Colorado Springs may not place a measure on the April municipal election ballot asking voters to overturn a recent citywide vote to allow recreational marijuana sales in the state’s

Colorado Springs’ plan to ask voters to repeal recreational marijuana sales, six months after they approved it by a wide margin, is unconstitutional, a judge said Monday. Siding with two residents who filed a lawsuit against the city last month,

According to the ruling, the Colorado Constitution says that municipal marijuana-related ballot items must appear on general election ballots in even-numbered years. The upcoming April municipal election does not meet those requirements.

An amendment in the Colorado Constitution requires local ballot measures banning recreational marijuana to be during a general election in an even-numbered year.

Months after voters approved recreational marijuana sales, city leaders approved a measure that would ask voters to repeal the ordinance

District Court Judge Hilary Gurney ruled that because the repeal would effectively prohibit retail marijuana stores from operating in the city, the Colorado Constitution did not allow the vote

Two residents of Colorado Springs sued the city Friday after City Council voted days earlier to hold a do-over vote in April on a citizens’ initiative, known as Question 300, that authorized sales of recreational marijuana in the city.

An El Paso County Judge has issued a ruling on whether or not to allow a ballot issue regarding recreational marijuana in Colorado Springs.

After Colorado Springs City Council voted in January to place a question on the April 2025 municipal ballot repealing Ballot Question 300, a district court judge has ruled the move violates Colorado’s constitution.