Proponents of a referendum in Colorado to require labels on foods made with genetically modified organisms say they will have enough signatures to put the question on the November election ballot. The Colorado Statesman says the Right to Know initiative must submit 86,105 valid signatures by Aug 4; the group says it already has 90,000 signatures. “The measure would affect both packaged and raw foods such as produce,” says the Statesman. If the petition drive succeeds, Colorado would join Oregon in holding a GMO labeling vote this year.
The Portland Oregonian says the pro-labeling campaign received a second donation of $100,000 from the Organic Consumers Fund, based in Minnesota. “Supporters have raised almost $1.3 million so far this year for what many political observers expect to be the most expensive ballot fight in Oregon history,” says the Oregonian.