Colo. anti-abortion initiative misses ballot deadline for 2012
The Office of Colorado Secretary of State said Tuesday the proposed anti-abortion Personhood Amendment will not be on the 2012 ballot — no matter what the outcome of proponents’ planned legal action to prove they collected enough voter signatures.
The ballot certification deadline was Monday. Even if a judge rules Personhood sponsors’ petition was sufficient, the measure would have to wait for the 2014 general election, Secretary of State’s spokesman Andrew Cole told the Post Tuesday.
Personhood USA founder Keith Mason said Tuesday supporters have until Sept. 28 to file a lawsuit challenging Secretary of State Scott Gessler’s determination on Aug. 29 that the Personhood Amendment failed to make the ballot — falling short by 3,859 signatures.
Susan Sutherland, of the Colorado Personhood Coalition, asks for petition signatures during the Colorado Republican State Assembly and Convention at the Ritchie Center in Denver on Saturday, April 14, 2012. (Craig F. Walker, The Denver Post) Photo by