Ballot initiative would add constitutional right to access public meetings and records in Colorado

By: Sara Wilson

Outlets: Colorado Newsline

Published: February 13, 2026

Words: 403

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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Colorado voters could be asked this year to amend the state’s constitution to include the right to know the goings-on of state and local governments through public meetings and open records.

A ballot initiative filed Friday by the Independence Institute and the League of Women Voters of Colorado would codify that value in Article II of the constitution by establishing the “fundamental constitutional right of all persons to know the affairs of all levels …

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