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Colorado is divided into 64 counties, two of which (Pitkin and Weld) are home rule. Counties are important units of government in Colorado since the state has no secondary civil subdivisions, such as townships. Two of these counties, the City and County of Denver and the City and County of Broomfield, have consolidated city and county governments.
The state government consists of an executive branch led by the Governor of Colorado, a bicameral Colorado General Assembly, and a judiciary headed by the Colorado Supreme Court. Colorado was a pioneer in women's suffrage, becoming the second state to grant women voting rights in 1893 and the first to do so by popular referendum. [1]
An Act to provide a temporary Government for the Territory of Colorado [2] The Constitution of the State of Colorado is the foundation of the laws and government of the U.S. state of Colorado . The Colorado State Constitution was drafted on March 14, 1876; approved by Colorado voters on July 1, 1876; and took effect upon the statehood of ...
Like the federal government and all other U.S. states, Colorado's state constitution provides for three branches of government: the legislative, the executive, and the judicial branches. The Governor of Colorado heads the state's executive branch. The current governor is Jared Polis, a Democrat.
The 2018 Colorado elections resulted in Democrats extending their control in the House (41 Democrats; 24 Republicans) and capturing the Senate majority. [11] All 65 Colorado House seats were up for election in 2022. The chamber's Democratic majority increased to 46-19, keeping a supermajority. Also, the Democrats kept their majority in the 2022 ...
The 1984 ballot included Amendment 3, which barred the use of state funds for abortion services. The measure passed by less than one percentage point and gave Colorado the distinction of being both the first state to decriminalize abortion, having done so in 1967, and the first state to prohibit the government from funding it.
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