COLORADO 1876 2023 Statewide Ballot Issues The Colorado Constitution (Article V, Section 1(7.3)) requires the Colorado Legislative Council to publish the ballot title and legal text of each statewide ballot measure. A "YES/FOR" vote on any ballot issue is a vote in favor of changing current law or existing circumstances, and a "NO/AGAINST vote on any ballot issue is a vote against changing current law or existing circumstances. Proposition HH Reduce Property Taxes and Retain State Revenue Question: Shall the state reduce property taxes for homes and businesses, including expanding property tax relief for seniors, and backfill counties, water districts, fire districts, ambulance and hospital districts, and other local governments and fund school districts by using a portion of the state surplus up to the proposition HH cap as defined in this measure? Proposition II Retain Nicotine Tax Revenue in Excess of Blue Book Estimate Question: Without raising taxes, may the state retain and spend revenues from taxes on cigarettes, tobacco, and other nicotine products and maintain tax rates on cigarettes, tobacco, and other nicotine products and use these revenues to invest twenty-three million six hundred fifty thousand dollars to enhance the voluntary Colorado preschool program and make it widely available for free instead of reducing these tax rates and refunding revenues to cigarette wholesalers, tobacco product distributors, nicotine products distributors, and other taxpayers, for exceeding an estimate included in the ballot information booklet for proposition EE? COLORADO 1876 2023 Statewide Ballot Issues The Colorado Constitution ( Article V , Section 1 ( 7.3 ) ) requires the Colorado Legislative Council to publish the ballot title and legal text of each statewide ballot measure . A " YES / FOR " vote on any ballot issue is a vote in favor of changing current law or existing circumstances , and a " NO / AGAINST vote on any ballot issue is a vote against changing current law or existing circumstances . Proposition HH Reduce Property Taxes and Retain State Revenue Question : Shall the state reduce property taxes for homes and businesses , including expanding property tax relief for seniors , and backfill counties , water districts , fire districts , ambulance and hospital districts , and other local governments and fund school districts by using a portion of the state surplus up to the proposition HH cap as defined in this measure ? Proposition II Retain Nicotine Tax Revenue in Excess of Blue Book Estimate Question : Without raising taxes , may the state retain and spend revenues from taxes on cigarettes , tobacco , and other nicotine products and maintain tax rates on cigarettes , tobacco , and other nicotine products and use these revenues to invest twenty - three million six hundred fifty thousand dollars to enhance the voluntary Colorado preschool program and make it widely available for free instead of reducing these tax rates and refunding revenues to cigarette wholesalers , tobacco product distributors , nicotine products distributors , and other taxpayers , for exceeding an estimate included in the ballot information booklet for proposition EE ?