I was filling out my ballot tonight when the 5 pm news came on and once again, Colorado’s Secretary of State has shown she can’t get the basics right. Jena Griswold’s office certified Amendment 87 for the ballot even though a lawsuit alleges nearly 10,000 signatures came from paid circulators who were never properly registered or trained as required by law. If those signatures are tossed, the measure falls short of the required threshold and shouldn’t be on the ballot at all. The SOS is defending the certification, but this is the same office that just sent ballots with the Front Range rail tax question to roughly 800,000 voters who aren’t even eligible to vote on it. Pattern of carelessness. 🤡 Even if it stays on the ballot, Amendment 87 is a bad deal. It replaces Colorado’s flat 4.4% income tax with a graduated system that starts at 3.7% and climbs to 8.4% on income over $1 million. Proponents claim most people get a cut, but the brackets aren’t indexed for inflation. That means ordinary wage growth will quietly push more and more Coloradans into the higher rates over time and it'll be the same bracket-creep problem we’ve seen before. Higher top rates also make it harder for businesses to stay or expand here. We've already lost a ton of tax contributing businesses in the last 18 months and this will signal to CEOs to look elsewhere or relocate. Companies and high-earning professionals already have options in lower-tax states; this gives them one more reason to leave and take the jobs and investment with them. Once the higher rates are locked in, the pressure will be to broaden them downward rather than reverse course. Vote no on Amendment 87! Check the below video for more information on why you should vote no.