• “Nearly 50% of Colorado active voters are independents and they — along with every other every voter — should have the freedom to vote for any candidate in every election. Initiative 310 will establish an Open Primary where all voters participate and all candidates for state and federal offices appear on the same ballot. Each voter gets one vote, and the four candidates with the most votes – regardless of party – advance to the General Election. In the General Election, voters rank up to four preferred choices, and a winner must receive majority (50% +1) support. If no candidate receives majority of support on the initial tally of ballots, an “instant runoff” is used until a winner emerges.” - Colorado Voters First 
  

• “In a state where nearly half of voters are independent, the current party-primary system limits voter choices and gives too much power to political insiders and special interests. Prop 131 puts voters in charge, as any voter will have the right to vote for any candidate in every taxpayer-funded election; and candidates will need support from a majority of voters to be elected.” - Kent Thiry, Chairman, Colorado Voters First 
  

• “While Colorado has among the best voter integrity and access protections, no system of voting is perfect, and I think instant runoff voting is better than our current system because it gives voters more choices. I’m hopeful that if it passes it will encourage participation and improve our democracy.”- Jared Polis, Governor of Colorado 
  

• “The Colorado Chamber has long recognized that our legislative success at the Capitol begins at the ballot box. We rely on strong partners in the legislature to help advance our strategic vision, and the process through which we elect those leaders often shapes electoral outcomes. Political division and extremism impede progress and collaboration, resulting in a disconnect between the values of Coloradans and the priorities of their elected representatives. By expanding voter choice, we believe that Initiative 310 will encourage balance on both sides of the aisle and reduce the polarization that leads to bad policy for business.”  - Loren Furman, President and CEO, Colorado Chamber of Commerce 
  

• “Proposition 131 fundamentally reengineers how both primary and general elections are conducted in the state of Colorado. First, it eliminates time-honored single-party nominations to the primary ballot and creates an all-new, all-candidate primary in which voters of all parties, or no parties, would participate. It also replaces the traditional one-person, one-vote general election method with automated, “instant run-off” Ranked Choice Voting. Voters are overwhelmingly unprepared for the sweeping changes Proposition 131 will bring to the way Colorado conducts elections. Access to the primary ballot will eliminate the role of the major parties in nominating their best candidates, replaced by the cost-prohibitive petition-on process. It will narrow the choice of candidates to those with deep pockets or to those with access to others’ deep pockets.” - First Choice Counts 
  

• “Millionaires and billionaires like Kent Thiry who has a history of medicaid fraud and trying to buy elections in Colorado, are pushing measures all over the country to run a confusing and misguided version of Ranked Choice Voting. These wealthy backers always promise it will improve our politics. But a 2023 University of Minnesota study of states with RCV elections found it does not decrease negative campaigning, polarization in elections nor increase diversity of elected officials. And, in fact it has shown to decrease turnout, increase voter errors and voter confusion. There are better ways to make Colorado’s elections fair - vote no on proposition 131.” - Voter Rights Colorado 
  

• “Colorado has a secure and reliable voting system that has seen record voter participation. This initiative will introduce more money into our politics and add layers of confusion to a system that isn’t broken. At a time when election deniers are doing their best to break trust in our elections, this is the wrong time for such a drastic change.” - Diana DeGette, U.S. Representative 
  

• "I will oppose this effort to rig our electoral system in Colorado with everything I have. Ranked choice voting is a scheme launched by well-moneyed interests who are only concerned with their own power and not giving Coloradans a choice at the ballot box. Grassroots Republican voters deserve to choose our GOP candidates and they will reject this blatant attempt to diminish their voices.” - Lauren Boebert, U.S. Representative 

Committees formed to SUPPORT the Colorado Proposition 131, Top-Four Ranked-Choice Voting Initiative (2024):

COLORADO VOTERS FIRST

Selected Contributions TO Colorado Voters First include:

• Unite America
  
• Kent Thiry
  
• Ben Walton
  
• Wilmot Reed Hastings
  
• Kathryn Murdoch
  
• Veterans for All Voters
  

*TO VIEW FINANCIAL REPORTS BY COMMITTEE:

• Click on the link - this will bring you to the Colorado Contributions Received by a Committee – Detail report.
  
• Enter the committee's name in the " Organization/Last Name " dialog box (1st box on the left under "Committee Search"), Then click the "Search" button.
• Click on the "Committee/Canidate Name" that is highlighted in the table that appears.  This will generate drop-down box with a list of reports.  You'll need to view or export each report individually,

Committees formed to OPPOSE the Colorado Proposition 131, Top-Four Ranked-Choice Voting Initiative (2024):

VOTER RIGHTS COLORADO

Selected Contributions TO Voter Rights Colorado include:

• Coloradans for Accessible and Secure Elections
• Colorado Education Fund for Children and Public Education
• AFSCME
• Working Families
• Progress Now Colorado   
  

FIRST CHOICE COUNTS

Selected Contributions TO First Choice Counts include:

• Candice Stutzriem

• The best argument against ranked-choice voting is its track record. Supporters argue that the system ensures majority rule, but this is a false majority and only comes about after voters’ legal ballots are thrown in the trash. This has happened across the country in places like Alaska, Maine, Utah, New York City, and San Francisco. Ranked-choice voting diminishes voter confidence in a multitude of ways. It results in election winners losing and election losers winning. It forces voters to vote against their conscience, or even for their opponent, to ensure that their ballot does not end up in a landfill. Finally, because ranked-choice voting often guarantees multiple rounds of counting, elections results are delayed, which invites distrust and confusion." - Foundation for Government Accountability