§ C.R.S. § 1-40-123Counting of votes - effective date - conflicting provisions

(1) The votes on
all measures submitted to the people shall be counted and properly entered after the votes for
candidates for office cast at the same election are counted and shall be counted, canvassed, and
returned and the result determined and certified in the manner provided by law concerning other
elections. The secretary of state who has certified the election shall, without delay, make and
transmit to the governor a certificate of election. The measure takes effect from and after the date
of the official declaration of the vote by proclamation of the governor, but not later than thirty
days after the votes have been canvassed, as provided in section 1 of article V of the state
constitution.
(2) A majority of the votes cast thereon adopts any measure submitted for a proposed
law, and, in case of adoption of conflicting provisions, the one that receives the greatest number
of affirmative votes prevails in all particulars as to which there is a conflict.
(3) At least fifty-five percent of the votes cast thereon adopts any measure submitted for
an amendment to the state constitution; except that a majority of the votes cast thereon adopts
any measure submitted for an amendment to the state constitution that only repeals in whole or
in part any provision of the state constitution. In the case of adoption of conflicting provisions,
the one that receives the greatest number of affirmative votes prevails in all particulars as to
which there is a conflict.