Amendment 36 was an initiated constitutional amendment on the ballot in
Colorado
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on November 2, 2004. It would have changed the way in which the state apportioned its electoral votes. Rather than assigning all of the state's electors to the candidate with a
plurality
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of
popular votes, under the amendment, Colorado would have assigned presidential electors proportionally to the statewide vote count, which would be a unique system (
Nebraska
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and
Maine
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assign electoral votes based on vote totals within each congressional district). The amendment did not pass.
Contents
The amendment appeared on the ballot as follows:
Results
The amendment ultimately failed, garnering only 34.78% of the vote:
References
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Proposed text of Colorado Amendment 36Pros and cons of Colorado Amendment 36
2004 United States presidential election by state
United States presidential elections in Colorado
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2004 Colorado ballot measures
Initiatives in the United States
Constitution of Colorado
Electoral system ballot measures in the United States
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