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Federal Offices
US Senate
Mark Baisley
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Colorado 4th Congressional District
Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (Incumbent)
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State Offices
Governor
Victor Marx
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Kevin Grantham
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Attorney General
Michael Allen
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Secretary of State
James Wiley
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State Senate District 35
State Senator Rod Pelton (Incumbent)
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State House District 56
State Representative Christopher Richardson (Incumbent)
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County Offices (in ballot order)
County Commissioner District 2
Ken Madsen
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County Clerk & Recorder
Rhonda Braun (Incumbent)
County Treasurer
Sheryl (Sherry) L. Hewlett (Incumbent)
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County Assessor
Susan Murphy (Incumbent)
County Sheriff
Tim Norton (Incumbent)
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Karl Szyszkoski
County Coroner
Todd Pederson
Ballot Measures
Fourteen statewide measures are on your Colorado ballot this November, and the ballot language isn't always easy to read (hence Amendment 85!). Here's each one in plain English, with the Elbert County Republicans' recommendation on how to vote. Ballots are due by 7 pm on November 3.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS – 55% TO PASS
AMENDMENT 81 – YES
Law Enforcement Reporting Requirements to Federal Authorities
Requires local police to notify federal authorities when someone they cannot confirm is lawfully present is charged with a violent crime or already has a felony conviction.
Vote yes: it closes loopholes, keeps dangerous criminals off the streets, and improves public safety in every Colorado community.
AMENDMENT 82 – YES
Right to Natural Gas
Adds a right to the state constitution letting Colorado homes and businesses keep buying natural gas for heating and cooking — and letting utilities keep selling it to them.
Adds a right to the state constitution letting Colorado homes and businesses keep buying natural gas for heating and cooking — and letting utilities keep selling it to them.
Vote yes: the choice of how you heat your home and cook your food stays yours, not something the state can take away later.
AMENDMENT 83 – YES
Constitutional Right to Hunt and Fish
Adds a right to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife by traditional methods, while the state keeps its authority to regulate for safety and sound conservation.
Vote yes: it protects hunting and fishing as a lasting part of life in Colorado, not something a future rule change can take away.
AMENDMENT 84 – YES
Mail Ballot Voter Identification
Requires voters to write the last four digits of their Social Security number or their driver's license number on the outside of a mail ballot, with a chance to fix mistakes before it is rejected.
Vote yes: a simple ID check on mail ballots means every county verifies voters the same way.
AMENDMENT 85 – YES
Plain Language Ballot Questions
Requires every state and local ballot question to be written in plain language at no higher than an 8th grade reading level.
Vote yes: voters can trust that what a ballot question says is what it actually means, instead of being buried in confusing legal wording.
AMENDMENT 86 – YES
Congressional Redistricting
Locks today's redistricting process into the constitution and adds safeguards — public meetings, court review, and a ban on maps drawn to favor one party — before any map can change.
Vote yes: it protects a fair, nonpartisan map-drawing process from being changed behind closed doors.
TWO KEY TAX-AND-SPEND MEASURES GOING AFTER YOUR TAX REFUND
AMENDMENT 87 – NO
Graduated Income Tax - 55% to pass
This measure should be titled a $2.7 billion a year tax increase. It replaces Colorado's flat income tax with a bracket system, with the steepest hikes starting above $1 million in income.
This measure should be titled a $2.7 billion a year tax increase. It replaces Colorado's flat income tax with a bracket system, with the steepest hikes starting above $1 million in income.
Vote no: keeping the one-rate rule stops lawmakers from quietly raising the rate on one group today and expanding it to more groups later.
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AMENDMENT 87 – Change in Income Tax Owed |
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| Income | Now | Proposed | Change |
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$25,000 or less
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$59 | $50 | -$9 |
| $25,001 – $50,000 | $751 | $632 | -$119 |
| $50,001 – $100,000 | $1,877 | $1,666 | -$210 |
| $100,001 – $200,000 | $4,126 | $3,828 | -$298 |
| $200,001 – $500,000 | $9,344 | $9,019 | -$325 |
| $500,001 – $1,000,000 | $19,288 | $18,963 | -$325 |
| $1,000,001 – $2,000,000 | $29,432 | $34,196 | +$4,764 |
| $2,000,001 | $41,196 | $55,110 | +$13,914 |
| Income categories use adjusted gross income reported to the IRS. Averages, per the state's fiscal analysis. | |||
PROPOSITION NN – NO
State Public K-12 Education Funding - Majority vote to pass
Permanently raises Colorado's TABOR spending cap so the state keeps more of your refund and spends it on K-12 increases for ten years — while student enrollment is projected to keep falling.
The school-funding promise does not last: after ten years lawmakers are no longer required to spend the money on education, but the higher cap stays for good.
Vote no: keep your refund coming back to you. Independent fiscal analysis shows only a portion of this money reliably reaches classrooms once it is folded into the general budget.
PROPOSITIONS – MAJORITY VOTE
PROPOSITION 132 – YES
Penalties for Fentanyl Crimes
Raises the felony classifications for making, selling, or possessing fentanyl and similar synthetic opioids, and requires treatment for certain offenders based on the amount involved.
Vote yes: it helps get dangerous fentanyl dealers off the streets and protects families from a drug that is killing Coloradans every day.
PROPOSITION 133 – YES
Penalties for Human Trafficking of a Minor
Expands trafficking of a minor for sexual servitude to cover anyone who trades anything of value to buy or arrange sexual activity with a child, and raises the penalty to life without parole.
Vote yes: anyone who exploits a child for sex should face the harshest possible punishment.
PROPOSITION 134 – YES
Male and Female Participation in School Sports
Requires K-12 and college teams to be designated male, female, or coeducational by biological sex, with an exception letting a girl join a boys' team when no girls' team exists.
Requires K-12 and college teams to be designated male, female, or coeducational by biological sex, with an exception letting a girl join a boys' team when no girls' team exists.
Vote yes: it protects fair competition in girls' sports by keeping teams organized around biological sex.
PROPOSITION 135 – YES
Prohibit Certain Surgeries on Minors
Bars health-care professionals from performing surgery on a minor to alter biological sex characteristics, and bars state funds, Medicaid, and insurance from paying for it.
Vote yes: it protects kids from irreversible surgery until they are adults old enough to make that decision for themselves.
PROPOSITION 136 – YES
Income Tax Rate Cap
Caps the state income tax rate at 4.4% of federal taxable income for individuals and corporations, so it cannot go higher without voters agreeing again.
Vote yes: it protects your paycheck and keeps the state from quietly raising taxes on families and employers.
PROPOSITION 137 – NO
Sporting Goods Sales Tax Revenue for Conservation
Lets the state keep and spend sporting-goods sales tax revenue — reducing your yearly TABOR refunds by up to $180 million.
Vote no: locking tax money to specific programs leaves less for other state needs like schools and roads — and less in your refund.