County ballot
Adams County's local ballot, November 3, 2026
On the November 3, 2026 ballot
Local measures
16 local measures
- 3A, City of Aurora: Aurora sales tax for libraries, recreation centers and parks
- 3B, City of Aurora: Aurora public safety tax and bonds
- 3C, City of Aurora: Aurora sales tax for roads, bridges and traffic safety
- 3H, City of Northglenn: Northglenn Accommodations Tax Increase
- 4A, Westminster Public Schools: Westminster Public Schools asks to collect more of the property tax overrides voters approved in 1988, 2002 and 2018
- 5A, Bennett School District: Bennett School District Bonds for a New High School
- 6A, North Range Metropolitan District No. 3: Repeal of North Range Metropolitan District No. 3's Unused Borrowing Authority
- 6B, North Range Metropolitan District No. 3: North Range Metro District No. 3 Limit on Multi-Year Levy Pledges
- 6C, North Range Metropolitan District No. 3: Repealing the 2014 Capital Tax Authority in North Range Metropolitan District No. 3
- 6D, North Range Metropolitan District No. 3: Lower Operations Tax Cap for North Range Metropolitan District No. 3
- 6E, Adams County Fire Protection District: A 1% sales tax for the Adams County Fire Protection District, with no end date
- 7B, Central Colorado Water Conservancy District: Central Colorado Water Bonds for Water Rights and Storage
- 7C, Groundwater Management Subdistrict of the Central Colorado Water Conservancy District: Groundwater Subdistrict Levy Tied to Inflation
- 7D, Greater Brighton Fire Protection District: Greater Brighton Fire Revenue Limit Waiver
- 7F, Bennett Fire Protection District: Bennett Fire Sales Tax for Stations and Staffing
- 7G, Bennett Fire Protection District: Tax Limit Waiver With No End Date
Statewide measures on every Colorado ballot
- Amendment 81 (Initiative 95): Requiring law enforcement to notify Homeland Security after criminal charges
- Amendment 82 (Initiative 177): A constitutional right to purchase and sell natural gas
- Amendment 83 (Initiative 302): Creating a constitutional right to hunt, fish and take fish and wildlife
- Amendment 84 (Initiative 362): Requiring a signature and an identification number on returned mail ballots
- Amendment 85 (Initiative 234): Requiring ballot questions to be written in plain language
- Amendment 86 (Initiative 256): Congressional redistricting and changes to final maps
- Amendment 87 (Initiative 195): Replacing Colorado's single income tax rate with six graduated rates
- Proposition NN: Keeping revenue that would otherwise fund TABOR refunds
- Proposition 132 (Initiative 85): Increasing criminal penalties for fentanyl and certain synthetic opioids
- Proposition 133 (Initiative 108): Life without parole for human trafficking of a minor for sexual servitude
- Proposition 134 (Initiative 109): Designating school sports teams by biological sex
- Proposition 135 (Initiative 110): Prohibiting surgery on minors to alter biological sex characteristics
- Proposition 136 (Initiative 232): A 4.4 percent cap on the state income tax rate
- Proposition 137 (Initiative 308): Retaining sporting goods sales tax revenue for wildfire and conservation programs
Races
- Attorney General
- Governor / Lt. Governor
- RTD Board of Directors, District B
- RTD Board of Directors, District C
- RTD Board of Directors, District J
- RTD Board of Directors, District K
- RTD Board of Directors, District L
- Secretary of State
- State Board of Education, District 7
- State House of Representatives, District 24
- State House of Representatives, District 29
- State House of Representatives, District 31
- State House of Representatives, District 32
- State House of Representatives, District 33
- State House of Representatives, District 34
- State House of Representatives, District 35
- State House of Representatives, District 36
- State House of Representatives, District 48
- State House of Representatives, District 56
- State Senate, District 21
- State Senate, District 24
- State Senate, District 25
- State Treasurer
- University of Colorado Board of Regents, District 6
- University of Colorado Board of Regents, District 7
- US House of Representatives, District 4
- US House of Representatives, District 6
- US House of Representatives, District 7
- US House of Representatives, District 8
- US Senate
Judges on the ballot
- Judge Caryn A. Datz: retention in the Seventeenth Judicial District
- Judge Elizabeth L. Harris: retention on the Colorado Court of Appeals
- Judge Grant Sullivan: retention on the Colorado Court of Appeals
- Judge Jeffrey Dean Ruff: retention in the Seventeenth Judicial District
- Judge Karl L. Schock: retention on the Colorado Court of Appeals
- Judge Katharine E. Lum: retention on the Colorado Court of Appeals
- Judge Kelley R. Southerland: retention in the Seventeenth Judicial District
- Judge Lara M. Jimenez: retention on the Adams County Court
- Judge MaryAnn "Mariana" Vielma: retention on the Adams County Court
- Judge Pax Moultrie: retention on the Colorado Court of Appeals
- Judge Priscilla Loew: retention in the Seventeenth Judicial District
- Judge Rebecca Rankin Freyre: retention on the Colorado Court of Appeals
- Judge Sean Patrick Finn: retention in the Seventeenth Judicial District
- Justice William W. Hood III: retention on the Colorado Supreme Court
County clerk
- Clerk and Recorder
- Josh Zygielbaum
- Phone
- (720) 523-6500
- [email protected]
Where the local questions come from
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Key dates
- October 2 to October 9: county clerks mail ballots to active voters.
- October 12: drop boxes open.
- October 26: last suggested day to return a ballot by mail.
- From October 27: return your ballot to a drop box or vote center instead of mailing it.
- November 3, 2026, Election Day: ballots are due by 7:00 p.m.
Page updated September 29, 2026