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Roberts: Poll results don’t reflect Referendum O’s chances
Referendum O’s low polling numbers in a recent survey are more evidence of the polling method than the measure’s level of support, state Rep. Ellen Roberts, R-Durango, told Political Notebook today.
A poll release last week showed the measure polling with the support of 38 percent of registered voters. The poll showed 26 percent of registered voters opposed to it and 30 percent of registered voters unsure. (The other 6 percent said they would not vote either way on the measure.)
“I think for those who make their way all the way through (the ballot), it will make sense,” said Roberts, one of the ballot question’s prime supporters.
She said a telephone poll, which quickly summed up the ballot measure, might not reflect how people actually vote, reading the ballot measure at or before heading to the polls.
(The polling question read: “Referendum O is a constitutional amendment that decreases the number of signatures required to place a statutory initiative on the ballot, and increases the number of signatures required to place a constitutional initiative on the ballot. It requires that eight percent of signatures for constitutional initiatives be gathered from each congressional district and that drafts of proposed constitutional initiatives be submitted for review earlier in the year. It extends the time period for collecting signatures for statutory initiatives, increases the number of votes required for the legislature to change a statutory initiative for five years after the statute takes effect, and allows the public and state legislators to comment on initiatives at a public meeting. On Referendum O, will you …”)
Roberts said that information could be a bit much to digest over the phone.
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*Roberts photo shot by Political Notebook.
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