2010 Colorado Assembly Resolution Results

The Resolutions Ballot was drafted and adopted by the State Resolutions Committee based on Resolutions adopted by various County Assemblies.   The Resolutions are an expression of grassroots democracy.  They have not been endorsed by the Colorado Republican Party as that decision rests with you the delegates to this Assembly.  You should read the Resolutions carefully before voting.

1. It is resolved by Colorado Republicans to support, defend, and enforce the Constitutions of the United States and Colorado as written.
Total Votes 3330
YES 3310 99.40%
NO 20 0.60%

2. It is resolved that Colorado Republicans strongly advocate a “NO” vote on the retention of Colorado Supreme Court Justices Mary Mullarkey, Michael Bender, Alex Martinez, and Nancy Rice, in order to restore accountability to the Colorado Supreme Court.
Total Votes 3246
YES 3112 95.87%
NO 134 4.13%

3. It is resolved that Colorado Republicans support the immediate repeal of ObamaCare.
Total Votes 3308
YES 3256 98.43%
NO 52 1.57%

4. It is resolved by Colorado Republicans that citizens should be free to choose their own health care and health insurance and not be required to participate in any particular health care program.
Total Votes 3305
YES 3276 99.12%
NO 29 0.88%

5. It is resolved that Colorado Republicans support the right of health care consumers to obtain health insurance from any insurer in any state.
Total Votes 3283
YES 3235 98.54%
NO 48 1.46%

6. It is resolved that Colorado Republicans support health savings accounts and other consumer choice reforms.
Total Votes 3244
YES 3180 98.03%
NO 64 1.97%

7. It is resolved that Colorado Republicans support the Colorado Attorney General’s constitutional challenge to ObamaCare and encourage his use of every legal means to resist its mandate.
Total Votes 3302
YES 3267 98.94%
NO 35 1.06%

8. It is resolved that Colorado Republicans support a balanced federal budget.
Total Votes 3289
YES 3235 98.36%
NO 54 1.64%

9. It is resolved by Colorado Republicans that the practice of inserting earmarks into the federal budget be eliminated.
Total Votes 3260
YES 3155 96.78%
NO 105 3.22%

10. It is resolved that Colorado Republicans support granting the President of the United States line item veto authority over the federal budget.
Total Votes 3177
YES 2860 90.02%
NO 317 9.98%

11. It is resolved that Colorado Republicans support making the 2003 federal tax rate cuts, scheduled to expire in 2011, permanent.
Total Votes 3232
YES 3129 96.81%
NO 103 3.19%

12. It is resolved that Colorado Republicans support the removal of the Social Security fund from the general budget so the federal government cannot spend Social Security contributions for anything other than Social Security benefits.
Total Votes 3229
YES 3171 98.20%
NO 58 1.80%

13. It is resolved that Colorado Republicans support the elimination of federal and state death taxes.
Total Votes 3263
YES 3193 97.85%
NO 70 2.15%

14. It is resolved that Colorado Republicans oppose any attempt to repeal or modify the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) and condemn the circumvention of TABOR sanctioned by the Colorado Supreme Court and exploited by the Democrat-controlled legislature.
Total Votes 3218
YES 3047 94.69%
NO 171 5.31%

15. It is resolved by Colorado Republicans that TABOR should be supported and strengthened and the judicial “fee bypass rulings” should be reversed so that no tax masquerades as a fee.
Total Votes 3226
YES 3105 96.25%
NO 121 3.75%

16. It is resolved that Colorado Republicans oppose all government bailouts.
Total Votes 3219
YES 3017 93.72%
NO 202 6.28%

17. It is resolved that Colorado Republicans support reducing the size and scope of government at all levels by limiting and reducing taxes, regulation, and government spending.
Total Votes 3266
YES 3226 98.78%
NO 40 1.22%

18. It is resolved that Colorado Republicans fully support the United States winning the war on terrorism and furthermore support the brave men and women of our Armed Forces in defense of the United States of America.
Total Votes 3240
YES 3175 97.99%
NO 65 2.01%

19. It is resolved that Colorado Republicans believe foreign terrorists are illegal enemy combatants who should not be treated like domestic criminals and should not be tried in civilian courts.
Total Votes 3256
YES 3190 97.97%
NO 66 2.03%

20. It is resolved by Colorado Republicans that decisions regarding withdrawal of American troops from foreign soil should be based on the national security interests of the United States and not political timetables.
Total Votes 3227
YES 3165 98.08%
NO 62 1.92%

21. It is resolved by Colorado Republicans that our national borders be immediately secured.
Total Votes 3251
YES 3215 98.89%
NO 36 1.11%

22. It is resolved that Colorado Republicans oppose any form of amnesty for illegal immigrants.
Total Votes 3215
YES 3019 93.90%
NO 196 6.10%

23. It is resolved by Colorado Republicans that birthright citizenship not be granted to any person when neither parent is a citizen.
Total Votes 3215
YES 2927 91.04%
NO 288 8.96%

24. It is resolved by Colorado Republicans that a well-regulated guest worker program is important to Colorado agriculture and industry.
Total Votes 3201
YES 2999 93.69%
NO 202 6.31%

25. It is resolved that Colorado Republicans oppose the concept of sanctuary cities and support legislation that would prohibit public funding to any locality that refuses to cooperate with the enforcement of immigration laws.
Total Votes 3121
YES 3071 98.40%
NO 50 1.60%

26. It is resolved by Colorado Republicans that illegal immigrants should not receive any non-emergency benefits, services or privileges from federal, state or local governments.
Total Votes 3100
YES 3022 97.48%
NO 78 2.52%

27. It is resolved by Colorado Republicans that employers who hire immigrants should be required to verify the prospective employee’s immigration status.
Total Votes 3094
YES 2960 95.67%
NO 134 4.33%

28. It is resolved by Colorado Republicans that any illegal immigrant who has been convicted of any criminal offense be deported immediately upon completion of any term of incarceration.
Total Votes 3116
YES 3065 98.36%
NO 51 1.64%

29. It is resolved that Colorado Republicans support the 2nd Amendment’s fundamental right of individuals to keep and bear arms.
Total Votes 3132
YES 3109 99.27%
NO 23 0.73%

30. It is resolved by Colorado Republicans that life begins at conception and is deserving of legal protection from conception until natural death.
Total Votes 3008
YES 2378 79.06%
NO 630 20.94%

31. It is resolved that Colorado Republicans support overturning Roe v. Wade.
Total Votes 2991
YES 2340 78.23%
NO 651 21.77%

32. It is resolved by Colorado Republicans that pregnancy, abortion, and birth control are personal private matters not subject to government regulation or interference.
Total Votes 2984
YES 2210 74.06%
NO 774 25.94%

33. It is resolved that Colorado Republicans oppose the use of public funds for destructive embryonic stem-cell research.
Total Votes 3004
YES 2466 82.09%
NO 538 17.91%

34. It is resolved that Colorado Republicans oppose the use of public funds for abortions.
Total Votes 3099
YES 2927 94.45%
NO 172 5.55%

35. It is resolved by Colorado Republicans that “marriage” is the union of one man and one woman.
Total Votes 3086
YES 2860 92.68%
NO 226 7.32%

36. It is resolved that Colorado Republicans support comprehensive local, state, and federal policies to expeditiously develop all energy resources available to the United States in order to end our dependence on foreign energy sources.
Total Votes 3088
YES 3028 98.06%
NO 60 1.94%

37. It is resolved that Colorado Republicans support prudent, science-based environmental policies and oppose climate-change hysteria.
Total Votes 3084
YES 3033 98.35%
NO 51 1.65%

38. It is resolved that Colorado Republicans oppose levying special or punitive taxes in an effort to reduce energy consumption.
Total Votes 3067
YES 3000 97.82%
NO 67 2.18%

39. It is resolved by Colorado Republicans that government should make no effort to impose Cap and Trade legislation.
Total Votes 3077
YES 3035 98.64%
NO 42 1.36%

40. It is resolved that Colorado Republicans support conserving Colorado water through the development and expansion of water storage projects to supply the needs of Colorado municipalities, industry, and agriculture.
Total Votes 3057
YES 2961 96.86%
NO 96 3.14%

41. It is resolved by Colorado Republicans that Colorado should prohibit all state and local governments from deducting membership dues or political contributions from paychecks.
Total Votes 3074
YES 2990 97.27%
NO 84 2.73%

42. It is resolved by Colorado Republicans that no person be required, as a condition of employment, to be a member of a labor union or to pay any dues, fees, or assessments to a labor union.
Total Votes 3104
YES 3067 98.81%
NO 37 1.19%

43. It is resolved by Colorado Republicans that Card Check be opposed and secret ballots be required for any vote by employees to organize into a labor union.
Total Votes 3084
YES 3060 99.22%
NO 24 0.78%

44. It is resolved by Colorado Republicans that Governor Ritter’s Executive Order granting state government workers the right to unionize should be immediately rescinded.
Total Votes 3088
YES 3027 98.02%
NO 61 1.98%

45. It is resolved that Colorado Republicans support reduction of government regulation and support all private and public efforts to create and expand private sector jobs.
Total Votes 3057
YES 3010 98.46%
NO 47 1.54%

46. It is resolved that Colorado Republicans support the primary right of parents to direct the education of their children including home-schooling, charter schools, vouchers, and tuition tax credits.
Total Votes 3091
YES 3024 97.83%
NO 67 2.17%

47. It is resolved by Colorado Republicans that the federal Department of Education be abolished and all control of education be returned to the States.
Total Votes 3056
YES 2910 95.22%
NO 146 4.78%

48. It is resolved that Colorado Republicans oppose governmental taking of private property for the benefit of private individuals, private entities, or for governmental revenue enhancement.
Total Votes 3076
YES 3028 98.44%
NO 48 1.56%

49. It is resolved that Colorado Republicans support mandatory proof-of-citizenship when any person registers to vote in Colorado.
Total Votes 3097
YES 3059 98.77%
NO 38 1.23%

50. It is resolved that Colorado Republicans support a requirement that every person must present a United States, state, or local government-issued photo identification card before being allowed to vote.
Total Votes 3077
YES 3019 98.12%
NO 58 1.88%

51. It is resolved that Colorado Republicans oppose public funding, directly or indirectly, to any organization participating in voter registration drives.
Total Votes 3050
YES 2985 97.87%
NO 65 2.13%

52. It is resolved that Colorado Republicans affirm that the English language be the only official language of the United States.
Total Votes 3078
YES 3015 97.95%
NO 63 2.05%

53. It is resolved by Colorado Republicans that all state and federal employees, including Congress and the judiciary, shall be subject to the same laws and limitations, and receive only the same benefits as other citizens.
Total Votes 3079
YES 3026 98.28%
NO 53 1.72%

54. It is resolved by Colorado Republicans that the United States Constitution be amended to impose term limits for all members of Congress.
Total Votes 3019
YES 2398 79.43%
NO 621 20.57%

55. It is resolved by Colorado Republicans that each bill brought before Congress or the Colorado General Assembly shall be limited to only one subject.
Total Votes 3055
YES 2952 96.63%
NO 103 3.37%

56. It is resolved that Colorado Republicans support tort reform such as limiting non-economic and punitive damages and product and professional liability.
Total Votes 3023
YES 2916 96.46%
NO 107 3.54%

57. It is resolved that Colorado Republicans oppose implementation of “net neutrality” and revival of the “fairness doctrine” in any form with respect to the internet, television, radio, or other publicly available media.
Total Votes 3008
YES 2924 97.21%
NO 84 2.79%

58. It is resolved that Colorado Republicans support retaining the phrase “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Total Votes 3090
YES 3010 97.41%
NO 80 2.59%

59. It is resolved by Colorado Republicans that the 10th Amendment be strictly observed as written in order to limit federal government actions only to those powers specifically enumerated in the Constitution.
Total Votes 3092
YES 3068 99.22%
NO 24 0.78%

STATE ASSEMBLY VOTING RESULTS:

Governor

maes 1741 votes with 49.35%

mcInnis 1725 with 48.89%

Us Senate

buck   2701 votes with 76.5%

tidwell 522 votes with 14.8%

Treasurer

ament  2788 votes with 79%

hasan 690 votes 19.56 %

3rd Congressional District

tipton  336 votes with 54.54%

mcconnell 280 votes 45.45%