how 36 tries to get around Article II
Larry,
The amended section tries to get around Article II, section 1 with its own provision, article, namely Section 13, (1), (b):
(b) The Colorado constitution reserves to the people of this state the right to act in the place of the state legislature in any legislative matter, and through enactment of this section, the people do hereby act as the legislature of Colorado for the purpose of changing the manner of electing presidential electors in accordance with the provisions of article II, section 1 of the United States constitution;
I'll have to look deeper into this, because this is the part that will drop it into the courts if it passes, all the way to the supremes.
This part too, is interesting:
(13) If any provision of this section or any part thereof is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining provisions shall not be affected, but shall remain in full force and effect, and to this end, the provisions of this section are severable.
I too oppose this being sponsored out of state.
Oh, and there are alot of dems who oppose this measure. Like Colorado Luis.