Wealthy corporate interest led by the Oil & Gas industry have worked in coaltion with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) to write laws challenging every aspect of democracy. ALEC advocates making the Citizen Ballot Initiative too costly as well as requiring supermajority votes to pass. Colorado Inititiave 71 in 2016 follows ALEC's prescription to place the Citizen Ballot Initiative out of reach for the people, ultimately accessible only to the wealthy corporate interests that promote the initiative.

Map of the network of oil and gas front groups shown is one of 7 maps from: "Behind the Curtain," by Joel Dyer, Boulder Weekly, September 17, 2015