Former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo filed a ballot proposal today that would require all Colorado employers to use E-Verify to confirm employment eligibility of new hires. Modeled after Arizona’s E-Verify law, the proposal calls for penalties and fines, a phased-in timetable, and prohibitions on the use of independent contractors to intentionally avoid compliance. The measure still has to pass a legal review and other steps before Mr. Tancredo can begin collecting signatures to have it placed on the 2010 ballot.

Source: the Denver Post, 12/04/2009.