2006 Colorado Referendum I

none Referendum I Colorado Domestic Partnership Benefits and Responsibilities Act Colorado November 7, 2006 734,385 806,717 250px County results For #47729E 70–80% 1px #AAAAAA solid #7D9CBB 60–70% 1px #AAAAAA solid #B6C8D9 50–60% 1px #AAAAAA solid Against #5D5D2D 80–90% 1px #AAAAAA solid #8B8B54 70–80% 1px #AAAAAA solid #BCBC83 60–70% 1px #AAAAAA solid #DEDEBD 50–60% 1px #AAAAAA solid Source: Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections2006 Referendum General Election Results - Colorado https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=8&year=2006&f=0&off=50&elect=0 January 12, 2024 David Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections Colorado Referendum I was a proposed law that would have established domestic partnerships in the U.S. state of Colorado. The bill was passed by the Colorado General Assembly and was submitted to popular referendum during general elections on November 7, 2006. The voters were presented with the following summary:Colorado State Ballot Information Booklet https://web.archive.org/web/20090324204913/http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/lcsstaff/bluebook/06ReferendumIfiscalnote.pdf 2009-03-24 Upon voter approval, Referendum I establishes legal domestic partnerships in the state of Colorado. Additionally, it specifies eligibility requirements, definitions, procedures, rights, responsibilities, and means for terminating domestic partnerships. and the following detail: BALLOT TITLE: Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado revised statutes to authorize domestic partnerships, and, in connection therewith, enacting the "Colorado Domestic Partnership Benefits and Responsibilities Act" to extend to same-sex couples in a domestic partnership the benefits, protections, and responsibilities that are granted by Colorado law to spouses, providing the conditions under which a license for a domestic partnership may be issued and the criteria under which a domestic partnership may be dissolved, making provisions for implementation of the act, and providing that a domestic partnership is not a marriage, which consists of the union of one man and one woman? The referendum specified that a partnership is not a marriage, which "consists of the union of one man and one woman." In the general election, the proposal was defeated by a margin of 47% for, 53% against. See also Domestic partnership in the United States List of Colorado ballot measures Colorado Amendment 43 (2006) Notes Category:2006 Colorado ballot measures Category:LGBTQ in Colorado