Referendum O: A ballot question to answer ‘yes’

Imagine for a moment that the U.S. populace as a whole had as much access to changing the nation’s Constitution as Colorado voters do to changing this state’s constitution.

Think, for example, of the Bill of Rights. Should a majority of the U.S. electorate be free to decide whether we should own guns, or institute a national religion, or suppress a person’s freedom of speech?

Of course not.

That is nearly as much of a case as needs to be made for a “yes” vote on Referendum O, the measure that will make it harder – much harder – for Colorado citizens…