This government was created by the Constitution of the State of Colorado, and allows for direct participation of the electorate by initiative, referendum, recall and ratification.

Members of the House are elected for two year terms from single-member, equal population districts.

[2] The laws of a general and permanent nature are codified in the Colorado Revised Statutes (C.R.S.).

The administration of the state judicial system is the responsibility of the Chief Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court as its executive head, and is assisted by several other commissions.

Counties are important units of government in Colorado since the state has no secondary civil subdivisions, such as townships.

Other political subdivisions include the University of Colorado Hospital Authority, which provides patient care through UCHealth (University of Colorado Health), and the Denver Health And Hospital Authority (Denver Health), which operates a hospital south of downtown Denver among other facilities.