Amid new figures that show the governor's statewide property-tax hike will claim more than twice the amount originally promised, two Republican lawmakers are saying they will try to give voters a chance to repeal the measure.

As reported in today's Rocky Mountain News, Sen. Mike Kopp, of Littleton, and Rep. Cory Gardner, of Yuma, announced this week they will carry a bill to refer the matter to the November 2008 ballot so that voters can have a say over a policy that was passed last spring without public approval.

“This tax hike has become a runaway train. The state’s take just keeps rising," Kopp said. "The state’s top attorney has advised the legislature that this issue has to go to the people. That didn’t happen, and now we’re looking at an ever-growing tax increase that the citizens have yet to vote on.”