NEWS BRIEF
Sentinel Colorado reported that Denver District Court Judge Heidi L. Kutcher rejected a lawsuit seeking to prevent votes on Amendment 87 from being counted. The challenge concerned paperwork requirements for entities using paid petition circulators.
The measure would raise income taxes on the top 3% of Colorado earners and slightly reduce them for other taxpayers, according to the report. Kutcher found that the cited administrative issue did not outweigh voters’ constitutional initiative rights; the ruling did not decide the measure’s outcome at the ballot box.
What to know
The court ruling leaves Amendment 87 on the 2026 ballot after a challenge to petition-circulation paperwork. Voters, not the court, will decide the proposed income-tax changes, unless a later legal development changes the measure’s status.
Reporting: THE SENTINEL · Sentinel Colorado · 10-22-2026
