ELECTION: Amendment 74 falls

Coloradans voted Tuesday to reject Amendment 74, a measure that would have triggered changes to the Colorado constitution to require governments to compensate property owners should the value of that property be reduced by laws or regulation.

Amendment 74 was seen as a countermeasure for Proposition 112, which would put strict new setback regulations on oil and gas drilling. Proposition 112 was also defeated Tuesday.

Channel 9 News called the race at about 8:15 p.m. Tuesday. At that time, about 53 percent of votes counted — 754,757 — were against Amendment 74.

Amendment 74, led…