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Our call — vote YES
The measure
This is a citizen-initiated constitutional amendment. Amendments 81–86 require 55% of the vote to pass. For federal and statewide elections, it requires voters casting a ballot by mail to include the last four digits of a government-issued identification number — a Social Security number or Colorado driver's license number — with their mail ballot, in addition to the current signature requirement, per the Blue Book summary.
What YES does
A YES vote adds an ID-number match to mail-ballot verification: the number on the envelope must match the voter's registration record, on top of the signature check.
What NO does
A NO vote continues the current signature-only verification system for mail ballots.
The math
The Blue Book's fiscal analysis, as reproduced in the guide cited below, identifies no change to any tax, TABOR refund, or revenue destination for this measure. No dollar fiscal estimate is published for it.
OUR CALL
Our call: YES.
Colorado votes overwhelmingly by mail, and a signature match alone is a soft check — signatures change, and comparison is subjective. An ID number is objective: it either matches the registration record or it does not. This is a modest, mechanical election-integrity upgrade that asks nothing of voters they do not already have. YES.
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Sources
- Ballotpedia, List of Colorado ballot measures — https://ballotpedia.org/List_of_Colorado_ballot_measures
- Colorado 2026 State Ballot Information Booklet (Blue Book), Legislative Council Staff, as reproduced in the Colorado 2026 ballot measures guide — https://whipplewood.com/insights/colorado-2026-ballot-measures-guide/
Result pending. No verified call (Associated Press or official) as of November 4, 2026. This page will be updated when the race is called or certified. The original article above is unchanged.
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