Overview

• The group behind Initiative 13 said it was pausing its effort after the petition deadline, reporting about 25,000 signatures versus the 124,238 required.
• State rules do not permit pausing a petition drive, so proponents would have to restart the initiative process to try again.
• Organizers faced resource constraints, raising roughly $39,000 this year for a drive that often costs seven figures, and they struggled to win broad rancher and local official support.
• The Title Board rejected the campaign’s first proposal for violating the single-subject rule and later approved a revised measure.
• Lawmakers recently dropped an effort to pause releases but redirected about $264,000 from the wolf program to health insurance subsidies, while Colorado Parks and Wildlife continues sourcing wolves for a winter release.