COLORADO PROJECT-COMMON CAUSE v. ANDERSON

No. 25470.

495 P.2d 218 (1972)

COLORADO PROJECT-COMMON CAUSE, a non-profit corporation, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Byron A. ANDERSON, Secretary of State of the State of Colorado, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

March 9, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence A. Wright, Jr., Jeremy Shamos, Denver, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., John P. Moore, Deputy Atty. Gen., Denver, for defendant-appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Plaintiffs brought a declaratory judgment action in the trial court seeking a declaration that C.R.S.1963, 70-1-2 and 70-1-6 are unconstitutional as unduly restricting the right of initiative vested in the people by Article V, Section 1 of the Colorado Constitution.

We are concerned in this opinion only with the validity of section 70-1-2, and we adopt the unusual procedure of deciding the two issues raised in the appeal by separate

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