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Colorado passes ballot measure imposing life sentences on underage sex traffickers?

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Colorado passes ballot measure imposing life sentences on underage sex traffickers?

86% chance
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86% chance
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Colorado Initiative 108 is a ballot measure scheduled to appear in the statewide general election currently scheduled for November 3, 2026, which would require life in prison without parole or release for persons convicted of human trafficking a child for sexual servitude. This market will resolve to “Yes” if this ballot measure is approved as a result of the Colorado statewide general election currently scheduled for November 3, 2026. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No.” If voting on the specified ballot measure does not occur, or the results thereof are not known definitively, by March 31, 2027, this market will resolve to “No”. Subsequent litigation or any failure to implement the measure will have no impact on the resolution of this market. This market will resolve based on a consensus of credible reporting. If there is ambiguity, this market will resolve solely based on official information from the State of Colorado, including the Colorado Secretary of State (https://www.sos.state.co.us/). The measure, which would elevate sexual trafficking of a minor to a class 1 felony with mandatory life imprisonment without parole, qualified for the November 3, 2026 ballot after Protect Kids Colorado gathered roughly 170,000 signatures. It follows the defeat of similar legislation (HB26-1082) during the 2026 session and expands the offense definition to cover additional monetary exchanges. Colorado currently treats the crime as a class 2 felony carrying 16–48 years with parole eligibility, while six other states already impose life without parole. Recent analyses highlight steady victim counts and project modest long-term corrections costs, factors that align with the strong trader consensus favoring passage on a high-salience public safety issue.

Colorado Initiative 108 is a ballot measure scheduled to appear in the statewide general election currently scheduled for November 3, 2026, which would require life in prison without parole or release for persons convicted of human trafficking a child for sexual servitude.

This market will resolve to “Yes” if this ballot measure is approved as a result of the Colorado statewide general election currently scheduled for November 3, 2026. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No.”

If voting on the specified ballot measure does not occur, or the results thereof are not known definitively, by March 31, 2027, this market will resolve to “No”.

Subsequent litigation or any failure to implement the measure will have no impact on the resolution of this market.

This market will resolve based on a consensus of credible reporting. If there is ambiguity, this market will resolve solely based on official information from the State of Colorado, including the Colorado Secretary of State (https://www.sos.state.co.us/).
Volume
$3,262
End Date
Nov 3, 2026
Market Opened
Jul 21, 2026, 6:52 PM ET

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Colorado Initiative 108 is a ballot measure scheduled to appear in the statewide general election currently scheduled for November 3, 2026, which would require life in prison without parole or release for persons convicted of human trafficking a child for sexual servitude. This market will resolve to “Yes” if this ballot measure is approved as a result of the Colorado statewide general election currently scheduled for November 3, 2026. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No.” If voting on the specified ballot measure does not occur, or the results thereof are not known definitively, by March 31, 2027, this market will resolve to “No”. Subsequent litigation or any failure to implement the measure will have no impact on the resolution of this market. This market will resolve based on a consensus of credible reporting. If there is ambiguity, this market will resolve solely based on official information from the State of Colorado, including the Colorado Secretary of State (https://www.sos.state.co.us/).
Colorado Initiative 108 is a ballot measure scheduled to appear in the statewide general election currently scheduled for November 3, 2026, which would require life in prison without parole or release for persons convicted of human trafficking a child for sexual servitude. This market will resolve to “Yes” if this ballot measure is approved as a result of the Colorado statewide general election currently scheduled for November 3, 2026. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No.” If voting on the specified ballot measure does not occur, or the results thereof are not known definitively, by March 31, 2027, this market will resolve to “No”. Subsequent litigation or any failure to implement the measure will have no impact on the resolution of this market. This market will resolve based on a consensus of credible reporting. If there is ambiguity, this market will resolve solely based on official information from the State of Colorado, including the Colorado Secretary of State (https://www.sos.state.co.us/). The measure, which would elevate sexual trafficking of a minor to a class 1 felony with mandatory life imprisonment without parole, qualified for the November 3, 2026 ballot after Protect Kids Colorado gathered roughly 170,000 signatures. It follows the defeat of similar legislation (HB26-1082) during the 2026 session and expands the offense definition to cover additional monetary exchanges. Colorado currently treats the crime as a class 2 felony carrying 16–48 years with parole eligibility, while six other states already impose life without parole. Recent analyses highlight steady victim counts and project modest long-term corrections costs, factors that align with the strong trader consensus favoring passage on a high-salience public safety issue.

Colorado Initiative 108 is a ballot measure scheduled to appear in the statewide general election currently scheduled for November 3, 2026, which would require life in prison without parole or release for persons convicted of human trafficking a child for sexual servitude.

This market will resolve to “Yes” if this ballot measure is approved as a result of the Colorado statewide general election currently scheduled for November 3, 2026. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No.”

If voting on the specified ballot measure does not occur, or the results thereof are not known definitively, by March 31, 2027, this market will resolve to “No”.

Subsequent litigation or any failure to implement the measure will have no impact on the resolution of this market.

This market will resolve based on a consensus of credible reporting. If there is ambiguity, this market will resolve solely based on official information from the State of Colorado, including the Colorado Secretary of State (https://www.sos.state.co.us/).
Volume
$3,262
End Date
Nov 3, 2026
Market Opened
Jul 21, 2026, 6:52 PM ET

Resolver

0x65070BE91...
Colorado Initiative 108 is a ballot measure scheduled to appear in the statewide general election currently scheduled for November 3, 2026, which would require life in prison without parole or release for persons convicted of human trafficking a child for sexual servitude. This market will resolve to “Yes” if this ballot measure is approved as a result of the Colorado statewide general election currently scheduled for November 3, 2026. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No.” If voting on the specified ballot measure does not occur, or the results thereof are not known definitively, by March 31, 2027, this market will resolve to “No”. Subsequent litigation or any failure to implement the measure will have no impact on the resolution of this market. This market will resolve based on a consensus of credible reporting. If there is ambiguity, this market will resolve solely based on official information from the State of Colorado, including the Colorado Secretary of State (https://www.sos.state.co.us/).

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