Tag: Election 2024
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Audit of Denver election results set for Tuesday
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Denver’s election officials will conduct an audit of election results, which they said would help ensure the integrity of ballots cast in the Nov. 5 general election. This post-election audit, slated for Nov. 19 at the central office of the election division of the Denver Clerk and Recorder’s Office, will be used to verify that…
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Denver Health poised to gain $70 million annually
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Denver voters backed a sales tax increase designed to provide more money to Denver Health, the city’s safety net hospital system. Though votes were still being counted, the margin in favor of the tax hike was sizable at roughly 13 points, with 155,698 votes supporting the measure out of 275,723 counted so far, according to…
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Denver voters reject Mike Johnston’s sales tax hike for affordable housing, latest tally shows
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Denver voters have rejected Mayor Mike Johnston’s proposal to increase the city’s sales tax rate by 0.5 points in order to pay for housing projects citywide. The tax hike proposal divided the Denver City Council, where it was delayed, amended and ultimately sent to the Denver ballot in August. Johnston, who campaigned for the measure…
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The 2024 election is stressing Americans out: Here’s how to cope
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Like many Americans, Kelly Stahlman is feeling election jitters. As a White, suburban woman, she is a member of America’s largest voting block. Compounding her high-voter value, she is a 42-year Republican voting for a woman. The mother of two sons with profound disabilities, she relied on Medicaid before both of them died, and she…
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Jefferson County Amendment 1A | 2024 VOTER GUIDE
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Jefferson County voters to decide whether to retain and spend tax revenue
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Jefferson County commissioner candidates | 2024 VOTER GUIDE
Meet the candidates running for the Jefferson County commission
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Here’s where Denver Mayor Mike Johnston stands on the local ballot issues
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced Friday he will not support the fur and slaughterhouse bans, though is backing a sales tax hike aimed at generating $100 million for “affordable” housing. The mayor on Friday outlined his positions on several local and statewide measures that will appear on the city’s ballot this November. Initiated Ordinances 308…
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Jefferson County candidates offer views on budget, housing, metro districts
Candidates for the Jefferson County Board of Commission offered competing visions, at times clashing approaches to priorities and spending, during a debate on Thursday night. In District 1, which covers the northern part of the county and includes Arvada and Westminster, current commissioner and former state lawmaker Tracy Kraft-Tharp is vacating the seat. Last year,…
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Does Denver’s webpage on sales tax hike violate electioneering prohibition?
Yes, apparently, as site is taken down Tuesday. The law prohibits local governments from using public funds to influence the passage or defeat of any ballot.
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Backers of school choice, sentencing initiatives submit signatures for Colorado’s November ballot
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Supporters behind two more initiatives vying for a spot on the November ballot have submitted signatures to the Secretary of State. One would ensure a person convicted of violent offenses would serve a big chunk of a sentence before being paroled. The other measure would…