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Colorado’s Amendment 64, which would legalize marijuana and regulate it like alcohol, holds a ten point lead according to the latest PPP survey of the state. The poll finds 53 percent of likely voters plan to support the initiative, while only 43 percent plan to vote against it. This is the highest level of support for Amendment 64 found in any public polling in months.
Colorado
PPP (10/23-25)
Amendment 64 is an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning marijuana, and, in connection therewith, providing for the regulation of marijuana; permitting a person twenty-one years of age or older to consume or possess limited amounts of marijuana; providing for the licensing of cultivation facilities, product manufacturing facilities, testing facilities, and retail stores; permitting local governments to regulate or prohibit such facilities; requiring the general assembly to enact an excise tax to be levied upon wholesale sales of marijuana; requiring that the first $40 million in revenue raised annually by such tax be credited to the public school capital construction assistance fund; and requiring the general assembly to enact legislation governing the cultivation, processing, and sale of industrial hemp. If the election was today, would you vote or against Amendment 64?
For ……………………..53%
Against………………..43%
Undecided …………….. 5%
Unlike some other polls of the state, PPP used the actual ballot language in their question, which can be important for accuracy. There can be a noticeable variation in polling about the issue of marijuana legalization depending on the exact wording used. Having the question explicitly state that marijuana would be highly regulated, taxed, and age-restricted tends to make Americans more supportive of the idea of legalizing it.
The last time PPP asked about Amendment 64 in Colorado was at the beginning September. At the time it found 47 percent of likely voters support the ballot initiative while 38 percent opposed. Both the level of support and opposition have increased by roughly the same margin, which is good news for Amendment 64 since undecideds normally break against initiatives as election day gets closer.
While it is going to be extremely close, this poll is a solid indication that the voters of Colorado are likely to legalize marijuana this November. With less than two weeks until the election, every public poll released currently shows it with a small but real lead.
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Great!
I have popcorn ready!
My interest is what happens when this passes and they are taxing something the Fed government considers illegal.
And has anyone done any reporting on what happens to people who already may be in jail or probation when it passes?
Now aside from my misgivings about taxes – if you have never smoked then you have no idea how high prices can go overnight and alcohol is taxed so high in most areas already they cant tax it more -, I notice the bill doesnt specify what “limited” amounts are.
Who would decide that and when. Like I never buy quarters. So am I ok with an oz or qp? There are so many ways pot can be legal but the police can still get involved. having too much. selling w/o a license.
Also are there restrictions on where you can smoke or would that be handle with city ordinences.
W
I have a question.
Why does FDL and everyone else in the media focus on Colorado and ignore Washington State?
Here’s some facts:
Legalization in Washington State is 54% to 38% in latest poll.
Washington State is the 13th most populous state in the Union while Colorado is 22nd.
Washington State also has referendum that would legalize Gay Marriage and these two issues reinforce us.
So I wonder. Why is all the focus on Colorado? Why is Washington State basically ignored? I don’t get it.
I wouldn’t be surprised if we pass it here and it barely misses passing in Colorado and all the discussion the next day is how much it says that it almost passed in Colorado and Washington is ignored.
What’s hilarious here, is that the “No on 64″ crowd can’t raise enough money to air their ads!
What is making them howling mad is this ad airing locally.
I’m 99% sure 64 will pass here.
It will pass if the Right Wing Owned electronic voting machines will let it.
Most jurisdictions have paper ballots here. They are scanned-counted, but they are paper.
Colorado also has a relatively huge voter turn out rate – 71%
Amendment 64 will pass here.
Washington State is all paper ballots, mail in only. Election fraud will be much harder here as well.