Local ballot measure
Lakewood Sales and Use Tax Increase for Public Safety and Traffic Safety
On the November 3, 2026 ballot
City of Lakewood ballot issue 2G
Who is asking
City of Lakewood
On the ballot in
- Jefferson County ballot: 2G
The ballot question
SHALL CITY OF LAKEWOOD TAXES BE INCREASED BY UP TO $17,600,000 IN THE FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR (COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2027) AND BY WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS AS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY IN EACH SUBSEQUENT YEAR, THROUGH THE IMPOSITION OF AN ADDITIONAL SALES AND USE TAX OF 0.5% (INCREASING CITY’S SALES AND USE TAX RATE FROM THREE PERCENT (3%) TO THREE AND A HALF PERCENT (3.5%)), PROVIDED THAT: FOOD, AS DEFINED IN LAKEWOOD MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 3.01.430 (WHICH INCLUDES GROCERIES), SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM SUCH ADDITIONAL HALF-PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX, AND SHALL THE TAX REVENUES FROM SUCH ADDITIONAL HALF PERCENT SALES TAX BE USED ONLY FOR THE FOLLOWING SPECIFIC PURPOSES: PUBLIC SAFETY PURPOSES, INCLUDING INVESTING IN CRIME PREVENTION AND HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE; AND TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION OF STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, ROAD IMPROVEMENTS TO REDUCE VEHICLE SPEEDS, AND PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS. AND SHALL SUCH ADDITIONAL HALF PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX BE COLLECTED, RETAINED AND SPENT AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE NOTWITHSTANDING ANY REVENUE OR EXPENDITURE LIMIT CONTAINED WITHIN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20, OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?
Where the question's words come from
What a vote does
- A yes vote means
- Approves the additional 0.5 percent sales and use tax, restricted to public safety and traffic safety purposes, and lets the city keep and spend it outside constitutional limits.
- A no vote means
- Rejects the additional half-percent sales and use tax, leaving the city rate at three percent.
Figures from the TABOR notice
- Estimate of the maximum dollar amount of the proposed tax increase for fiscal year 2027 (the first full fiscal year of the proposed tax increase): $17,600,000
- Estimate of 2027 fiscal year spending without the proposed tax increase: $213,184,093
County ballots
Other local measures on the same ballot
- 7C, West Metro Fire Protection District: West Metro Fire sales tax
- 7D, Conifer Fire Protection District: Conifer Fire Property Tax Increase for Staffing and Equipment
- 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
- 2A, City of Wheat Ridge: Wheat Ridge One-Cent Sales and Use Tax for Capital Projects
- 2B, Town of Mountain View: Mountain View Council-Manager Charter Amendment
- 2C, Town of Mountain View: Mountain View Boards and Commissions Charter Repeal
- 2D, Town of Morrison: Ending Morrison's Small-Lodging Tax Exemption
- 2E, Town of Morrison: Raising Morrison's Lodging Tax Rate
- 2F, Town of Morrison: Morrison Charter Amendment Removing Board Term Limits
- 2H, City of Lakewood: Lakewood Charter Amendment on When New Terms Begin
- 2I, City of Lakewood: Lakewood Would Replace Its Charter's 7% Property Tax Revenue Cap
- 2J, City of Lakewood: Lakewood Charter Amendment on Initiative and Referendum Election Timing
- 2K, City of Edgewater: Edgewater asks for a half-cent city sales tax for sidewalks, curb ramps and other mobility work
- 5A, Jefferson County School District R-1: Jeffco Public Schools Operating Tax Increase
- 5B, Jefferson County School District R-1: Jeffco Public Schools Capital, Technology and Maintenance Levy
- 6A, Blue Mountain Water District: Blue Mountain Water District System Improvements Loan
- 6B, Golden Gate Fire Protection District: Golden Gate Fire Fleet Property Tax
- 6C, Arvada Fire Protection District: Arvada Fire Proposes a 1% Sales Tax
- 6D, Columbine Knolls Grove Metropolitan Recreation District: Columbine Knolls Grove Recreation Operating Levy
- 6E, Columbine Knolls Grove Metropolitan Recreation District: Columbine Knolls Grove Recreation Bond Question
- 7B, Evergreen Fire Protection District: Evergreen Fire Sales Tax for Staffing, Wildfire Work and Stations
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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