Two new ballot initiatives, for parole eligibility and school choice, submit signatures to secretary of state
By Deborah Grigsby | Colorado Politics
Two more initiatives vying for a spot on the November ballot have submitted signatures to the Secretary of State.
One would delay parole eligibility for violent offenders and the other, an amendment to the state constitution would guarantee parents the right to direct their children’s education.
Proposition 112, also known by its unofficial title as Concerning Eligibility for Parole would require any person convicted and sentenced for second degree murder, first degree assault, first degree kidnapping unless the first degree kidnapping is a class 1 felony, first degree arson, first degree burglary, or aggravated robbery, committed on or after July 1, 2004, but before Jan. 1, 2025, to serve 85% of the sentence imposed before being eligible for...