Amendment 84 Amendment 84 (Initiative 362): Requiring a signature and an identification number on returned mail ballots
Requires a signature and qualifying ID number on mail ballots in federal or statewide elections; discrepancies must be corrected.
Elections
13 measures
Two questions move a regular municipal election. Aurora 3D would move city elections to even-numbered years and allow one-time shortened terms to make the change. Lake City 2A would move town elections from April to November in even-numbered years, starting in 2028, and anticipates extending current trustees' terms. Longmont 3C would adopt ranked choice voting for mayor and council from November 2029; the ballot does not say how the counting would work. Representation questions decide whether seats are elected by district, at large or in a mix, and Douglas County 1A and 201 take effect only if the board grows to five members. Longmont 3D would put the three at-large seats and the three ward seats on alternating election cycles, and takes effect only if 3C passes. Lakewood 2J is separate: it lengthens the window for holding an election on a citizen initiative or referendum to between 60 and 150 days after petitions are found sufficient. The statewide ballot carries three. Amendment 84 (Initiative 362) would require a voter in a federal or statewide election to sign a returned mail ballot and write an identification number on it, and would bar a county clerk and recorder from counting the ballot until a missing or unmatched entry is corrected. Amendment 85 (Initiative 234) would require ballot questions to be written in plain language at no more than an eighth-grade reading level. Amendment 86 (Initiative 256) would bar changes to a final congressional map without three public meetings, the commission's approval and the Colorado Supreme Court's adoption.
Amendment 85 Amendment 85 (Initiative 234): Requiring ballot questions to be written in plain language
Requires state and local ballot questions to be written in plain language at no more than an eighth-grade reading level.
Amendment 86 Amendment 86 (Initiative 256): Congressional redistricting and changes to final maps
Reenacts congressional redistricting rules. Changes to final maps for 2028 or later require at least three public meetings, commission approval and Colorado Supreme Court adoption; the commission may not adopt a plan that divides communities of interest or purposefully favors one political party.
Adams County
(1)3D City of Aurora
Aurora would move regular city elections to even-numbered years and allow one-time shortened terms to make the change.
Arapahoe County
(1)3D City of Aurora
Aurora would move regular city elections to even-numbered years and allow one-time shortened terms to make the change.
Boulder County
(2)3C City of Longmont
Introduces ranked choice voting where possible for mayor and council elections starting in November 2029.
3D City of Longmont
If 3C passes, puts the three at-large council seats and three ward seats on alternating election cycles.
Douglas County
(3)1A Douglas County
Keeps every county voter voting for every commissioner seat if the board grows from three members to five.
201 Douglas County
If the board grows to five, chooses how commissioners are elected: all five by district, or three by district and two at large.
3D City of Aurora
Moves Aurora's regular municipal elections from odd-numbered to even-numbered years by charter amendment.
Hinsdale County
(1)2A Town of Lake City
Moves regular town elections from April to November in even-numbered years. The town’s resolution starts the change in 2028 and anticipates extending current trustees’ terms.
Jefferson County
(1)2J City of Lakewood
Sets initiative and referendum elections 60–150 days after the final determination that petition signatures are sufficient.
Montrose County
(1)2A City of Montrose
Moves Montrose's general municipal election from April to November of even-numbered years.
Washington County
(2)2B Town of Akron
Moves the Town of Akron's regular elections to the November general election date in even-numbered years, beginning in 2028.
4A Arickaree School District R-2
Approves the Arickaree school board's plan to end director districts and have its directors represent the whole district at large.
Weld County
(2)3C City of Longmont
Introduces ranked choice voting where possible for mayor and council elections starting in November 2029.
3D City of Longmont
If 3C passes, puts the three at-large council seats and three ward seats on alternating election cycles.