2020 Colorado Amendment C

Amendment C

Charitable Bingo and Raffles Amendment
Outcome	Failed to pass 55% threshold
Results
Choice Votes % Yes 1,586,973 52.35% No 1,444,553 47.65% Valid votes 3,031,526 91.99% Invalid or blank votes 264,140 8.01% Total votes 3,295,666 100.00% Registered voters/turnout 3,793,790 86.87%
County results Precinct results For   80–90%   70–80%   60–70%   50–60% Against   80–90%   70–80%   60–70%   50–60% Other   Tie   No data

Colorado Amendment C (also known as the Charitable Bingo and Raffles Amendment) was a 2020 referendum to amend Section 2 of Article XVIII of the Colorado Constitution. The amendment would have changed the rules governing the conduct of charitable gaming activities (bingo, pull-tab games, and raffles). The amendment failed because it did not receive the 55% of the valid vote required to add to the Constitution.

Contents

The amendment appeared on the ballot as follows:

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning the conduct of charitable gaming activities, and, in connection therewith, allowing bingo-raffle licensees to hire managers and operators of games and reducing the required period of a charitable organization's continuous existence before obtaining a charitable gaming license?

Support and Opposition

The amendment was supported by the Colorado Charitable Gaming Association. Boulder Weekly, The Vail Daily, The Durango Herald, The Steamboat Pilot & Today, and The Journal-Advocate and The Fort Morgan Times ran editorials in support of the amendment.

The Colorado Springs Indy ran an editorial in opposition of the amendment.

Results

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