Colorado Voters

AFL-CIO Defeats Right-to-Work Campaigns in Five of Six States, Major Democratic Resistance Victory

1958-11-04 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

The AFL-CIO achieves a major victory in its confrontation with the National Right-to-Work Committee’s coordinated efforts to extend right-to-work laws to six additional states through ballot initiatives. Union organizing and voter mobilization efforts result in the defeat of right-to-work …

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Colorado Voters Approve Women's Suffrage Through Referendum in Historic First

1893-11-07 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

On November 7, 1893, Colorado held a referendum on women’s suffrage that resulted in voter approval, making it the first time in U.S. history that voters—as opposed to legislators—approved women’s voting rights. The referendum passed with support from the short-lived Populist Party, …

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