Colorado Democratic Gov.-elect Phil Weiser opened the door Wednesday to changing a ballot measure that would keep biological males out of girls’ and women’s school sports, raising privacy concerns as the proposal led in unofficial election returns.
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proposal → open → returns
"We’re going to have to take a look at these anti-trans measures, and what adjustments are necessary and appropriate," Weiser said at a news conference.
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Weiser → go → conference
"I don't believe it would be acceptable to Colorado to have every student athlete have to go through full body examinations."
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athlete → believe → examinations
Proposition 134, however, does not prescribe a particular method for verifying an athlete’s biological sex.
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Proposition → prescribe → sex
Colorado’s official voter guide says individual schools and school districts would determine their own verification procedures.
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schools → say → procedures
The proposal would require school athletic teams from elementary school through college to be designated male, female or coeducational.
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teams → require → college
Male students would be barred from female teams, while female students could join male teams if an equivalent female team were unavailable.
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team → bar → teams
Coeducational teams would remain open to all students.
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teams → remain → students
With counting continuing, Proposition 134 had 52.66% support to 47.34% opposition, according to results published by Ballotpedia and updated Thursday morning.
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Proposition → continue → Ballotpedia
Those results were unofficial, and Ballotpedia listed the measure as too close to call.
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Ballotpedia → list → measure
Weiser’s comments raised the prospect of legislative revisions if the proposal passes.
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proposal → raise → revisions
He described reviewing and adjusting statutory ballot measures as an appropriate legislative role, according to remarks reported by The Denver Post and reproduced by Rocky Mountain Voice.
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The measure was placed on the ballot as a proposed state statute, rather than a constitutional amendment.
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measure → place → statute
Protect Kids Colorado, which led the campaign for Proposition 134, has argued that sex-based eligibility rules are necessary to protect female athletes’ safety and competitive opportunities.
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rules → lead → safety
"This initiative is about fairness, and it’s about safety, and it’s about girls and keeping female athletics female," Lori Gimelshteyn, a board director of the organization, told Colorado Public Radio.
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Gimelshteyn → ’ → Radio
The state voter guide also identifies an unresolved question about how Proposition 134 would interact with Colorado’s existing anti-discrimination law, which protects gender identity.
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which → identify → identity
Its analysis says the measure’s effect on current state law is unclear.
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effect → say → law
Weiser’s remarks came a day after he defeated Republican Victor Marx in the governor’s race.
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Colorado Newsline reported that Democrats also secured supermajorities in both legislative chambers, giving the party substantial influence over any legislation addressing the measure.
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Democrats → report → measure
His comments addressed both Proposition 134 and Proposition 135, a separate proposal restricting surgeries intended to alter minors’ biological sex characteristics.
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comments → address → characteristics
Both measures were leading in the count when he spoke.
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