Congratulations to Kristi and the Team

Colorado: Human Life Amendment Petition Succeeds

Twenty-one year old Kristi Burton of Denver, Colorado is the initiative sponsor of the petition calling for the Every Human is a Person amendment to be on the Ballot for November 2008. The ammendment simply states that Article 2 of the constitution be ammended with the addition of a simply worded and excellent new section, reading:

Section 31. Person defined. As used in sections 3, 6, and 25 of Article II of the state constitution, the terms "person" or "persons" shall include any human being from the moment of fertilization.

Watch the three-minute video below for a quick update on the progress the team is making in Colorado.

The Secretary of State's Office's random sampling indicated that there were 103,377 valid signatures, surpassing the 76,047 valid signatures that were required. "The people of Colorado have spoken, the Secretary of State's Office has certified our signatures, and our equal rights amendment will be on November's ballot," stated Kristi Burton, initiative sponsor. "All humans should be protected by love and by law, and this amendment is a historic effort to ensure equal rights for every person." Colorado for Equal Rights has demonstrated an unparalleled grassroots effort thus far, with likely more volunteer circulators than any other ballot initiative in the State's history. The grassroots initiative had over 1,300 volunteer petition circulators.
- from www.personhood2008.com

Side-note. Notice that in Colorado (population 4,753,377), only 76,047 signatures were required to take this issue to the ballot. Compare that with New Zealand (population 4,115,771) where 10% of the electoral roll (aprox 300,000 signatures) are required to force a referendum.