Local measures are listed below. Last checked: September 28, 2026.
El Paso County's local ballot, November 3, 2026
Continues the existing 0.23% public safety sales and use tax to January 1, 2037, for specified law enforcement, jail and emergency response uses.
Raises the city's excise tax on tickets and admissions from 5 percent to 9.03 percent, $1,128,000 the first year.
Raises the town's use tax on construction materials and equipment from 2.0 percent to 3.5 percent, $2,272,500 a year.
A half-percent town sales tax for four years, $58,684 the first year, for the Old Town Marshal's Building.
$775 million of school district debt, up to $1.48 billion to repay, and up to $49.8 million a year in taxes.
$80 million of school district debt, up to $162 million to repay, and up to $8.8 million a year in taxes.
A 4-mill school district property tax, $231,788 the first year, for staff pay and benefits.
A 4.85-mill fire district property tax increase, $327,903 the first year, with no end date.
Adds a 0.333% sales and use tax with no end date and authorizes $580 million in debt for Colorado Connector passenger rail.
$497,646 a year in fire district taxes through collection year 2051 for new fire stations, and the 5.25 percent property tax limit waived in all future years.
10 local questions: 3 new tax or fee, 2 property tax increase, 2 school borrowing, 1 passenger rail tax and borrowing, 1 school tax increase, 1 tax extension.
Dollar figures are on each question's row and page and are not added here: the Front Range Passenger Rail District's question states figures for a district that crosses county lines.
I recommend a no vote on 1A, 2A, 2B, 3A, 4A, 4B, 4C, 6A, 7A and 7B.
District races
These districts touch the county. Your address determines which races apply to you. Check your official ballot.
US House of Representatives · 5, 4, 7
State Senate · 35, 9, 11
State House of Representatives · 56, 20, 21, 18, 15, 14, 17, 16, 22
University of Colorado Board of Regents · 7
State Board of Education · 7