Colorado Voters Scrap Bail for People Charged With First-Degree Murder

Roughly 70 percent of voters, as of current counting, are in favor of revoking the right to bail from people charged with first-degree murder.

A mail in ballot collection box is seen at Edgewater City Hall in Edgewater, Colo., on Nov. 3, 2020. Marc Piscotty/Getty Images

A state constitutional amendment revoking the right for people charged with first-degree murder to be eligible for bail has passed in Colorado.

During the Nov. 5 election in Colorado, roughly 70 percent of voters, as of current counting, were in favor of Amendment I: revoking the right to bail from people charged with first-degree murder.