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Minimum Wage, Lobbyist Gift Limit Passes

POSTED: 4:53 am MST November 8, 2006

Facing the second-longest ballot in Colorado history, voters had to decide a number of other issues in addition to selecting politicians:

  • They voted to raise the minimum wage from $5.15 to $6.85 per hour, adjusted annually for inflation.

  • They approved a ban on all gifts over $50 to any lawmaker or government employee. Experts at the National Conference of State Legislatures said Amendment 41 gives Colorado one of the toughest government ethics laws in the nation.

  • They rejected Amendment 40, which would have limited judges on the Colorado Court of Appeals and the Colorado Supreme Court to three, four-year terms, and two plans to limit school district spending, Amendment 39 and Referendum J.

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