THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN
Thursday, September 17, 2020 Vol. 130, No. 9 COLLEGIAN.COM
Your quick guide to Colorado’s 2020 ballot issues The 11 state amendments and intiatives you will be voting on in November, explained
By Samantha Ye @samxye4
goal is to allow all groups on campus to feel they have a voice and know they have the power to make change. “We want to shape the system from within so it can achieve the vision that we shared with people of everyone having access to legislation,” he said. Senators have also been elected for specific colleges: -Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering: Michael Townsend, Albert Marquez -College of Liberal Arts: Isaac Neivert, Ava McCall, Savanah Overturf, Marie Cusick, Andy Callas, Jackson Hunter
Colorado voters get to study 11 statewide ballot issues this election season. The topics range from wolves to abortion to health care, so pull up a seat because you’re going to need all the notes you can get. Constitutional amendments Amendment 76 requires a 55% approval vote and Amendment 77 needs a simple majority vote to pass. Amendment 76: Citizenship qualification of electors This measure aims to specify that “only a citizen of the United States” may vote in elections, replacing the current state constitution language that “every citizen of the United States” is qualified to vote. It is part of a multistate campaign led by Citizen Voters, Inc., a Florida-based organization, to have states explicitly exclude noncitizens from voting. Federal law already bans noncitizens from voting. Colorado law does too, but according to Colorado Public Radio, cities could theoretically use home rule to permit noncitizens to vote in their local elections. That has not happened in Colorado, and Amendment 76 would not necessarily prevent it if passed.
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Associated Students of Colorado State University president-elect senior Hannah Taylor celebrates her election win with her running mate, ASCSU vice president-elect junior Noah Schindler. “Were we absolutely shocked? Yes.” Taylor said. PHOTO BY LUCY MORANTZ THE COLLEGIAN
Taylor-Schindler elected for ASCSU leadership By Laura Studley @laurastudley_
Editor’s Note: Hannah Taylor works as alumni coordinator at Rocky Mountain Student Media Corporation, which houses The Collegian. Hannah Taylor and Noah Schindler have been elected as the new 2020-2021 student body president and vice president, with Christian Dykson as speaker of the senate for the Associated Students of Colorado State University’s 50th senate. “We definitely had good competition this year,” Taylor said. “So were we absolutely shocked? Yes, but it also felt like the most
“We want to shape the system from within so it can achieve the vision that we shared with people of everyone having access to legislation.” CHRISTIAN DYKSON SPEAKER OF THE SENATE ELECT
relieving, exciting feeling.” She said that she and Schindler are grateful the students believe in them and the change they are promising to bring to campus. “The first thing that I think went through both of our minds was that finally we’re able to get in here and do what we’ve been talking about,” Taylor said.
Schindler added that they are not going to forget who they’re fighting for while in office. Once in office, both have the intent to get started right away on the three platforms they chose to focus on: COVID-19 relief, housing and parking and transportation. Dykson explained that his