Initiative to Ban Abortion at 22 Weeks Fails to Gather Enough Signatures to Make the Ballot

Initiative 120, which aims to ban abortion at 22 weeks, did not gather the required number of signatures to place the measure on Colorado’s November 2020 ballot, the Secretary of State’s office announced today.

That means proponents will be granted a 15 day cure period to meet the 124,632 signature requirement, as required by state law. Of the 137,624 signatures turned in by the campaign, called “Due Date Too Late,” 114,647 were valid, according to the Secretary of State’s line-by-line review of petitions.

Due to coronavirus, however, that cure period won’t go into immediate effect, given that signature gatherers can’t go in public to circulate petitions under Colorado’s stay-at-home order, which is set to last until at least April 11. If Governor Jared Polis doesn’t extend the order, the cure period will start on April 12 and conclude on April 27.

“The stay approved by Judge Martin Egelhoff is significant since it gives Due Date Too Late and its volunteers a fair opportunity to collect more signatures in public, which would be impossible during a potential cure period amid a statewide stay-at-home order,” a press release from Due Date Too Late says.

Read more: https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2020/04/initiative-to-ban-abortion-at-22-weeks-fails-to-gather-enough-signatures-to-make-the-ballot/22518/