Denver Mayor Mike Johnston speaks in front of Denver City Hall to celebrate rental assistance provisions in the city’s budget on Nov. 14, 2023. (Sara Wilson/Colorado Newsline)
The mayors of Colorado’s three largest cities have endorsed Proposition 131, a statewide ballot measure that proposes to eliminate single-party primaries and enact ranked-choice voting in most state and federal elections.
Mayors Mike Johnston, a Denver Democrat, Mike Coffman, an Aurora Republican and Yemi Mobolade, a Colorado Springs independent, announced their joint support of the measure on Thursday.
“Proposition 131 is a tool that will help empower the voters of Colorado, not political parties,” Mobolade said in a statement. “Almost half the voters in Colorado like me are registered independents, and it’s time for our election system to reflect the reality of that growing trend by eliminating the partisanship that currently undermines the true voice and values of the people.”
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