Tag: Ballot Measure
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Measure to slash Colorado’s income tax rate raises least amount but faces no formal opposition
With only two months until the November election, the race to raise money for campaigns is heating up, but a ballot measure seeking to lower the state’s income tax rate appears to have cooled off. Colorado Character, the campaign behind Initiative 31 asking voters to reduce the state’s income tax rate from 4.55% to 4.40%, has raised…
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Colorado property tax rates poised to skyrocket in coming years, report by business group finds
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Coloradans are facing massive property tax increases in the coming years due to a combination of the state’s surging real estate market, the tax system’s biennial assessment calendar, and the looming expiration of measures adopted to ease the shock of tax hikes, according to a…
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Ballot measure to move Denver’s municipal elections to April approved
The City Council has approved a ballot measure that, if passed by voters, would move Denver’s municipal elections from May to April to address federal deadlines for mailing ballots to military and overseas voters. The measure was passed unanimously without comment Monday. The measure will now be added to the November 2021 ballot for voter…
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Denver City Council narrowly votes down measure to eliminate at-large council members
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver City Council narrowly struck down the first reading of a bill Monday that would have created a ballot measure to eliminate at-large council members. If passed by voters, the ballot measure would have converted the two at-large council seats into two additional district…
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Denver’s $450 million bond package to go to ballot despite controversial arena funding
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver residents will vote on a $450 million bond package in November after the City Council approved the ballot measures Monday, despite significant backlash around funding the National Western Center Arena. If passed by voters, the bond package backed by Mayor Michael Hancock would fund…
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Committee narrowly OKs first vote on measure to eliminate at-large council members
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver residents might get to vote on whether to keep at-large members in the City Council after the council governance committee narrowly passed a ballot measure to eliminate the position Tuesday. If passed, the ballot…
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City Council to vote on ballot measure to move up Denver’s municipal election
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The City Council governance committee approved a proposed ballot measure Tuesday that would move Denver’s municipal elections from May to April to address federal deadlines for mailing ballots to military and overseas voters. The proposal will go to the full council for two final votes…
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Broomfield ballot measure to propose ranked-choice voting model for city elections
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A measure on the November ballot will allow Broomfield residents to vote on implementing a ranked-choice voting model for the city’s mayor and city council elections beginning in 2023. The Broomfield City Council unanimously voted…
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Measure to repeal Denver group living amendment added to November ballot
Denver voters will have the opportunity to repeal the city’s new group living amendment this November after a petition to put the issue on the ballot got more than the required number of signatures. The Denver Elections Division announced Monday that the petition received 13,642 valid signatures – over the 9,184 signatures needed. “This is…