Local ballot measure
Extension of El Paso County's public safety sales and use tax to 2037
On the November 3, 2026 ballot
El Paso County Ballot Issue 1A
Who is asking
El Paso County
On the ballot in
- El Paso County ballot: 1A
The ballot question
WITHOUT RAISING ADDITIONAL TAXES, SHALL THE EXISTING 0.23% (TWENTY-THREE HUNDREDTHS OF ONE CENT) PUBLIC SAFETY SALES AND USE TAX BE EXTENDED TO JANUARY 1, 2037, WITH THE OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF REPORTING REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES ANNUALLY TO THE PUBLIC AT A BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HEARING, AND WITH ALL REVENUES GENERATED TO BE USED ONLY FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES: 1. CONTINUING LAW ENFORCEMENT NEEDS • HIRING, TRAINING AND EQUIPPING PATROL DEPUTIES, INVESTIGATORS AND CIVILIAN SUPPORT STAFF • CONDUCTING FIRE AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS • MAINTAINING AND REPAIRING COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND REPLACING IT AS IT BECOMES OBSOLETE OR WEARS OUT • PURCHASING AMMUNITION, FUEL AND OTHER OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING REPLACEMENT OF VEHICLES AS THEY WEAR OUT 2. CRIMINAL JUSTICE NEEDS • HIRING, EMPLOYING, TRAINING AND EQUIPPING DETENTION DEPUTIES, CIVILIAN DETENTION SECURITY PERSONNEL AND SUPPORT STAFF TO ASSURE ADEQUATE STAFFING TO MAINTAIN INMATE AND PERSONNEL SAFETY IN THE COUNTY JAIL • CONDUCTING CRIMINAL EXTRADITION • MAINTAINING AND REPAIRING VIDEO SURVEILLANCE AND VIDEO VISITATION SYSTEMS AND REPLACING THEM AS THEY BECOME OBSOLETE • PURCHASING OPERATIONAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES • ADDRESSING ADDITIONAL SECURITY, SAFETY, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE COSTS AT THE COUNTY JAIL 3. EMERGENCY RESPONSE NEEDS • HIRING, EMPLOYING AND TRAINING WILDLAND FIRE STAFF AND FUNDING EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND MITIGATION EFFORTS • MAINTAINING THE EMERGENCY VEHICLE RESPONSE CENTER • PURCHASING FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES EQUIPMENT, MAINTAINING WILDLAND FIRE TRUCKS AND REPLACING WILDLAND FIRE TRUCKS AS THEY WEAR OUT WITH SUCH PUBLIC SAFETY SALES AND USE TAX BEING COLLECTED, ADMINISTERED AND ENFORCED PURSUANT TO EL PASO COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS RESOLUTION NOS. 12-309 AMENDED AND 26 - 249?
Where the question's words come from
What a vote does
- A yes vote means
- Extends the existing tax to January 1, 2037, with the listed spending restrictions and annual public reporting by the sheriff's office.
- A no vote means
- Rejects this extension of the existing public safety tax.
County ballots
Other local measures on the same ballot
- 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
- 2B, Town of Monument: Monument Use Tax on Construction Materials
- 4A, Colorado Springs School District 11: Colorado Springs School District 11 bonds for school buildings and lease debt payoff
- 3A, Town of Green Mountain Falls: Green Mountain Falls Sales Tax for the Old Marshal's Building
- 4B, El Paso County School District No. 12 (Cheyenne Mountain): Cheyenne Mountain school construction bonds
- 6A, Peyton Fire Protection District: Peyton Fire Property Tax Increase
- 2A, City of Manitou Springs: Manitou Springs Excise Tax on Tickets and Admissions
- 4C, Hanover School District No. 28: Hanover School District No. 28's 4-mill property tax for staff pay and benefits, with no end date
- 7B, Elbert Fire Protection District: Elbert Fire Station Tax and Limit Waiver
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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