The grassroots upset: How 3,320 volunteers pushed three child-focused measures onto Colorado’s ballot
By Jen Schumann | Rocky Mountain Voice
Three citizen-led ballot initiatives—focused on youth medical procedures, girls’ sports and child trafficking penalties—are now officially headed to Colorado’s November 2026 ballot, a result supporters say wasn’t supposed to happen.
That final step came this week, when Propositions 109 and 110 were certified, joining Proposition 108 after a campaign that gathered more than 500,000 signatures statewide.
For Erin Lee, executive director of Protect Kids Colorado, the moment lands as something bigger than a successful petition drive—it’s the end of a campaign many didn’t think would get this far.
The campaign they said couldn’t work
Asked about the process, Lee called it “the hardest, most impossible thing” she’s ever taken on.
She s...

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