ScopeProposed amendment
Does it cover local ballot questions too?
Yes. The official ballot question describes a requirement for all state and local ballot questions, not just statewide initiatives.
Our explanation · Sources below
The evidence
1 excerpt01From the original record
“requiring all state and local ballot questions to be written in plain language and at no more than an 8th grade reading level”
Amendment 85 ballot question, scope clause
Colorado Secretary of State
Amendment 85: Initiative #234, Plain Language Ballot QuestionsHow to read this
State and local scope is stated in the question voters are asked. The final initiative text uses the broader term “ballot questions.”
What to keep in mind
The quoted requirement concerns ballot-question language. It does not say the full legal text of every underlying measure must be rewritten at an eighth-grade level.