amendment d's passage means uncertainty

Instead of allowing the new 23rd Judicial District to select its own judges, voters statewide determined the district must accept hand-me-down judges from the 18th Judicial District. The amendment was a judicial branch power play to keep certain judges employed as judges. Voters were not advised by legislative council that the 23rd Judicial District had the constitutional right to select its own judges and that that right would be removed with Amendment D. So without a complete advisement regarding the amendment's effect, voters approved the amendment. If you think Colorado's judges aren't involved in politics, Amendment D should prove to you otherwise.