November 03, 2016 10:40 AM UTC

Throwback Thursday: Denver Post, October 31st, 1910

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• by: Colorado Pols

Here’s a blast from Colorado’s pre-election past that was forwarded to us today: the front page of our own Denver Post from Halloween 1910:

As the editorial cartoon you can see above depicts, the Post supported Referendum 3, the Colorado Initiative and Referendum Rights Amendment giving Colorado voters the right to amend the state’s constitution by popular initiative as a check against special interest control of the legislative process.

106 years later as the state votes on a measure to limit constitutional amendments, we could see the same cartoon being relevant with only minor edits.