By Jesse Paul | The Colorado Sun
The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office said Wednesday that the supporters of Initiative 362 turned in a sufficient number of voter signatures to get the question on this year’s ballot,
Colorado voters will be asked in November whether to amend the state constitution to require that people verify their identity when submitting mail ballots by including the last four digits of their Social Security number or their full driver’s license or state ID number.
The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office said Wednesday that the supporters of Initiative 362 turned in a sufficient number of voter signatures to get the question on this year’s ballot.
Under the measure, local election judges would be forced to dismiss ballots without that secondary form of identification. Voters are already required to sign their mail ballots before returning them, which is checked against a state database.
Voters would have an opportunity to “cure” their ballot by confirming their identity under Initiative 362 if they forget to add their social security or ID number, or if an election judge couldn’t read it. That’s the current protocol for signature issues or discrepancies on ballots.
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