FREMONT COUNTY — In addition to deciding on many key federal and state races, one state constitutional amendment, and multiple state-wide ballot issues, voters in Fremont County will decide on leadership for local county offices and judges for local courts.
News5 is helping you prepare for the November 5, 2024 Election with guides to find out what's on the ballot, what it means to you, and where to deliver your ballot across the region.
Key Dates and Deadlines
Fri, Oct. 11: First Ballots Mailed Out to Colorado Voters & Ballot Drop-offs Open
*See County Clerk's Office for locations
Mon, Oct. 28: Last Day to Register to Vote and Receive a Mailed Ballot
Mon, Oct. 28: Last Day to Mail a Ballot to meet Election Day deadline
Tues, Nov. 5: Election Day - Ballots Due by 7:00 p.m.
Wed, Nov. 13: Military/Overseas Ballot Due Delivered by Date
Fri, Nov. 15: Deadline for Counties to Tabulate All Ballots
Tues, Dec. 10: Last Day to Complete a Recount
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You can find an up-to-date list of locations for ballot drop-offs and Voter Polling and Service Locations by clicking here. Days and times of operation vary by location.
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Information from the Fremont County Official Sample Ballot for the 2024 Election
Statewide Amendment & Propositions:
Ballot questions referred by the general assembly or any political subdivision are listed by letter, and ballot questions initiated by the people are listed numerically. A ballot question listed as an "amendment" proposes a change to the Colorado constitution, and a ballot question listed as a "proposition" proposes a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes. A "yes/for" vote on any ballot question is a vote in favor of changing current law or existing circumstances, and a "no/against" vote on any ballot question is a vote against changing current law or existing circumstances.
The information for each proposition comes from the 2024 State Ballot Information Booklet (aka The Blue Book) compiled by the Legislative Council of the Colorado General Assembly.
Amendment G (CONSTITUTIONAL) (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning the expansion of eligibility for the property tax exemption for veterans with a disability to include a veteran who does not have a service-connected disability rated as a one hundred percent permanent disability but does have individual unemployability status?
Amendment H (CONSTITUTIONAL) (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning judicial discipline, and, in connection therewith, establishing an independent judicial discipline adjudicative board, setting standards for judicial review of a discipline case, and clarifying when discipline proceedings become public?
Amendment I (CONSTITUTIONAL) (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning creating an exception to the right to bail for cases of murder in the first degree when proof is evident or presumption is great?
Amendment J (CONSTITUTIONAL) (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution removing the ban on same-sex marriage?
Amendment K (CONSTITUTIONAL) (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning the modification of certain deadlines in connection with specified elections?
Amendment 79 (CONSTITUTIONAL) (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
Shall there be a change to the Colorado constitution recognizing the right to abortion, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting the state and local governments from denying, impeding, or discriminating against the exercise of that right, allowing abortion to be a covered service under health insurance plans for Colorado state and local government employees and for enrollees in state and local governmental insurance programs?
Amendment 80 (CONSTITUTIONAL) (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution establishing the right to school choice for children in kindergarten through 12th grade, and, in connection therewith, declaring that school choice includes neighborhood, charter, and private schools; home schooling; open enrollment options; and future innovations in education?
Proposition JJ (STATUTORY) (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
Without raising taxes, may the state keep and spend all sports betting tax revenue above voter-approved limits to fund water conservation and protection projects instead of refunding revenue to casinos?
Proposition KK (STATUTORY) (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
Shall state taxes be increased by $39,000,000 annually to fund mental health services, including for military veterans and at-risk youth, school safety and gun violence prevention, and support services for victims of domestic violence and other violent crimes by authorizing a tax on gun dealers, gun manufacturers, and ammunition vendors at the rate of 6.5% of the net taxable sales from the retail sale of any gun, gun precursor part, or ammunition, with the state keeping and spending all of the new tax revenue as a voter-approved revenue change?
Proposition 127 (STATUTORY) (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning a prohibition on the hunting of mountain lions, lynx, and bobcats, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting the intentional killing, wounding, pursuing, entrapping, or discharging or releasing of a deadly weapon at a mountain lion, lynx, or bobcat; creating eight exceptions to this prohibition including for the protection of human life, property, and livestock; establishing a violation of this prohibition as a class 1 misdemeanor; and increasing fines and limiting wildlife license privileges for persons convicted of this crime?
Proposition 128 (STATUTORY) (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning parole eligibility for an offender convicted of certain crimes, and, in connection therewith, requiring an offender who is convicted of second degree murder; first degree assault; class 2 felony kidnapping; sexual assault; first degree arson; first degree burglary; or aggravated robbery committed on or after January 1, 2025, to serve 85 percent of the sentence imposed before being eligible for parole, and requiring an offender convicted of any such crime committed on or after January 1, 2025, who was previously convicted of any two crimes of violence, not just those crimes enumerated in this measure, to serve the full sentence imposed before beginning to serve parole?
Proposition 129 (STATUTORY) (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes creating a new veterinary professional associate profession, and, in connection therewith, establishing qualifications including a master’s degree in veterinary clinical care or the equivalent as determined by the state board of veterinary medicine to be a veterinary professional associate; requiring registration with the state board; allowing a registered veterinary professional associate to practice veterinary medicine under the supervision of a licensed veterinarian; and making it a misdemeanor to practice as a veterinary professional associate without an active registration?
Proposition 130 (STATUTORY) (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning state funding for peace officer training and support, and, in connection therewith, directing the legislature to appropriate 350 million dollars to the peace officer training and support fund for municipal and county law enforcement agencies to hire and retain peace officers; allowing the fund to be used for pay, bonuses, initial and continuing education and training, and a death benefit for a peace officer, police, fire and first responder killed in the line of duty; and requiring the funding to supplement existing appropriations?
Proposition 131 (STATUTORY) (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes creating new election processes for certain federal and state offices, and, in connection therewith, creating a new all-candidate primary election for U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, governor, attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer, CU board of regents, state board of education, and the Colorado state legislature; allowing voters to vote for any one candidate per office, regardless of the voter’s or candidate’s political party affiliation; providing that the four candidates for each office who receive the most votes advance to the general election; and in the general election, allowing voters to rank candidates for each office on their ballot, adopting a process for how the ranked votes are tallied, and determining the winner to be the candidate with the highest number of votes in the final tally?
Municipal Ballot Measures
Cañon City Ballot Question 2A: Sales and Use Tax Increase for a Community Pool
SHALL THE CITY OF CAÑON CITY TAXES BE INCREASED BY $1,680,000 MILLION ANNUALLY AND BY WHATEVER AMOUNT IS GENERATED THEREAFTER FROM A TEMPORARY SALES AND USE TAX IMPOSED AT THE RATE OF THREE-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT (0.30%) TO BEGIN ON JANUARY 1, 2025 AND TO END ON DECEMBER 31, 2050, TO BE PLEDGED SOLELY TO SUPPORT FINANCING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A COMMUNITY RECREATION POOL AND RELATED POOL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS CONSTRUCTED AND OPERATED BY THE CAÑON CITY AREA METROPOLITAN RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT (THE “RECREATION DISTRICT”) AND LOCATED ON LAND DONATED BY FREMONT RE-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT; SHALLTHE TAX INCREASE AUTHORIZED HEREIN BE SUBJECT TO AND CONDITIONED UPON PRIOR VOTER APPROVAL OF A BALLOT MEASURE AUTHORIZING DEBT TO BE ISSUED BY THE RECREATION DISTRICT; SHALL CITY OF CAÑON CITY AND THE RECREATION DISTRICT BE AUTHORIZED TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT CREATING FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS EXTENDING BEYOND THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR TO PAY OVER THE PLEDGED REVENUES TO THE RECREATION DISTRICT; AND SHALL THESE PLEDGED REVENUES BE COLLECTED, RETAINED AND SPENT AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE OF THE CITY NOTWITHSTANDING ANY REVENUE LIMITS PROVIDED BY LAW?
Cañon City Area Metropolitan Recreation and Park District Ballot Issue 6A: Operating Mill Levy
SHALL CAÑON CITY AREA METROPOLITAN RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT TAXES BE INCREASED UP TO $1.15 MILLION ANNUALLY (FOR COLLECTION IN CALENDAR YEAR 2025) AND BY SUCH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER BY AN AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX IMPOSED AT A RATE OF FOUR (4) MILLS IN ORDER TO MEET INCREASING OPERATIONAL COSTS AND TO PROVIDE RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE OPERATION OF A SWIMMING POOL); AND SHALL THE DISTRICT BE ALLOWED TO RETAIN AND SPEND PROPERTY TAX REVENUE ABOVE ANNUAL LIMITS WHICH MIGHT OTHERWISE APPLY OR BE PROPOSED, INCLUDING AS AN APPROVED EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITATION SET FORTH IN SECTION 29-1-301 OF THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES?
Cañon City Area Metropolitan Recreation and Park District Ballot Issue 6B: Pool Debt Financing
SHALL CAÑON CITY AREA METROPOLITAN RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT DEBT BE INCREASED UP TO $24.8 MILLION, WITH A MAXIMUM REPAYMENT COST OF UP TO $44 MILLION, AND SHALL DISTRICT TAXES BE INCREASED UP TO $1.68 MILLION ANNUALLY IF NECESSARY, BUT ONLY AFTER THE APPLICATION OF DEDICATED SALES AND USE TAX REVENUES RECEIVED FROM THE CITY OF CAÑON CITY TO REPAY THE DEBT, ALL FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING THE COSTS OF CONSTRUCTING AND EQUIPPING A NEW COMMUNITY RECREATION POOL TO REPLACE THE DISTRICT’S PRIOR SWIMMING POOL WHICH WAS PERMANENTLY CLOSED, SUCH DEBT TO CONSIST OF THE ISSUANCE AND PAYMENT OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS WHICH SHALL BEAR INTEREST AT A MAXIMUM NET EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE NOT TO EXCEED 5.5% PER ANNUM AND BE ISSUED AT SUCH TIMES AND PRICES (AT, ABOVE OR BELOW PAR) AND IN SUCH MANNER AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS, NOT INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAY DETERMINE, PROVIDED THAT ISSUANCE OF DEBT AUTHORIZED BY THIS BALLOT MEASURE SHALL BE CONDITIONED UPON PRIOR VOTER APPROVAL OF A BALLOT MEASURE AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CAÑON CITY DEDICATED SALES AND USE TAX; SHALL AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAXES BE LEVIED, IF NECESSARY, WITHOUT LIMIT AS TO THE MILL RATE TO GENERATE AMOUNTS SUFFICIENT IN EACH YEAR TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF, PREMIUM IF ANY, AND INTEREST ON SUCH DEBT BUT ONLY AFTER THE APPLICATION OF DEDICATED SALES AND USE TAX REVENUES RECEIVED FROM THE CITY OF CAÑON CITY; AND SHALL THE DEDICATED REVENUES RECEIVED FROM THE CITY OF CAÑON CITY AND ANY EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF SUCH REVENUES AND THE PROCEEDS OF THE BONDS CONSTITUTE A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION?
Elected Federal Offices
Presidential Electors (Vote for One Pair)
Kamala D. Harris / Tim Walz || Democratic
Donald J. Trump / JD Vance || Republican
Blake Huber / Andrea Denault || Approval Voting
Chase Russell Oliver / Mike ter Maat || Libertarian
Jill Stein / Rudolph Ware|| Green
Randall Terry / Stephen E Broden || American Constitution
Cornel West / Melina Abdullah || Unity
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. / Nicole Shanahan || Unaffiliated
Write-In:____________
Representative to the 119th United States Congress - District 7 (Vote for One)
Brittany Petersen|| Democratic
Sergei Matveyuk || Republican
Patrick Bohan || Libertarian
Ron Tupa || Unity
State Offices
Regent of the University of Colorado - At Large (Vote for One)
Eric Rinard || Republican
Elliott Hood || Democratic
Thomas Reasoner || Approval Voting
T.J. Cole || Unity
State Representative - District 60 (Vote for One)
Kathryn Green || Democratic
Stephanie Luck || Republican
District Attorney - 11th Judicial District (Vote for One)
Lindsey D. Jeffrey || Republican
County Offices
Fremont County Commissioner - District 1 (Vote for One)
Kevin Gratham || Republican
Fremont County Commissioner - District 3 (Vote for One)
Liane "Buffie" McFayden|| Democratic
Dwayne McFall || Republican
Town of Rockvale Mayor
Justin Hart
Shelby Mehring (Swift)
Rockvale Board of Trustees
Paula K. Walker
Brandon Mehring
Wendell W. Helton
Judicial Retention Questions
Colorado Supreme Court Justice (Vote Yes or No)
Shall Justice Maria E. Berkenkotter of the Colorado Supreme Court be retained in office?
Shall Justice Brian D. Boatright of the Colorado Supreme Court be retained in office?
Shall Justice Monica M. Márquez of the Colorado Supreme Court be retained in office?
Colorado Court of Appeals Judge (Vote YES or NO)
Shall Judge Stephanie Dunn of the Colorado Court of Appeals be retained in office?
Shall Judge Jerry N. Jones of the Colorado Court of Appeals be retained in office?
Shall Judge W. Eric Kuhn of the Colorado Court of Appeals be retained in office?
Shall Judge Gilbert M. Román of the Colorado Court of Appeals be retained in office?
Shall Judge Timothy J. Schutz of the Colorado Court of Appeals be retained in office?
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Local towing company received at least double the number of calls during winter weather
A local towing company has received at least double the amount of phone calls Monday because of the winter storm.
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