full text of three ballot initiatives
Safety through Peace - Initiative 101
2003 - Initiative 101 placed on the November 2003 ballot in Denver, Colorado.
This proposed ordinance would have required the City and County of Denver to identify and implement any peace-creating programs, specifically programs that reduce social stress as measured by scientific evidence showing that they greatly reduce crime, warfare and terrorism, especially such programs that also provide a net financial benefit to the city as a "peace dividend." [Read full petition text of Initiative 101 in the next section.]
Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission - Initiative 300
Placed on the November 2010 ballot in Denver, Colorado
This proposed ordinance would have required the City and County of Denver to, among other things, provide the most accurate, complete, credible and relevant information about extraterrestrial intelligent beings on Earth to city government personnel and residents.
Read the full text of Initiative 300 below on page seven in the "collector's item" 8-page Briefing Document posted in the next section. The pages are 11" x 17" and best viewed on a larger screen.
Protecting Extraordinary Technology
In 2019, a proposed ballot initiative was filed with the City and County of Denver titled, "Protecting Extraordinary Technology". The intent of the initiative was to offer a safe haven for inventors of disruptive technologies that historically have been obstructed, oppressed, or destroyed, even illegally, by government or private entities acting on behalf of influential special interests. The full text of this draft initiative is viewable in the section below.