the more limited distribution presently available. Statewide ballot issues are questions before the voters in general elections, submitted to the electors as initiated proposals from the people and as referred issues from the General Assembly. Proposals may be amendments to change the constitution or the statutes of Colorado. The ballot analysis booklet will be prepared, as is currently done, by the nonpartisan research staff of the General Assembly, which is responsible for providing unbiased information to elected officials and to the public. The 18 legislators on the Legislative Council will have final approval of the ballot analysis booklet before it is published; and WHEREAS, the ballot analysis booklet will help inform voters by providing information on all ballot proposals. Currently, if a ballot issue is a "hot topic," voters may receive a great deal of information about it through television and radio advertisements, as well as through the news media. At times, little mention is made of other important proposals. The information available to the public can be implemented at an estimated cost of about the same amount that is spent under the current procedures.