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Home 🌿 Marijuana Politics 🌿 Colorado allowed to spend marijuana tax money, as voters reject refunds 🌿Colorado allowed to spend marijuana tax money, as voters reject refunds
TABOR requirement asks voters to decide whether the state gets to keep $66.1 million in taxes they already have approved
Colorado voters Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a statewide ballot measure that gives state lawmakers permission, once again, to spend $66.1 million in taxes collected from the sale of recreational marijuana.
The outcome came as no surprise given its bipartisan backing, and election returns as of 9:40 p.m. showed Proposition BB receiving about 69 percent support, well above the majority-vote threshold, according to returns from counties.
The secretary of state website incorrectly reported the first returns — getting the results backward, officials confirmed.
The measure sends the first $40 million to school construction and $12 million designated for youth and substance-abuse programs. The remaining $14.1 million goes to discretionary accounts controlled by lawmakers.
The ballot question was the third time in four years that voters considered how to spend pot...
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