Title Board Clears Path For Ballot Measures To End Colorado’s Flat Income Tax

By Marianne Goodland | Colorado Politics

Proponents hoping to change Colorado’s income tax structure from a flat rate to graduated tiers — thereby raising taxes for some brackets — walked away from a Wednesday meeting with eight ballot measures approved by the title board.

The coalition backing the graduated income tax change now must pick which one to move onto the petition process.

It’s a big change from the group’s last visit in October, when the three-member Initiative Title Setting Review Board rejected two proposed measures for violating a rule that ballot measures may only contain a single subject. In December, the title board turned down a third proposal for the same reason.

The title board is made up of representatives from the Attorney General’s Office, Secretary of State’s Office and Legislative Legal Services for the General Assembly. Its main job is to determine if a proposed ballot measure has a single subject.

The coalition, Protect Colorado’s Future, initially suggested 12 income tax brackets. The second round of proposals submitted in December and reviewed on Wednesday are now down to six.

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