
Colorado Amendment 84
Colorado citizen-initiated constitutional amendment to require ID numbers alongside signatures on mail ballots.
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Timeline for Colorado Amendment 84
Failed at the ballot
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Colorado Amendment 84 failed on 3 November 2026; the Associated Press projected its defeat at 10:18pm on polling night. About 63.4% of voters were against on unofficial results at 1:20pm on 4 November, the Sentinel reported. As a constitutional initiative it needed 55% to pass.
The amendment would have required voters to add the last four digits of a Social Security number, a Colorado driver's licence or a Colorado ID card to their mail ballot, on top of the signature check Colorado already runs. A ballot with missing or unmatched details would not count unless the voter fixed it within eight days. It reached the ballot by citizen initiative, backed by the Coalition for American Prosperity and Growth.
In 2024, 92% of Colorado ballots were mail ballots, so the measure would have touched almost every voter. It was one of three mail-ballot ID measures that lost on 3 November, with Arizona and California.
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Written with AI from Lowdown's published reporting. Not individually reviewed by an editor. Updated 5 November 2026. Editorial standards.