2024 Colorado Amendment J

Amendment J

November 5, 2024

Repealing the Definition of Marriage in the Constitution
as of 5:51:51 P.M., November 15, 2024 MST
Results
Choice
Votes %
Yes 1,981,331 64.32%
No 1,098,928 35.68%
Total votes 3,080,259 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 4,046,520 76.12%

Source: Colorado Secretary of State[1]

2024 Colorado Amendment J is an amendment to the Colorado Constitution that appeared on the general election ballot on November 5, 2024, in Colorado. As it passed, the amendment repealed Amendment 43, a 2006 constitutional ban on same-sex marriage in the Constitution of Colorado. While Constitutional ballot measures typically require a 55% vote to pass in Colorado, Amendment J only needed a simple majority. This is because the 55% vote threshold only applies to proposed amendments adding to the Constitution, not those which repeal provisions from it.[2]

  1. ^ "Colorado 2024 General Election Results". Clarity Elections. 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  2. ^ Megan Verlee and Bente Birkeland (September 17, 2024). "Here are the 14 questions on Colorado's ballot this November". Colorado Public Radio. Retrieved September 17, 2024.