County ballot
Arapahoe County's local ballot, November 3, 2026
On the November 3, 2026 ballot
Local measures
14 local measures
- 2A, City of Centennial: A one-cent increase in Centennial's city sales and use tax for streets, bridges and sidewalks
- 2B, City of Glendale: Glendale decides whether to grant Xcel Energy a utility franchise from 2028 through 2048
- 2C, City of Cherry Hills Village: Cherry Hills Village charter amendment declaring zoning and land use a local matter regardless of state mandates
- 2D, City of Sheridan: Sheridan sales and use tax increase of 0.50 percent for police, emergency response and other public safety, with no end date
- 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
- 3D, City of Aurora: Aurora city elections in even-numbered years
- 4A, Littleton Public Schools: Littleton Public Schools Property Tax Override to the State Limit
- 5A, Bennett School District: Bennett School District Bonds for a New High School
- 6A, The Hills at Cherry Creek Metropolitan District: The Hills at Cherry Creek Operations Tax Increase
- 7A, Front Range Passenger Rail District: A permanent 0.333% sales and use tax and up to $580 million in borrowing for Colorado Connector passenger rail
- 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 N
- Secretary of State
- State Board of Education, District 1
- State House of Representatives, District 3
- State House of Representatives, District 9
- State House of Representatives, District 36
- State House of Representatives, District 37
- State House of Representatives, District 38
- State House of Representatives, District 40
- State House of Representatives, District 41
- State House of Representatives, District 42
- State House of Representatives, District 56
- State House of Representatives, District 61
- State Senate, District 21
- State Senate, District 27
- State Senate, District 29
- State Senate, District 32
- State Treasurer
- University of Colorado Board of Regents, District 6
- US House of Representatives, District 1
- US House of Representatives, District 4
- US House of Representatives, District 6
- US Senate
Judges on the ballot
- Judge Cheryl Rowles-Stokes: retention on the Arapahoe County Court
- Judge Christina Marie Apostoli: retention on the Arapahoe County Court
- Judge Christine A. Washburn: retention in the Eighteenth Judicial District
- Judge Colleen Clark: retention on the Arapahoe County Court
- Judge Darren L. Vahle: retention in the Eighteenth Judicial District
- Judge David N. Karpel: retention in the Eighteenth Judicial District
- Judge Elizabeth L. Harris: retention on the Colorado Court of Appeals
- Judge Grant Sullivan: retention on the Colorado Court of Appeals
- Judge Jacob A. Edson: retention in the Eighteenth 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 LaQunya Latrese Baker-McKay: retention in the Eighteenth Judicial District
- Judge Michelle Ann Amico: retention in the Eighteenth Judicial District
- Judge Michelle Jones: retention in the Eighteenth Judicial District
- Judge Natalie G. Stricklin: retention in the Eighteenth Judicial District
- Judge Pax Moultrie: retention on the Colorado Court of Appeals
- Judge Rebecca Rankin Freyre: retention on the Colorado Court of Appeals
- Judge Thomas W. Henderson: retention in the Eighteenth Judicial District
- Justice William W. Hood III: retention on the Colorado Supreme Court
County clerk
- Clerk and Recorder
- Joan Lopez
- Phone
- (303) 795-4511
- [email protected]
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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