Voters to decide whether to increase threshold for amending state constitution

DENVER —  A proposal that would make it harder to amend the Colorado constitution will be on the ballot this November, Secretary of State Wayne Williams announced Tuesday.

Initiative No. 96, called Amending the Constitution, would require that any petition for a citizen-initiated constitutional amendment be signed by at least 2 percent of the registered electors in each of the 35 state Senate districts. Currently, signatures of 1 percent of registered voters from anywhere in the state are required.

Also, the percentage of votes to pass any proposed constitutional amendment would be increased from a majority to at least 55 percent of the votes…