What's on the ballot in your town?
Across Colorado
More official tasks
For how your state legislators and members of Congress have voted, and the 86 legislative races on this ballot, see Capitol Lens Colorado. VoteColorado covers the rest of the ballot.
What cities and towns are asking voters
Every city and town question, from the Colorado Municipal League's fall 2026 preview. Summaries are ours; each links to the official ballot language where the county has posted it. Results appear as counties report after 7 p.m. on Nov. 3 and are unofficial until certified by Nov. 25.
County, school district and special district questions aren't listed here. They're on your official sample ballot.
Amendments and propositions
Amendments change the state constitution and usually need 55% to pass. Propositions change state law and need a simple majority. For neutral analysis and arguments for and against, read the 2026 Blue Book (en español).
Regional question · only for voters inside the district
Statewide and congressional races
Candidates as certified by the Secretary of State on Sept. 4, 2026, with party labels as they appear on the ballot. Write-in candidates aren't listed.
Source: SOS certified candidate list · checked Oct. 29, 2026A free public resource, not a news site
VoteColorado collects what's on Colorado ballots and points to the official source for each item. We don't endorse candidates or positions.
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How this differs from GoVoteColorado
GoVoteColorado is where you do things: register, track your ballot, and see your own ballot. VoteColorado is where you see the whole picture across the state.
| What you need | GoVoteColorado (official) | VoteColorado |
|---|---|---|
| Register, track or fix your ballot | Yes | Links you there |
| Your own sample ballot | Yes, by voter lookup | Links you there |
| Every city and town ballot question, statewide | No | Yes, searchable by town, county, and type |
| Compare towns (e.g. every lodging tax on the ballot) | No | Yes |
| Plain-language summaries | Blue Book PDF for statewide measures | One-line summary for every item |
| Local results in one place after Nov. 3 | No | Yes, added as counties report |
| Data downloads for reporters and researchers | No | CSV and JSON |
| Lawmakers' voting records | No | Linked via Capitol Lens |
Sources
- Municipal questions: Colorado Municipal League fall 2026 election preview (revised Oct. 13, 2026), plus county clerk sample ballots and TABOR notices. CML counts 107 issues; we list 112 because we count each part of a multi-part question (such as Niwot's incorporation) separately.
- Statewide measures: Colorado Secretary of State and the 2026 Blue Book (Spanish edition), Legislative Council Research Publication No. 842.
- Candidates: Secretary of State certified candidate list.
- Legislative and congressional voting records: Capitol Lens.
How it's built
VoteColorado is built by BDITS with help from Claude, an AI model made by Anthropic, which helped gather sources and draft the one-line summaries. Every item links to its official source, and your county's official sample ballot is the final word.
Accuracy
Data was last checked Oct. 29, 2026. Some smaller counties haven't posted ballot language online yet; those questions link to the official sample-ballot lookup until they do. If you spot an error, email corrections@votecolorado.org. We fix errors and list every change on the corrections page.
Data
All data is free to download and reuse with credit. Files: municipal questions (CSV), statewide measures (CSV), races (JSON).
Every number, and where it comes from
VoteColorado reformats official records. It doesn't score, rate, or predict anything. These are the rules behind each number on the site.
Counts of questions
We count each separate question a voter marks. A town asking two questions counts twice. That is why we list 112 municipal questions where the Colorado Municipal League's preview counts 107 issues: CML counts multi-part questions, such as Niwot's incorporation, as one. Places are cities, towns, and Niwot, which votes on becoming a town.
Vote needed to pass
We take each statewide measure's threshold from the 2026 Blue Book. Constitutional amendments need at least 55% of the votes cast, except an amendment that only repeals, which needs a simple majority; the Blue Book lists Amendment 87 that way. Propositions and local questions need a simple majority, meaning more yes votes than no votes. The black tick on each bar marks the threshold.
Results
Results come from each county's official election-night results site, because local contests aren't reported on the state's page. We show the yes share with the vote counts behind it ("52% yes, 1,204 of 2,315 votes") and round to the nearest whole percent. Results stay marked unofficial until counties certify them, which is due by Nov. 25, 2026.
Money figures
Money figures for local tax and debt questions come only from the question's official TABOR notice: the government's own estimate of first-year revenue and its reported fiscal year spending. We show the figures as printed and don't compute shares or comparisons from them. TABOR fiscal year spending leaves out some money, such as reserves and some grants, so it isn't the government's full budget. Every question gets the same lines in the same order; a line the notice doesn't print is left out rather than shown as zero. A person checks each figure against the notice before it appears, and a question with no checked figure shows none.
State fiscal impact of statewide measures
For each statewide measure we copy Table 1 of the fiscal impact statement written by Legislative Council Staff, the legislature's nonpartisan research office: the estimated change in state revenue, state spending, transfers, and TABOR refunds, for each fiscal year the table shows. Colorado's fiscal year runs July 1 to June 30. We show the figures as printed and add nothing of our own; a measure with no estimated effect shows $0. The short notes under some measures quote the same statement. These are estimates made before the election, not results.
AI assistance
Claude, an AI model made by Anthropic, helped gather sources, draft one-line summaries, and read figures from PDFs. A person checks extracted numbers against the source before they appear; anything not yet checked is left out.
What this doesn't tell you
A summary isn't the ballot language. Your county's official sample ballot is the final word, and the TABOR notice mailed to your home has the arguments for and against each tax question.
Every change we've made to published data
Found something wrong? Email corrections@votecolorado.org with the page and what it should say. We list each fix here.
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