Local ballot measure
Sales and use tax for county ambulance service
On the November 3, 2026 ballot
Sedgwick County Ballot Issue 1A
Who is asking
Sedgwick County
On the ballot in
- Sedgwick County ballot: 1A
The ballot question
SHALL SEDGWICK COUNTY TAXES BE INCREASED $467,000.00 ANNUALLY, (ESTIMATED FIRST YEAR DOLLAR INCREASE) BY LEVYING A TEMPORARY 1% SALES AND USE TAX THAT SHALL SUNSET FOUR YEARS AFTER ITS IMPLEMENTATION TO BE DEPOSITED INTO THE SEDGWICK COUNTY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES FUND FOR SEDGWICK COUNTY AMBULANCE SERVICE AND SHALL SEDGWICK COUNTY BE AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE, RETAIN AND SPEND IN THE YEAR 2027 AND EACH SUBSEQUENT YEAR, ALL REVENUES, INCLUDING INVESTMENT INCOME IT RECEIVES FROM THIS NEW SALES AND USE TAX AND ITS MILL LEVY, AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE WITHOUT LIMITATION OR CONDITION UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW; ALL PURSUANT TO AND AS FURTHER PROVIDED IN PROPOSAL AND THIS RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY?
Where the question's words come from
What a vote does
- A yes vote means
- Approves the four-year sales and use tax for ambulance service and continuing retention of revenue and investment income from the new tax and the county’s mill levy outside legal revenue limits.
- A no vote means
- Rejects this new sales and use tax and the requested revenue-retention authority. Existing taxes remain.
County ballots
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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