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Home My WebLink About2016 General Election Composite Sample Ballot_2State of Colorado Eagle County Eagle County Amendment 72 (CONSTITUTIONAL) SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED $315.7 MILLION ANNUALLY BY AN AMENDMENT TO THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION INCREASING TOBACCO TAXES, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2017, INCREASING TAXES ON CIGARETTES BY 8.75 CENTS PER CIGARETTE ($1.75 PER PACK OF 20 CIGARETTES) AND ON OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS BY 22 PERCENT OF THE MANUFACTURER'S LIST PRICE; AND ALLOCATING SPECIFIED PERCENTAGES OF THE NEW TOBACCO TAX REVENUE TO HEALTH-RELATED PROGRAMS AND TOBACCO EDUCATION, PREVENTION, AND CESSATION PROGRAMS CURRENTLY FUNDED BY EXISTING CONSTITUTIONAL TOBACCO TAXES; AND ALSO ALLOCATING NEW REVENUE FOR TOBACCO-RELATED HEALTH RESEARCH, VETERANS' PROGRAMS, CHILD AND ADOLESCENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, CONSTRUCTION AND TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS FOR QUALIFIED HEALTH PROVIDERS, EDUCATIONAL LOAN REPAYMENT FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN RURAL AND UNDERSERVED AREAS, AND HEALTH PROFESSIONAL TRAINING TRACKS? YES/FOR NO/AGAINST Proposition 106 (STATUTORY) Shall there be a change to the Colorado revised statutes to permit any mentally capable adult Colorado resident who has a medical prognosis of death by terminal illness within six months to receive a prescription from a willing licensed physician for medication that can be self-administered to bring about death; and in connection therewith, requiring two licensed physicians to confirm the medical prognosis, that the terminally-ill patient has received information about other care and treatment options, and that the patient is making a voluntary and informed decision in requesting the medication; requiring evaluation by a licensed mental health professional if either physician believes the patient may not be mentally capable; granting immunity from civil and criminal liability and professional discipline to any person who in good faith assists in providing access to or is present when a patient self-administers the medication; and establishing criminal penalties for persons who knowingly violate statutes relating to the request for the medication? YES/FOR NO/AGAINST Proposition 107 (STATUTORY) Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes recreating a presidential primary election to be held before the end of March in each presidential election year in which unaffiliated electors may vote without declaring an affiliation with a political party? YES/FOR NO/AGAINST Proposition 108 (STATUTORY) Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning the process of selecting candidates representing political parties on a general election ballot, and, in connection therewith, allowing an unaffiliated elector to vote in the primary election of a political party without declaring an affiliation with that party and permitting a political party in specific circumstances to select all of its candidates by assembly or convention instead of by primary election? YES/FOR NO/AGAINST Ballot Issue 1A SHALL EAGLE COUNTY'S TAXES BE INCREASED $5,400,000 ANNUALLY COMMENCING IN 2017, AND BY WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER FOR A PERIOD OF TWENTY YEARS, FROM A THREE TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT (.3%) SALES TAX WITHIN EAGLE COUNTY TO BE USED FOR HOUSING PURPOSES SUCH AS: PROVIDING AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY, · AVAILABILITY, AND AFFORDABILITY OF HOUSING IN EAGLE COUNTY PROVIDING DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE · LOANS FOR HOME OWNERSHIP ACQUIRING LAND FOR FUTURE HOUSING · UNITS AFFORDABLE TO THE WORKFORCE INVESTING IN PRIVATE/PUBLIC · PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE PROVISION OF WORKFORCE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING RELATED HOUSING PROGRAMS AND · SERVICES; AND, AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE, SHALL THE PROCEEDS OF SUCH TAX AND INVESTMENT INCOME THEREON BE COLLECTED AND SPENT BY THE COUNTY WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY SPENDING, REVENUE-RAISING OR OTHER LIMITATION CONTAINED WITHIN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION, OR ANY OTHER LAW AS IT CURRENTLY EXISTS OR AS IT MAY BE AMENDED IN THE FUTURE AND WITHOUT LIMITING IN ANY YEAR THE AMOUNT OF OTHER REVENUES THAT MAY BE COLLECTED AND SPENT BY THE COUNTY? YES NO Ballot Issue 1B SHALL EAGLE COUNTY’S DEBT BE INCREASED BY NO MORE THAN $19.95 MILLION WITH A MAXIMUM REPAYMENT COST OF NO MORE THAN $32.7 MILLION, WITHOUT IMPOSING ANY NEW TAX OR INCREASING ANY EXISTING TAX RATE; WITH SUCH DEBT TO BE ISSUED FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING THE COSTS OF ACQUIRING AND CONSTRUCTING IMPROVEMENTS TO AND EXPANSION OF THE EAGLE VALLEY TRAIL FROM VAIL PASS TO DOTSERO AND OTHER RELATED IMPROVEMENTS, AND SHALL DEBT BE EVIDENCED BY BONDS, NOTES, LOAN AGREEMENTS OR OTHER FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS THAT MAY MATURE, BE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION, AND BE ISSUED AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS, NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THIS QUESTION, AS EAGLE COUNTY MAY DETERMINE, AND BE REPAID FROM REVENUES DERIVED FROM EAGLE COUNTY’S TRANSIT SALES TAX, OPEN SPACE MILL LEVY, AND OTHER LEGALLY AVAILABLE REVENUES AS EAGLE COUNTY MAY DETERMINE; AND SHALL EAGLE COUNTY BE AUTHORIZED TO REFUND THE DEBT IN THIS QUESTION, PROVIDED THAT SUCH REFUNDING DEBT DOES NOT EXCEED THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL LIMITS OR REPAYMENT COSTS AUTHORIZED BY THIS QUESTION; AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH: (I) SHALL THE EXPIRATION OF THE OPEN SPACE MILL LEVY EQUAL TO 1.5 MILLS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS IN 2002 BE EXTENDED FOR AN ADDITIONAL FIFTEEN (15) YEARS TO NOW EXPIRE IN 2040, WITH: (question continues in next column) TWENTY PERCENT (20%) OF SAID OPEN · SPACE MILL LEVY REVENUES USED TO PAY SUCH DEBT AUTHORIZED BY THIS QUESTION AND THE COSTS OF ACQUIRING, CONSTRUCTING, IMPROVING, OPERATING AND MAINTAINING PAVED TRAILS THROUGHOUT EAGLE COUNTY; FIVE PERCENT (5%) OF SAID OPEN SPACE · MILL LEVY REVENUES USED TO PAY FOR ACQUIRING, CONSTRUCTING, IMPROVING, OPERATING AND MAINTAINING UNPAVED TRAILS THROUGHOUT EAGLE COUNTY; AND THE REMAINDER OF SAID OPEN SPACE · MILL LEVY REVENUES TO BE USED FOR WATER QUALITY PROTECTION EFFORTS AND FOR THE PURPOSES AUTHORIZED BY THE VOTERS IN 2002, INCLUDING ACQUIRING, MAINTAINING, OR PERMANENTLY PRESERVING OPEN SPACE IN EAGLE COUNTY TO PRESERVE WILDLIFE HABITAT, PROTECT WETLANDS AND FLOODPLAINS, CONSERVE SCENIC LANDSCAPES AND VISTAS, AND PROVIDE PUBLIC ACCESS POINTS TO RIVERS; AND (II) SHALL THE PROCEEDS OF THE DEBT, THE REVENUES FROM THE OPEN SPACE MILL LEVY AND ANY OTHER REVENUES USED TO PAY THE DEBT, AND ANY EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF SUCH PROCEEDS AND REVENUES BE AUTHORIZED TO BE COLLECTED AND SPENT BY EAGLE COUNTY WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY SPENDING, REVENUE-RAISING OR OTHER LIMITATION CONTAINED WITHIN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION, OR ANY OTHER LAW AS IT CURRENTLY EXISTS OR AS IT MAY BE AMENDED IN THE FUTURE AND WITHOUT LIMITING IN ANY YEAR THE AMOUNT OF OTHER REVENUES THAT MAY BE COLLECTED AND SPENT BY EAGLE COUNTY? YES NO VOTE BOTH SIDES OF BALLOT2 Town of Basalt Eagle County School District RE-50J Ballot Issue 2F: Incur Debt and Raise Taxes to Acquire Property SHALL TOWN OF BASALT DEBT BE INCREASED UP TO $3,100,000 WITH A MAXIMUM REPAYMENT COST OF UP TO $3,800,000, AND SHALL TOWN TAXES BE INCREASED UP TO $710,000 ANNUALLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING THE COST OF ACQUISITION OF APPROXIMATELY 2.317 · ACRES OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE TOWN AND CURRENTLY OWNED BY THE ROARING FORK COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, 1.0 ACRES OF THE WESTERN PORTION OF SAID PROPERTY TO BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR COMMERCIAL OR PUBLIC PURPOSE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT AND THE REMAINING ACRES OF SAID PROPERTY TO BE USED FOR A TOWN RIVER PARK AND SUPPORTING USES BY THE ISSUANCE AND PAYMENT OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, REVENUE BONDS OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS WHICH BONDS OR OBLIGATIONS SHALL BEAR INTEREST AT A MAXIMUM NET EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE NOT TO EXCEED 3.00% PER ANNUM, AND MATURE, BE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION (WITH OR WITHOUT PREMIUM), AND BE ISSUED, DATED AND SOLD AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES, AT SUCH PRICES (AT, ABOVE OR BELOW PAR) AND IN SUCH MANNER AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS, NOT INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE TOWN COUNCIL MAY DETERMINE, AND SUCH DEBT PAYABLE FROM ALL LEGALLY AVAILABLE MONIES, INCLUDING REVENUE DERIVED FROM THE TOWN’S PARKS, OPEN SPACE AND TRAILS (“POST”) 1% SALES TAX, AMOUNTS ON DEPOSIT IN THE TOWN’S GENERAL FUND OR OTHER AVAILABLE SOURCES, AND SHALL AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAXES BE LEVIED IN ANY YEAR TO PAY SUCH PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST WITHOUT LIMITATION AS TO RATE AND IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO GENERATE THE AMOUNT SET FORTH ABOVE; AND SHALL SUCH TAX REVENUES AND THE EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF SUCH BOND PROCEEDS AND TAX REVENUES BE COLLECTED, RETAINED AND SPENT AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW? YES/FOR NO/AGAINST Ballot Issue 2G: Incur Debt and Raise Taxes to Improve Property SHALL TOWN OF BASALT DEBT BE INCREASED UP TO $4,120,000 WITH A MAXIMUM REPAYMENT COST OF UP TO $5,050,000, AND SHALL TOWN TAXES BE INCREASED UP TO $890,000 ANNUALLY, SUCH DEBT AND TAXES TO BE INCREASED ONLY IN THE EVENT BALLOT ISSUE 2F IS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING A PORTION OF THE COSTS OF THE BASALT RIVER PARK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, INCLUDING THE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND · CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BASALT RIVER PARK AND IMPROVEMENTS TO A PORTION OF TWO RIVERS ROAD; BY THE ISSUANCE AND PAYMENT OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, REVENUE BONDS OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS WHICH BONDS OR OBLIGATIONS SHALL BEAR INTEREST AT A MAXIMUM NET EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE NOT TO EXCEED 3.00% PER ANNUM, AND MATURE, BE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION (WITH OR WITHOUT PREMIUM), AND BE ISSUED, DATED AND SOLD AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES, AT SUCH PRICES (AT, ABOVE OR BELOW PAR) AND IN SUCH MANNER AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS, NOT INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE TOWN COUNCIL MAY DETERMINE, AND SUCH DEBT PAYABLE FROM ALL LEGALLY AVAILABLE MONIES, INCLUDING REVENUE DERIVED FROM THE TOWN’S PARKS, OPEN SPACE AND TRAILS (“POST”) 1% SALES TAX, AMOUNTS ON DEPOSIT IN THE TOWN’S GENERAL FUND OR OTHER AVAILABLE SOURCES, AND SHALL AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAXES BE LEVIED IN ANY YEAR TO PAY SUCH PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST WITHOUT LIMITATION AS TO RATE AND IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO GENERATE THE AMOUNT SET FORTH ABOVE; AND SHALL SUCH TAX REVENUES AND THE EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF SUCH BOND PROCEEDS AND TAX REVENUES BE COLLECTED, RETAINED AND SPENT AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW? YES/FOR NO/AGAINST Ballot Question 2H: Use Existing Sales Tax for Parks, Open Space and Trails Maintenance Shall the Town of Basalt, Colorado, acting through its Town Council, be authorized to amend Section 4-65(a) and Section 4-66(d) of the Basalt Municipal Code to permit not more than twenty percent (20%) of the funds generated by the one percent (1%) sales tax rate dedicated to capital improvement projects for Parks, Open Space Acquisition, and Trail Projects to be used for the maintenance of Parks, Open Space and Trails? Yes/For No/Against Ballot Question 2I: Broadband Question Shall the Town of Basalt, Colorado, without increasing taxes, be authorized to provide, either directly, or indirectly with public and/or private sector partner(s), all services restricted since 2005 by Title 29, Article 27 of the Colorado Revised Statutes described as High-Speed Internet Services (Advanced Service), telecommunications services, and/or cable television services, to foster the expansion of such services, including but not limited to any new and improved high bandwidths service(s), based on future technologies, to residents, businesses, schools, libraries, nonprofit entities and other uses of such services without limiting its home rule authority? Yes/For No/Against Ballot Issue 3A SHALL EAGLE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT RE50J TAXES BE INCREASED $8 MILLION IN TAX COLLECTION YEAR 2017 AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, AS ADJUSTED FOR THE PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN THE DENVER-BOULDER CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, UNTIL DECEMBER 31, 2023, TO FUND THE FOLLOWING EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES: RECRUITING AND RETAINING QUALITY · TEACHERS AND STAFF; REDUCING CLASS SIZE;· RESTORING PROGRAMS LIKE ART, MUSIC, · TECHNOLOGY, COUNSELING AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION; REPLACING OUTDATED TEXTBOOKS AND · CLASSROOM LEARNING MATERIALS; EXPANDING HOURS AND SERVICES IN THE · DISTRICT’S PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS; FUNDING ONGOING NECESSARY · MAINTENANCE OF SCHOOL FACILITIES AND FUNDING TRANSPORTATION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO REVENUE SHALL BE UTILIZED FOR SENIOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT ALL SUCH REVENUES WILL BE MONITORED BY A CITIZEN’S OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE; SUCH TAX INCREASE TO BE AN ADDITIONAL PROPERTY TAX MILL LEVY PURSUANT TO, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 22-54-108, C.R.S., AS IT CURRENTLY EXISTS OR MAY BE AMENDED, IN EXCESS OF THE LEVY AUTHORIZED FOR THE DISTRICT’S GENERAL FUND; AND SHALL THE DISTRICT BE AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT, RETAIN AND SPEND ALL REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES AND THE EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF SUCH REVENUES AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION? YES NO VOTE BOTH SIDES OF BALLOT2