WordingProposed amendment
What would Amendment 85 require?
Amendment 85 proposes a constitutional requirement that ballot questions use plain language and no more than an eighth-grade reading level.
Our explanation · Sources below
The evidence
1 excerpt01From the original record
“BALLOT QUESTIONS SHALL BE IN PLAIN LANGUAGE AT NO MORE THAN AN EIGHTH-GRADE READING LEVEL.”
Proposed Article V, Section 1(5.6), first sentence
Colorado Secretary of State
Initiative #234 Final TextHow to read this
The proposal adds a new subsection to the Colorado Constitution. Plain language and the reading-level ceiling appear together in the first sentence of that subsection.
What to keep in mind
This is proposed language, not a rule already in effect. The quoted sentence is the proposal itself.