Colorado Republicans accuse Polis of electioneering with TABOR rebate letter

Polis, a Democrat, is seeking re-election this November. On Wednesday, he and other Democrats announced that Colorado taxpayers should be receiving $750 rebate checks by the end of August. The rebate of tax dollars collected over a certain cap is required under the state Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, or TABOR, though a law passed this year and signed by Polis declared this refund would be a flat amount mailed out directly.

In the campaign finance complaint,the GOP accuses Polis of “promoting his own campaign instead of being honest with voters and informing them of the true source of the refund.”

“The governor is usingtaxpayer dollars to send his own campaign mailer, and this is a plain campaign finance violation,” the complaint alleges. “This letter is not in the ordinary course of business, as no Colorado governor has done this before — including Jared Polis.”

The complaint has an initial review deadline of Aug. 18.

While the new refund law passed with some Republican support in the legislature, the way it’s been promoted by Democrats has been the subject of much criticism from the right. State officials branded it the “Colorado Cash Back” program, leading some Republicans to accuse them of distancing the program from TABOR just a handful of years after trying to essentially end TABOR rebates under Proposition CC.

Voters rejected Proposition CC by nearly 54% to 46% in 2019.

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After working to undermine the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights for decades, Democrats now sing a different tune,embracing the voter-approved system's granting of refunds to Coloradans.

Indeed, Democrats, who pushed through legislation to send next year's tax refund this month instead, are also no longer avoiding the "T" word.

Under that legislation, the early TABOR refund checks – dubbed as the "Colorado CashBack" – that 3.1 million Coloradans will get are now out in the mail. Officials expect the money will be in most taxpayers' mailboxes within the next week.

Gov. Jared Polis, joined by Democratic lawmakers and state officials, held a third press conference in as many months to tout the Colorado CashBack. On Wednesday, they said most Coloradans will get the check – $750 check for individuals and $1,500 for joint filers – no later than the end of August.

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