Key Dates and Deadlines

Mon, Oct. 17: First Ballots Mailed Out to Colorado Voters & Ballot Drop-offs Open
*See County Clerk's Office for locations
Mon, Oct. 31: Last Day to Register to Vote and Receive a Mailed Ballot
Mon, Oct. 31: Last Day to Mail a Ballot to meet Election Day deadline
Tues, Nov. 8: Election Day - Ballots Due by 7:00 p.m.
Wed, Nov. 16: Military/Overseas Ballot Due Delivered by Date
Fri, Nov. 18: Deadline for Counties to Tabulate All Ballots
Thu, Dec. 15: Last Day to Complete a Recount

What's on your ballot and drop-off locations

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Frequently Asked Questions

Colorado Voter ID Requirements

All voters who vote at the polls must provide identification. If you are voting by mail for the first time, you may also need to provide a photocopy of your identification when you return your mail ballot.

The following documents are acceptable forms of identification:

• A valid Colorado driver’s license or valid identification card issued by the Colorado Department of Revenue. (Note: documents issued to not lawfully present and temporarily lawfully present individuals under Part 5 of Article 2 of Title 42, C.R.S. are not acceptable forms of identification.)
• A valid U.S. passport.
• A valid employee identification card with a photograph of the eligible elector issued by any branch, department, agency, or entity of the U.S. government or of Colorado, or by any county, municipality, board, authority, or other political subdivision of Colorado.
• A valid pilot’s license issued by the federal aviation administration or other authorized agency of the U.S.
• A valid U.S. military identification card with a photograph of the eligible elector.
• A copy of a current (within the last 60 days) utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other government document that shows the name and address of the elector.
• A Certificate of Degree of Indian or Alaskan Native Blood.
• A valid Medicare or Medicaid card issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
• A certified copy of a U.S. birth certificate for the elector.
• Certified documentation of naturalization.
• A valid student identification card with a photograph of the eligible elector issued by an institute of higher education in Colorado, as defined in section 23-3.1-102(5), C.R.S..
• A valid veteran identification card issued by the U.S. department of veterans affairs veterans health administration with a photograph of the eligible elector.
• A valid identification card issued by a federally recognized tribal government certifying tribal membership.

Any form of identification listed above that shows your address must show a Colorado address to qualify as an acceptable form of identification.
The following documents are also considered acceptable forms of identification for voting:

• Verification that a voter is a resident of a group residential facility, as defined in section 1-1-104(18.5), C.R.S.
• Verification that a voter is a person committed to the department of human services and confined and eligible to register and vote shall be considered sufficient identification of such person for the purposes of section 1-2-210.5, C.R.S.
• Written correspondence from the county sheriff or his or her designee to the county clerk indicating that a voter is confined in a county jail or detention facility.

The following are NOT acceptable forms of identification:

• A driver’s license or identification card issued to not lawfully present and temporarily lawfully present individuals under Part 5 of Article 2 of Title 42, C.R.S.
• Any document produced by Colorado’s statewide voter registration system.

Statewide Ballot Issues

Questions or Issues:
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.

State Ballot Measures

Amendment D (CONSTITUTIONAL) New 23rd Judicial District Judges (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning judges of the newly created twenty-third judicial district, and, in connection therewith, directing the governor to designate judges from the eighteenth judicial district to serve the remainder of their terms in the twenty-third judicial district and requiring a judge so designated to establish residency within the twenty-third judicial district?

Amendment E (CONSTITUTIONAL) Extend Homestead Exemption to Gold Star Spouses (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning the extension of the property tax exemption for qualifying seniors and disabled veterans to the surviving spouse of a United States armed forces service member who died in the line of duty or veteran whose death resulted from a service-related injury or disease?

Amendment F (CONSTITUTIONAL) Changes to Charitable Gaming Operations (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning the conduct of charitable gaming activities, and, in connection therewith, allowing managers and operators to be paid and repealing the required period of a charitable organization’s continuous existence before obtaining a charitable gaming license?

Proposition FF (STATUTORY) Healthy School Meals for All (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED $100,727,820 ANNUALLY BY A CHANGE TO THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES THAT, TO SUPPORT HEALTHY MEALS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS, INCREASES STATE TAXABLE INCOME ONLY FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE FEDERAL TAXABLE INCOME OF $300,000 OR MORE BY LIMITING ITEMIZED OR STANDARD STATE INCOME TAX DEDUCTIONS TO $12,000 FOR SINGLE TAX RETURN FILERS AND $16,000 FOR JOINT TAX RETURN FILERS, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, CREATING THE HEALTHY SCHOOL MEALS FOR ALL PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FREE SCHOOL MEALS TO STUDENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS; PROVIDING GRANTS FOR PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS TO PURCHASE COLORADO GROWN, RAISED, OR PROCESSED PRODUCTS, TO INCREASE WAGES OR PROVIDE STIPENDS FOR EMPLOYEES WHO PREPARE AND SERVE SCHOOL MEALS, AND TO CREATE PARENT AND STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEES TO PROVIDE ADVICE TO ENSURE SCHOOL MEALS ARE HEALTHY AND APPEALING TO ALL STUDENTS; AND CREATING A PROGRAM TO ASSIST IN PROMOTING COLORADO FOOD PRODUCTS AND PREPARING SCHOOL MEALS USING BASIC NUTRITIOUS INGREDIENTS WITH MINIMAL RELIANCE ON PROCESSED PRODUCTS?

Read News5's analysis of the issue of school meals

Proposition GG (STATUTORY) Add Tax Information to Petitions and Ballots (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes requiring that the ballot title and fiscal summary for any ballot initiative that increases or decreases state income tax rates include a table showing the average tax change for tax filers in different income categories?

Proposition 121 (STATUTORY) State Income Tax Rate Reduction (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes reducing the state income tax rate from 4.55% to 4.40%?

Proposition 122 (STATUTORY) Access to Natural Psychedelic Substances (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning legal regulated access to natural medicine for persons 21 years of age or older, and, in connection therewith, defining natural medicine as certain plants or fungi that affect a person’s mental health and are controlled substances under state law; establishing a natural medicine regulated access program for supervised care, and requiring the department of regulatory agencies to implement the program and comprehensively regulate natural medicine to protect public health and safety; creating an advisory board to advise the department as to the implementation of the program; granting a local government limited authority to regulate the time, place, and manner of providing natural medicine services; allowing limited personal possession, use, and uncompensated sharing of natural medicine; providing specified protections under state law, including criminal and civil immunity, for authorized providers and users of natural medicine; and, in limited circumstances, allowing the retroactive removal and reduction of criminal penalties related to the possession, use, and sale of natural medicine?

Read News5's breakdown of the issue of the Natural Medicine Health Act

Proposition 123 (STATUTORY) Dedicate Revenue for Affordable Housing Programs (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning statewide funding for additional affordable housing, and, in connection therewith, dedicating state revenues collected from an existing tax of one-tenth of one percent on federal taxable income of every individual, estate, trust, and corporation, as defined in law, for affordable housing and exempting the dedicated revenues from the constitutional limitation on state fiscal year spending; allocating 60% of the dedicated revenues to affordable housing financing programs that will reduce rents, purchase land for affordable housing development, and build assets for renters; allocating 40% of the dedicated revenues to programs that support affordable home ownership, serve persons experiencing homelessness, and support local planning capacity; requiring local governments that seek additional affordable housing funding to expedite development approvals for affordable housing projects and commit to increasing the number of affordable housing units by 3% annually; and specifying that the dedicated revenues shall not supplant existing appropriations for affordable housing programs?

Read News5's analysis of the affordable housing issue

Proposition 124 (STATUTORY) Increase Allowable Liquor Store Locations (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning increasing the number of retail liquor store licenses in which a person may hold an interest, and, in connection therewith, phasing in the increase by allowing up to 8 licenses by December 31, 2026, up to 13 licenses by December 31, 2031, up to 20 licenses by December 31, 2036, and an unlimited number of licenses on or after January 1, 2037?

Read News5's analysis of Proposition 124

Proposition 125 (STATUTORY) Allow Grocery and Convenience Stores to Sell Wine (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning the expansion of retail sale of alcohol beverages, and, in connection therewith, establishing a new fermented malt beverage and wine retailer license for off-site consumption to allow grocery stores, convenience stores, and other business establishments licensed to sell fermented malt beverages, such as beer, for off-site consumption to also sell wine; automatically converting such a fermented malt beverage retailer license to the new license; and allowing fermented malt beverage and wine retailer licensees to conduct tastings if approved by the local licensing authority?

Read News5's analysis of Proposition 125

Proposition 126 (STATUTORY) Third-Party Delivery of Alcohol Beverages (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning authorization for the third-party delivery of alcohol beverages, and, in connection therewith, allowing retail establishments licensed to sell alcohol beverages for on-site or off-site consumption to deliver all types of alcohol beverages to a person twenty-one years of age or older through a third-party delivery service that obtains a delivery service permit; prohibiting the delivery of alcohol beverages to a person who is under 21 years of age, is intoxicated, or fails to provide proof of identification; removing the limit on the percentage of gross sales revenues a licensee may receive from alcohol beverage deliveries; and allowing a technology services company, without obtaining a third-party delivery service permit, to provide software or a digital network application that connects consumers and licensed retailers for the delivery of alcohol beverages?

Click here for a further breakdown of the issues in the Colorado Blue Book

Local Issues

City of Colorado Springs Ballot Question 300 (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
Shall the ordinances of the City of Colorado Springs be amended to:

• Authorize the regulation of retail/recreational marijuana establishments in the same manner as medical marijuana; 
• Repeal the prohibition against retail/recreational establishments; and   
• Authorize medical marijuana establishments to also be licensed as retail/recreational marijuana establishments without raising the cap on the number of locations set forth in City Code §2.2.104?

City of Colorado Springs Ballot Issue 301 (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
SHALL CITY TAXES BE INCREASED $5,600,000 ANNUALLY BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2023, AND BY WHATEVER AMOUNTS ARE RAISED IN YEARS THEREAFTER, BY INCREASING THE RATE OF SALES TAX ON THE SALES OF RETAIL/RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA WITHIN THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS BY A RATE OF 5%, SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAMS, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER TREATMENT PROGRAMS FOR VETERANS; AND SHALL THE CITY BE PERMITTED TO COLLECT, RETAIN AND SPEND ALL REVENUES DERIVED THEREFROM AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE AND EXCEPTION TO ANY CONSTITUTIONAL, STATUTORY AND CITY CHARTER REVENUE AND SPENDING LIMITATIONS WHICH MAY OTHERWISE APPLY?

Read News5's coverage on the recreational marijuana ballot issues

City of Cañon City Issue #2A (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
Shall Article III, Section 5 of the City of Cañon City Charter be amended so that the language regarding City Council meetings is consistent with the Colorado Open Meetings Law?

City of Cañon City Issue #2B (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
Shall Article V, Section 5 of the City of Cañon City Charter be amended to clarify and ensure the Charter is compliant with state and federal law governing City employees and their employment?

City of Cañon City Issue #2C (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
Shall Article XIV, Section 1 of the City of Cañon City Charter be amended to permit the City to accept land to be used as parks or playgrounds with approval by ordinance of Council after a duly noticed public hearing?

City of Cañon City Issue #2D (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
Shall Article XV, Section 3 of the City of Cañon City Charter be amended to permit the Municipal Court to impose fines and imprisonment in accordance with Colorado law and to remove reference to the City jail?

City of Cripple Creek Ballot Issue 2A (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
SHALL THE CITY OF CRIPPLE CREEK SALES TAX BE INCREASED BY AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT BETWEEN $300,000 AND $900,000 (FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR DOLLAR INCREASE) AND BY WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY IN EACH SUBSEQUENT YEAR THROUGH AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 4-4-40 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF CRIPPLE CREEK PROVIDING FOR AN INCREASE IN THE RATE OF THE CITY'S SALES TAX BY A 1 CENT PER DOLLAR, OR 1%, FROM THE CURRENT 2% RATE TO 3%, (TAX INCREASE DOES NOT APPLY TO FOOD PURCHASED FOR CONSUMPTION AT HOME) COMMENCING ON JANUARY 1, 2023, AND SHALL THE PROCEEDS OF SUCH TAX AND INVESTMENT INCOME THEREON CONSTITUTE VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGES AND BE COLLECTED AND SPENT BY THE CITY WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY EXPENDITURE, REVENUE-RAISING, OR OTHER LIMITATION CONTAINED IN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION?

City of Cripple Creek Ballot Issue 2B (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
SHALL THE CITY OF CRIPPLE CREEK TAXES BE INCREASED BY AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT BETWEEN $100,000 AND $1,000,000 IN 2023 (THE FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR) AND WHATEVER AMOUNTS MAY BE COLLECTED IN FUTURE YEARS BY IMPOSING AN EXCISE TAX OF FIVE PERCENT (5%) ON THE FIRST SALE OR TRANSFER OF UNPROCESSED RETAIL MARIJUANA WITH TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT (25%) OF REVENUES TO BE USED TO PROMOTE DESTINATION MARKETING FOR THE CITY, AND BY ALSO IMPOSING AN ADDITIONAL SALES TAX OF UP TO EIGHTEEN PERCENT (18%) ON THE SALE OF RETAIL MARIJUANA AND RETAIL MARIJUANA PRODUCTS AND BY ALSO IMPOSING AN ADDITIONAL OCCUPATIONAL TAX OF UP TO FIVE DOLLARS ($5.00) PER TRANSACTION ON THE PRICE PAID FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA AND MEDICAL MARIJUANA PRODUCTS AS THE LAW PERMITS AS WELL AS ALL RETAIL MARIJUANA AND RETAIL MARIJUANA PRODUCTS IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER CITY TAX AND ANY OTHER STATE TAX IMPOSED ON SUCH SALES OF MARIJUANA AND MARIJUANA PRODUCTS, AND SHALL ALL REVENUES GENERATED BY THESE TAXES BE USED FOR GENERAL PURPOSES OF THE CITY (UNLESS OTHERWISE DESIGNATED) AND SHALL THE PROCEEDS OF SUCH TAXES AND INVESTMENT INCOME THEREON CONSTITUTE VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGES AND BE COLLECTED AND SPENT BY THE CITY WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY EXPENDITURE, REVENUE-RAISING, OR OTHER LIMITATION CONTAINED IN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION?

City of Cripple Creek Ballot Issue 2C (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
Shall the municipal code of the City of Cripple Creek, Colorado be amended to permit and license regulated marijuana facilities within the city, provided that the proposed occupation, excise, and sales taxes on marijuana are also concurrently passed at the general election?

Divide Fire Protection District Ballot Issue 6A (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
SHALL DIVIDE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT TAXES BE INCREASED $361,785 (FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR DOLLAR INCREASE) ANNUALLY, BEGINNING IN LEVY YEAR 2022 (FOR COLLECTION IN CALENDAR YEAR 2023) BY INCREASING THE DISTRICT'S EXISTING PROPERTY TAX BY 4.75 MILLS, TO ENABLE THE DISTRICT TO CONTINUE PROVIDING CRITICAL FIRE, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, RESCUE AND OTHER EMERGENCY AND NON-EMERGENCY SUPPORT SERVICES TO ITS FAST-GROWING COMMUNITIES, AND SHALL ALL REVENUE AND ANY EARNINGS ON THIS TAX CONSTITUTE A PERMANENT VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION AND AN EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 29-1-301 OF THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES, AND ANY OTHER LAW?

City of Fountain Ballot Issue 2B (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
SHALL CITY OF FOUNTAIN TAXES BE INCREASED BY AN ESTIMATED $1.7 MILLION ANNUALLY BY INCREASING THE CITY’S EXISTING PROPERTY TAX BY 6.1 MILLS TO BE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY BY HIRING SIX (6) ADDITIONAL FIREFIGHTER/EMT PERSONNEL AND SIX (6) ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICERS, TO:

• –STAFF AN ADDITIONAL FIRE STATION AND OPERATE AN ADDITIONAL AMBULANCE;
• –IMPROVE COMMUNITY RESPONSE TIMES, SUSTAIN CURRENT STAFFING LEVELS, AND INCREASE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT;
• –EXPAND SCHOOL SAFETY PROGRAMS AND INVESTIGATIONS INTO SEX TRAFFICKING AND PREVENT CHILD SEX CRIMES;

AND TO BE USED TO ENHANCE ALL EXISTING FIRST RESPONDER SAFETY, TO IMPROVE RECRUITMENT, RETENTION AND TRAINING, AND TO SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS;

AND SHALL THE REVENUE RAISED BY SUCH MILL LEVY INCREASE TO BE COLLECTED AND SPENT BY THE CITY CONSTITUTE A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE AND AN EXCEPTION TO AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REVENUE AND SPENDING LIMITS OF ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?

Town of Hartman Ballot Issue 2A (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
WITHOUT CREATING ANY NEW TAX OR INCREASING ANY CURRENT TAXES, SHALL THE TOWN OF HARTMAN, COLORADO BE PERMITTED TO RETAIN AND SPEND THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE TOWN TAXES, GRANTS AND ALL OTHER REVENUE COLLECTED FROM ALL SOURCES, INCLUDING ALL REVENUE RECEIVED IN 2023 AND EACH SUBSEQUENT YEAR, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY REVENUE OR EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS, INCLUDING THOSE CONTAINED IN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION?

City of Lamar Ballot Question 300 (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
Shall the City Charter of the City of Lamar be amended to include a new Section XV for purposes of prohibiting and penalizing within the Lamar city limits the issuance of a business license to and for the operation of any marijuana establishments, marijuana cultivation facilities, marijuana product manufacturing facilities, marijuana testing facilities, and retail or wholesale marijuana stores; and prohibiting and penalizing any person or entity that possesses, displays, purchases, transports, transfers, stores, warehouses, cultivates, sells or distributes to another, more than one ounce of marijuana for personal use; and prohibiting and penalizing any person under the age of twenty-one who possesses, uses, displays, purchases, transports, transfers, stores, warehouses, cultivates, sells or distributes to another, any amount of marijuana or marijuana accessories; and prohibiting and penalizing any person or entity that openly and in a public place uses for any purposes, consumes, ingests, displays, possesses, transfers, distributes or sells marijuana to another?

Read News5's coverage on the marijuana issue in Lamar

Town of Monument Ballot Question 2A (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
Shall the proposed charter, as drafted by the Town of Monument Home Rule Charter Commission, be adopted as the Home Rule Charter for the Town of Monument?

Town of Palmer Lake Ballot Issue 2C (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
SHALL THE TOWN OF PALMER LAKE TAXES BE INCREASED BY NOT MORE THAN $1,343,000 IN TAX COLLECTION YEAR 2023 AND BY WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE GENERATED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER BY INCREASING THE GENERAL OPERATING MILL LEVY FOR GENERAL MUNICIPAL PURPOSES BY 15 MILLS FROM THE CURRENT 11.238 MILLS NOT TO EXCEED 26.238 MILLS IF BALLOT QUESTION RELATING TO OPERATION OF RETAIL MARIJUANA PASSES, OR BY 30 MILLS NOT TO EXCEED 41.238 MILLS IF SUCH BALLOT QUESTION DOES NOT PASS?

Town of Palmer Lake Ballot Issue 2D (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
Shall the Town of Palmer Lake enact an ordinance permitting operation of not more than two (2) regulated retail marijuana stores in existing marijuana business locations within the Town?

Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority Ballot Issue 7A (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
WITHOUT INCREASING TAXES, SHALL THE EXISTING 0.55% (FIFTY-FIVE ONE-HUNDREDTHS OF ONE PENNY PER DOLLAR) PIKES PEAK RURAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY'S (PPRTA) SALES AND USE TAX, WHICH SUNSETS ON DECEMBER 31, 2024, BE EXTENDED TO SUNSET DECEMBER 31, 2034 FOR THE PURPOSED OF FUNDING REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS (100% OF NE REVENUE) AS SPECIFIED IN THE FOLLOWING VOTER-APPROVED LIST OF SPECIFIC REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTS AS HEREBY AMENDED:

*visit the following links for details on the Priority A and Priority B projects
Description of Proposed Projects (City of Colorado Springs website)
Proposed Projects Map (City of Colorado Springs website)

WITH PRIORITY "A" PROJECTS BEING COMPLETELY FUNDED PRIOR TO USE OF FUNDING ON PRIORITY "B" PROJECTS, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT PRIORITY "A" PROJECTS SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO BE COMPLETELY FUNDED PRIOR TO USE OF FUNDING ON PRIORITY "B" PROJECTS FOR THE PROJECTS LISTED ABOVE IN THE EVENT THAT ANY PROJECTS ARE PROHIBITED DUE TO STATE OR FEDERAL LAW OR REGULATIONS, ACTS OF OR FAILURES TO TAKE ACTION BY JUDICIAL, LEGISLATIVE, OR REGULATORY AUTHORITIES, OR OTHER FORCE MAJEURE EVENTS, AND WITH NO MORE THAN 1% OF THE TOTAL REVENUE TO BE EXPENDED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, WHICH EXTENSION CONSTITUTES NO CHANGE FROM THAT APPROVED BY THE VOTERS AT THE NOVEMBER 2, 2004 AND NOVEMBER 6, 2012 GENERAL ELECTIONS EXCEPT AN EXTENSION FROM THE EXPIRATION DATE OF THE SALES AND USE TAX FOR THE PURPOSES OF FUNDING REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND IDENTIFICATION OF PRIORITY "A" AND "B" PROJECT LISTS TO BE FUNDED DURING THE EXTENSION PERIOD, WITH ALL REVENUES FROM SUCH TAX AND OTHER REVENUES OF PPRTA BEING COLLECTED AND SPENT EACH YEAR WITHOUT LIMITATION BY THE REVENUE AND SPENDING LIMITS OF ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION?

City of Pueblo Ballot Question 2A Expand Local Broadband Services (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
Without increasing taxes, shall the City of Pueblo have the authority to provide, or to facilitate or partner or coordinate with service providers for the provision of, "Advanced (High-Speed Internet) Service," "Cable Television Service," and "Telecommunication Service," either directly, indirectly, or by contract, to residential, commercial, nonprofit, government or other subscribers and to acquire, operate and maintain any facility for the purpose of providing such services, restoring local authority and flexibility that was removed by Title 29, Article 27, Part 1 of the Colorado Revised Statutes?

City of Pueblo Ballot Issue 2B Extension of the Public Safety Sales Tax for 5 Years (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
WITHOUT RAISING ADDITIONAL TAXES, SHALL THE EXISTING ONE-FIFTH PERCENT (.2% ) CITY SALES AND USE TAX RATE FOR POLICE PERSONNEL AND OPERATING NEEDS BE EXTENDED FOR A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD FROM ITS CURRENT EXPIRATION OF DECEMBER 31, 2022 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2027 BY ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 10260, THE REVENUES THEREFROM TO BE SPENT TOGETHER WITH ALL INVESTMENT INCOME THEREON, INCLUDING INTEREST AND PENALTIES WITH RESPECT THEREOF, AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE AND AN EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITS WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE APPLY PURSUANT TO ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW, PROVIDING FOR THE DEPOSIT OF SUCH REVENUES INTO THE EXISTING "SALES AND USE TAX POLICE FUND" TO BE SPENT SOLELY FOR POLICE PERSONNEL AND OPERATING NEEDS, AND FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE EXPENDITURE OF SUCH REVENUES FOR POLICE PERSONNEL AND OPERATING NEEDS IS A PUBLIC PURPOSE AND MUNICIPAL FUNCTION?

Pueblo County Ballot Question 1A (Vote Yes or No)
Shall the term limits for the Assessor, Clerk and Recorder, Treasurer, and County Commissioners of Pueblo County, Colorado be limited to no more than three consecutive terms, this limitation being applicable for terms of office beginning on or after January 1, 2023?

Pueblo County Ballot Question 1B (Vote Yes or No)
Without increasing taxes, shall Pueblo County be authorized to provide telecommunications services, high-speed Internet services (advanced services), and/or cable television services to residents, businesses, schools, libraries, nonprofit entities and other users of such services, either directly or indirectly with public or private sector partners, as expressly permitted by §§ 29-27-101 to 304, "Competition in Utility and Entertainment Services," of the Colorado Revised Statutes?

PUEBLO WEST METROPOLITAN DISTRICT BALLOT ISSUE 6C (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
SHALL PUEBLO WEST METROPOLITAN DISTRICT TAXES BE INCREASED UP TO $5 MILLION ANNUALLY IN THE FIRST FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING ON JANUARY 1, 2023, AND BY SUCH AMOUNTS AS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, BY LEVYING A TEMPORARY 1 PERCENT SALES TAX (ONE PENNY ON A ONE DOLLAR PURCHASE) FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAINTAINING, REPAIRING, AND IMPROVING ROADS AND BRIDGES, AS WELL AS ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE AND STORMWATER FEATURES AND FACILITIES, EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PUEBLO WEST METROPOLITAN DISTRICT THAT SHALL:

• ALLOW PUEBLO COUNTY TO ASSUME THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR PUEBLO WEST ROAD MAINTENANCE, ·BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2023;
• ENSURE THAT THESE SALES TAX PROCEEDS COLLECTED MUST BE SPENT BY PUEBLO COUNTY ON ROAD ·MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS IN PUEBLO WEST METROPOLITAN DISTRICT;
• SUNSET TEN YEARS AFTER ITS IMPLEMENTATION, WITH TAX PROCEEDS DEDICATED SOLELY TO PAY THE ·COSTS OF THE MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND IMPROVEMENT OF ROADS, BRIDGES AND ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE AND STORMWATER DRAINAGE FEATURES AND FACILITIES IN PUEBLO WEST METROPOLITAN DISTRICT AND FOR NO OTHER PURPOSE;
• PROVIDE THAT PUEBLO COUNTY SHALL HAVE SUCH MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITIES AS ARE REQUIRED BY ·LAW;
• CREATE AN INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE COMPOSED OF DISTRICT RESIDENTS TO ENSURE ·ACCOUNTABILITY AND ANNUALLY REVIEW AND REPORT TO THE PUBLIC ON THE USE OF THE REVENUES COLLECTED;

AND SHALL THE TAX REVENUES GENERATED BY THE SALES TAX INCREASE CONSTITUTE A VOTER- APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE THAT MAY BE COLLECTED, RETAINED, AND SPENT WITHOUT STATUTORY OR CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATION OR CONDITION INCLUDING ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW AND BE IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER TAXES LEVIED BY THE DISTRICT?

PUEBLO WEST METROPOLITAN DISTRICT BALLOT ISSUE 6D (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
WITHOUT IMPOSING ANY NEW TAX OR INCREASING THE RATE OF ANY EXISTING TAX, SHALL THE PUEBLO WEST METROPOLITAN DISTRICT BE PERMITTED TO COLLECT, RETAIN AND SPEND SALES TAX REVENUE IN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF $5,000,000 IN 2023, AND BY WHATEVER AMOUNTS ARE COLLECTED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER BY THE IMPOSITION OF THE 1% SALES TAX APPROVED BY THE VOTERS IN NOVEMBER 2020, WHICH TAX SHALL EXPIRE ON DECEMBER 31, 2030, TO BE USED FOR THE PURPOSES APPROVED IN 2020 AS WELL AS:

• STAFFING DISTRICT FIRE STATIONS; AND
• CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL FIRE STATIONS IN PUEBLO WEST

AND SHALL THE DISTRICT BE PERMITTED TO COLLECT, RETAIN AND SPEND ANY REVENUES RECEIVED IN 2021 AND 2022 AS A RESULT OF THE IMPOSITION OF SUCH TAX, AND WITH SUCH REVENUES TO BE COLLECTED, RETAINED OR SPENT AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE AND AN EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITS WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE APPLY UNDER SECTION 20 OF ARTICLE X OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW.

Town of Sugar City Ballot Issue 2A Marijuana Tax (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
SHALL THE TOWN OF SUGAR CITY'S MARIJUANA TAXES BE INCREASED ANNUALLY BY FIVE PERCENT COMMENCING IN 2023, AND BY WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER FROM A FIVE PERCENT SALES TAX ON MARIJUANA AND MARIJUANA PRODUCTS AND SHALL THE TOWN OF SUGAR CITY BE AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT, RETAIN, AND SPEND ALL REVENUE GENERATED BY SUCH TAX IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITATION PROVIDED IN SECTION 20 OF ARTICLE X OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE?

Town of Sugar City Ballot Issue 2B Sales Tax (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
SHALL THE TOWN OF SUGAR CITY'S TAXES BE INCREASED ANNUALLY BY TWO PERCENT COMMENCING IN 2023, AND BY WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER FROM A TWO PERCENT SALES TAX (EXCEPT FOR CERTAIN PREPARED FOODS AND FOODS FOR IMMEDIATE CONSUMPTION TO WHICH A TWO PERCENT SALES TAX SHALL APPLY), AND SHALL THE TOWN OF SUGAR CITY BE AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT, RETAIN, AND SPEND ALL REVENUE GENERATED BY SUCH TAX IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITATION PROVIDED IN SECTION 20 OF ARTICLE X OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE?

School District Ballot Measures

BALLOT ISSUE #5A: FREMONT SCHOOL DISTRICT RE-2 BONDS (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
SHALL FREMONT SCHOOL DISTRICT RE-2 DEBT BE INCREASED UP TO $25 MILLION WITH A REPAYMENT COST OF UP TO $46.5 MILLION, AND WITHOUT IMPOSING A NEW TAX SHALL ANNUAL BOND REDEMPTION TAXES APPROVED BY DISTRICT VOTERS IN 2003 BE EXTENDED TO PAY SUCH NEW DEBT INCURRED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACQUIRING, CONSTRUCTING, REPAIRING AND IMPROVING DISTRICT CAPITAL ASSETS INCLUDING, AMONG OTHER THINGS: - PENROSE ELEMENTARY: SECURITY AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AT THE FRONT ENTRANCE AND INTERIOR CLASSROOMS, AND AN ADA RAMP INTO THE CAFETERIA AND GYMNASIUM FOR IMPROVED ACCESS; - FREMONT ELEMENTARY: SECURITY AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AT THE FRONT ENTRANCE, A NEW ATTACHED MULTI-PURPOSE CAFETERIA, AND NEW PARENT/BUS DROP-OFF/PICK-UP AREAS; AND - FLORENCE JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL: SECURITY AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AT THE FRONT ENTRANCE, AN ADDITIONAL AUXILIARY GYM/LOCKER ROOMS, AND INSTRUCTIONAL SPACE IMPROVEMENTS TO EXPAND CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION LEARNING AREAS; THROUGH ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS WHICH SHALL BEAR INTEREST, MATURE, BE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION, WITH OR WITHOUT PREMIUM, AND BE ISSUED AT SUCH TIME, AT SUCH PRICE (AT, ABOVE OR BELOW PAR) AND IN SUCH MANNER AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS, NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THIS BALLOT ISSUE, AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY DETERMINE; AND SHALL AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAXES BE LEVIED WITHOUT LIMIT AS TO THE MILL RATE BUT BY NOT MORE THAN $1.92 MILLION ANNUALLY, TO GENERATE AMOUNTS SUFFICIENT IN EACH YEAR TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON THE BONDS AND TO FUND ANY RESERVES FOR THE PAYMENT THEREOF?

Custer County School District C-1 Ballot Question 4A (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
The Board of Education of Custer County Schools at a regular meeting held on June 14, 2022, adopted a plan for eliminating the current director district plan of representation and replacing it with an at-large plan of representation. Such plan has been on file in the administrative office of the school district in accordance with law.

• For the proposed at-large plan of representation
• Against the proposed at-large plan of representation

Lewis-Palmer Consolidated School District No. 38 Ballot Issue (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
SHALL LEWIS-PALMER CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 38 TAXES BE INCREASED UP TO $5.6 MILLION COMMENCING IN COLLECTION YEAR 2023 AND BY SUCH AMOUNT AS IS PRODUCED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER BY THE IMPOSITION OF A PROPERTY TAX MILL LEVY OF NOT TO EXCEED 7.45 MILLS ANNUALLY TO BE DEPOSITED IN THE GENERAL FUND, PURSUANT TO AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 22-54-108, C.R.S., EXPRESSLY AND SOLELY FOR:

INCREASING COMPENSATION FOR TEACHERS AND NON-ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, INCLUDING MONUMENT ACADEMY; AND

SUCH EXPENDITURES WILL BE MONITORED BY A CITIZENS' FINANCIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHO REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY TO THE COMMUNITY?

Hanover School District 28 Ballot Issue 4B (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
WITHOUT IMPOSING ANY NEW TAX, SHALL HANOVER SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 28 DEBT BE INCREASED UP TO $13.8 MILLION, WITH A MAXIMUM TOTAL REPAYMENT COST OF NOT MORE THAN $25.125 MILLION; AND SHALL THE TAXES AUTHORIZED AT THE DISTRICT'S BOND ELECTION IN 2002 BE EXTENDED AND AUTHORIZED TO BE USED TO PAY THE DEBT AUTHORIZED AT THIS ELECTION IN ADDITION TO THE DEBT AUTHORIZED AT SUCH PRIOR ELECTION; FOR CAPITAL NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT INCLUDING:

• CONSTRUCTING, EQUIPPING AND EXPANDING THE DISTRICT'S CURRENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FACILITY;
• ACQUIRING, CONSTRUCTING, REPAIRING, RENOVATING AND EQUIPPING SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND OTHER SCHOOL FACILITIES TO FINANCE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AND OTHER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS; AND
• PROVIDING MATCHING MONEY FUNDS REQUIRED BY THE STATE FOR THE RECEIPT OF ANY STATE GRANTS UNDER THE BUILDING EXCELLENT SCHOOLS TODAY ("BEST") PROGRAM;

AND SHALL AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAXES BE LEVIED IN ANY YEAR AT A MILL LEVY RATE SUFFICIENT IN EACH YEAR TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON ANY SUCH DEBT OR ANY REFUNDING DEBT (OR TO CREATE A RESERVE FOR SUCH PAYMENT); AND MAY SUCH DEBT BE EVIDENCED BY THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OR OTHER MULTIPLE FISCAL YEAR OBLIGATIONS TO BE SOLD IN ONE SERIES OR MORE, FOR A PRICE ABOVE OR BELOW THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT THEREOF, ON TERMS AND CONDITIONS, AND WITH SUCH MATURITIES AS PERMITTED BY LAW AND AS THE DISTRICT MAY DETERMINE; AND SHALL THE DISTRICT'S DEBT LIMIT BE ESTABLISHED AT 6% OF THE ACTUAL VALUE OF THE DISTRICT'S TAXABLE PROPERTY TO PERMIT THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS?

Ellicott School District No. 22 Ballot Issue 4C (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
SHALL ELLICOTT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 22 TAXES BE INCREASED $592,000 ANNUALLY FOR BASIC EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, WHICH MONEYS SHALL BE USED TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS:

• PROPERLY FUND THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE OF SCHOOLS AND FACILITIES TO EXTEND THEIR USEFUL LIFE; AND
• MAINTAIN COMPETITIVE SALARIES AND WAGES FOR DISTRICT TEACHERS, TEACHER'S AIDES, BUS DRIVERS, CUSTODIANS, AND OTHER SUPPORT STAFF,

THROUGH A PROPERTY TAX OVERRIDE MILL LEVY TO BE IMPOSED AT A RATE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE THE AMOUNT SET FORTH ABOVE, TO BE DEPOSITED INTO THE GENERAL FUND OF THE DISTRICT, AND TO BE IN ADDITION TO THE PROPERTY TAXES THAT OTHERWISE WOULD BE LEVIED FOR THE GENERAL FUND?

Library District Ballot Measure

JOHN C. FREMONT LIBRARY DISTRICT BALLOT ISSUE NO. 6A: MILL LEVY INCREASE (Vote Yes/For or No/Against)
SHALL JOHN C. FREMONT LIBRARY DISTRICT TAXES BE INCREASED $393,546 ANNUALLY FOR COLLECTION BEGINNING IN 2023 (APPROXIMATELY $3.05 PER MONTH FOR EACH $150,000 OF ACTUAL RESIDENTIAL VALUE) AND BY SUCH AMOUNTS AS MAY BE GENERATED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER BY AN INCREASE IN THE MILL LEVY OF 3.50 MILLS, PROVIDED THAT THE TOTAL MILL LEVY MAY BE ADJUSTED TO OFFSET REVENUE LOSSES FROM CHANGES TO THE PERCENTAGE OF ACTUAL VALUATION USED TO DETERMINE ASSESSED VALUATION, IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN, EXPAND, AND IMPROVE DISTRICT SERVICES AND SAVE CAPITAL FUNDS FOR ACQUISITION OR CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF A LARGER FACILITY, AND SHALL ALL REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES BE COLLECTED, RETAINED AND SPENT AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE AND AN EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITS WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE APPLY UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER REVENUE LIMITATION OR RESTRICTION SET FORTH IN THE LAWS OF THE STATE, INCLUDING, C.R.S. SECTION 29-1-302?