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Home My WebLink AboutEnglish Composite Ballot (1)SAMPLEFederal Offices Federal Offices State Offices State Offices County Offices Municipal Offices Judicial Retention Questions (Vote YES or NO) Colorado Supreme Court Justice Presidential Electors (Vote for One Pair) Democratic Kamala D. Harris / Tim Walz Republican Donald J. Trump / JD Vance Approval Voting Blake Huber / Andrea Denault Libertarian Chase Russell Oliver / Mike ter Maat Green Jill Stein / Rudolph Ware American Constitution Randall Terry / Stephen E Broden Unity Cornel West / Melina Abdullah Unaffiliated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. / Nicole Shanahan Write-In Representative to the 119th United States Congress - District 2 (Vote for One) Democratic Joe Neguse Republican Marshall Dawson Unity Cynthia Munhos de Aquino Sirianni Approval Voting Jan Kok (Signed declaration to limit service to no more than 3 terms) Libertarian Gaylon Kent Write-In Representative to the 119th United States Congress - District 3 (Vote for One) Democratic Adam Frisch Republican Jeff Hurd Libertarian James Wiley (Signed declaration to limit service to no more than 3 terms) Unity Adam Withrow State Board of Education Member - Congressional District 2 (Vote for One) Democratic Kathy Gebhardt Write-In State Board of Education Member - Congressional District 3 (Vote for One) Republican Sherri M Wright Democratic Ellen Angeles Regent of the University of Colorado - At Large (Vote for One) Republican Eric Rinard Democratic Elliott Hood Approval Voting Thomas Reasoner Unity T.J. Cole Regent of the University of Colorado - Congressional District 3 (Vote for One) Republican Ray Scott Democratic Robert B. Logan State Senator - District 5 (Vote for One) Democratic Cole Buerger Republican Marc Catlin State Representative - District 26 (Vote for One) Democratic Meghan Lukens Republican Nathan Butler State Representative - District 57 (Vote for One) Republican Caleb Waller Democratic Elizabeth Velasco District Attorney - 5th Judicial District (Vote for One) Democratic Heidi McCollum Eagle County Commissioner - District 1 (Vote for One) Democratic Matt Scherr Republican Gregg M. Cooper Eagle County Commissioner - District 2 (Vote for One) Democratic Tom Boyd Town of Avon - Council Member Four Year Term (Vote for no more than three (3) candidates) Kevin Hyatt Lindsay L. Hardy Calyn Dean Rieger Gary Brooks Shall Justice Maria E. Berkenkotter of the Colorado Supreme Court be retained in office? YES NO Mark both sides of the ballot COMPOSITE Ballot for General Election Eagle County, Colorado - Tuesday, November 5, 2024 . Clerk and Recorder Ballot Style: COMPOSITE This is a composite ballot which includes all districts, races, and issues for the entire county. Voters will receive the ballot style containing only those districts, races, and issues which are specific to their residential address. WARNING: Any person who, by use of force or other means, unduly influences an eligible elector to vote in any particular manner or to refrain from voting, or who falsely makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits any mail ballot before or after it has been cast, or who destroys, defaces, mutilates, or tampers with a ballot is subject, upon conviction, to imprisonment, or to a fine, or both. Section 1-7.5-107(3)(b), C.R.S. SAMPLEJudicial Retention Questions (Vote YES or NO) Colorado Supreme Court Justice Colorado Court of Appeals Judge District Court Judge - 5th Judicial District Ballot Measures Ballot questions referred by the general assembly or any political subdivision are listed by letter, and ballot questions initiated by the people are listed numerically. A ballot question listed as an "amendment" proposes a change to the Colorado constitution, and a ballot question listed as a "proposition" proposes a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes. A "yes/for" vote on any ballot question is a vote in favor of changing current law or existing circumstances, and a "no/against" vote on any ballot question is a vote against changing current law or existing circumstances. State Ballot Measures State Ballot Measures State Ballot Measures Shall Justice Brian D. Boatright of the Colorado Supreme Court be retained in office? YES NO Shall Justice Monica M. Márquez of the Colorado Supreme Court be retained in office? YES NO Shall Judge Stephanie Dunn of the Colorado Court of Appeals be retained in office? YES NO Shall Judge Jerry N. Jones of the Colorado Court of Appeals be retained in office? YES NO Shall Judge W. Eric Kuhn of the Colorado Court of Appeals be retained in office? YES NO Shall Judge Gilbert M. Román of the Colorado Court of Appeals be retained in office? YES NO Shall Judge Timothy J. Schutz of the Colorado Court of Appeals be retained in office? YES NO Shall Judge Rachel J. Olguin-Fresquez of the 5th Judicial District be retained in office? YES NO Amendment G (CONSTITUTIONAL) Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning the expansion of eligibility for the property tax exemption for veterans with a disability to include a veteran who does not have a service-connected disability rated as a one hundred percent permanent disability but does have individual unemployability status? YES/FOR NO/AGAINST Amendment H (CONSTITUTIONAL) Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning judicial discipline, and, in connection therewith, establishing an independent judicial discipline adjudicative board, setting standards for judicial review of a discipline case, and clarifying when discipline proceedings become public? YES/FOR NO/AGAINST Amendment I (CONSTITUTIONAL) Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning creating an exception to the right to bail for cases of murder in the first degree when proof is evident or presumption is great? YES/FOR NO/AGAINST Amendment J (CONSTITUTIONAL) Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution removing the ban on same-sex marriage? YES/FOR NO/AGAINST Amendment K (CONSTITUTIONAL) Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning the modification of certain deadlines in connection with specified elections? YES/FOR NO/AGAINST Amendment 79 (CONSTITUTIONAL) Shall there be a change to the Colorado constitution recognizing the right to abortion, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting the state and local governments from denying, impeding, or discriminating against the exercise of that right, allowing abortion to be a covered service under health insurance plans for Colorado state and local government employees and for enrollees in state and local governmental insurance programs? YES/FOR NO/AGAINST Amendment 80 (CONSTITUTIONAL) Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution establishing the right to school choice for children in kindergarten through 12th grade, and, in connection therewith, declaring that school choice includes neighborhood, charter, and private schools; home schooling; open enrollment options; and future innovations in education? YES/FOR NO/AGAINST Proposition JJ (STATUTORY) Without raising taxes, may the state keep and spend all sports betting tax revenue above voter-approved limits to fund water conservation and protection projects instead of refunding revenue to casinos? YES/FOR NO/AGAINST Proposition KK (STATUTORY) SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED BY $39,000,000 ANNUALLY TO FUND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, INCLUDING FOR MILITARY VETERANS AND AT-RISK YOUTH, SCHOOL SAFETY AND GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION, AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND OTHER VIOLENT CRIMES BY AUTHORIZING A TAX ON GUN DEALERS, GUN MANUFACTURERS, AND AMMUNITION VENDORS AT THE RATE OF 6.5% OF THE NET TAXABLE SALES FROM THE RETAIL SALE OF ANY GUN, GUN PRECURSOR PART, OR AMMUNITION, WITH THE STATE KEEPING AND SPENDING ALL OF THE NEW TAX REVENUE AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE? YES/FOR NO/AGAINST Proposition 127 (STATUTORY) Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning a prohibition on the hunting of mountain lions, lynx, and bobcats, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting the intentional killing, wounding, pursuing, entrapping, or discharging or releasing of a deadly weapon at a mountain lion, lynx, or bobcat; creating eight exceptions to this prohibition including for the protection of human life, property, and livestock; establishing a violation of this prohibition as a class 1 misdemeanor; and increasing fines and limiting wildlife license privileges for persons convicted of this crime? YES/FOR NO/AGAINST Proposition 128 (STATUTORY) Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning parole eligibility for an offender convicted of certain crimes, and, in connection therewith, requiring an offender who is convicted of second degree murder; first degree assault; class 2 felony kidnapping; sexual assault; first degree arson; first degree burglary; or aggravated robbery committed on or after January 1, 2025, to serve 85 percent of the sentence imposed before being eligible for parole, and requiring an offender convicted of any such crime committed on or after January 1, 2025, who was previously convicted of any two crimes of violence, not just those crimes enumerated in this measure, to serve the full sentence imposed before beginning to serve parole? YES/FOR NO/AGAINST Mark both sides of the ballot SAMPLEState Ballot Measures Municipal Ballot Measures Municipal Ballot Measures Special District Ballot Measures Proposition 129 (STATUTORY) Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes creating a new veterinary professional associate profession, and, in connection therewith, establishing qualifications including a master’s degree in veterinary clinical care or the equivalent as determined by the state board of veterinary medicine to be a veterinary professional associate; requiring registration with the state board; allowing a registered veterinary professional associate to practice veterinary medicine under the supervision of a licensed veterinarian; and making it a misdemeanor to practice as a veterinary professional associate without an active registration? YES/FOR NO/AGAINST Proposition 130 (STATUTORY) Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning state funding for peace officer training and support, and, in connection therewith, directing the legislature to appropriate 350 million dollars to the peace officer training and support fund for municipal and county law enforcement agencies to hire and retain peace officers; allowing the fund to be used for pay, bonuses, initial and continuing education and training, and a death benefit for a peace officer, police, fire and first responder killed in the line of duty; and requiring the funding to supplement existing appropriations? YES/FOR NO/AGAINST Proposition 131 (STATUTORY) Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes creating new election processes for certain federal and state offices, and, in connection therewith, creating a new all-candidate primary election for U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, governor, attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer, CU board of regents, state board of education, and the Colorado state legislature; allowing voters to vote for any one candidate per office, regardless of the voter’s or candidate’s political party affiliation; providing that the four candidates for each office who receive the most votes advance to the general election; and in the general election, allowing voters to rank candidates for each office on their ballot, adopting a process for how the ranked votes are tallied, and determining the winner to be the candidate with the highest number of votes in the final tally? YES/FOR NO/AGAINST Town of Gypsum Ballot Issue 2A SHALL TOWN OF GYPSUM TAXES BE INCREASED $198,000 ANNUALLY BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2025, AND BY SUCH AMOUNTS AS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, BY A LODGING TAX IN THE AMOUNT OF 3% OF THE PURCHASE PRICE FOR LODGING WITHIN THE TOWN, AND CONTINUING UNTIL REPEALED BY ORDINANCE, IN CONFORMANCE WITH ORDINANCE NO. 08 (SERIES 2024); THE REVENUE FROM SUCH TAX TO BE USED EXCLUSIVELY TO PAY FOR: CAPITAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ROADS, · PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES MAINTAINED BY THE TOWN; SPECIAL EVENTS SPONSORED, FUNDED, OR · ASSISTED BY THE TOWN; AND SUCH OTHER USES AS DETERMINED · REASONABLE AND NECESSARY BY THE TOWN COUNCIL; SUCH LODGING TAX REVENUES AND THE EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF SUCH REVENUES TO BE COLLECTED, RETAINED AND SPENT AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE WITHOUT CONTRACTUAL, STATUTORY OR CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATION OR CONDITION, INCLUDING LOCAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENTS, ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW? YES/FOR NO/AGAINST Town of Minturn Ballot Issue 2B: Excise Tax Increase on Short Term Rental Lodging SHALL THE TOWN OF MINTURN EXCISE TAXES ON SHORT TERM RENTALS BE INCREASED NOT MORE THAN $1.5 MILLION COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2025, AND BY WHATEVER AMOUNTS AS ARE GENERATED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER BY IMPOSITION OF A TOWN SHORT TERM RENTAL TAX IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF 6.5% (THE EXISTING 1.5% LODGING TAX PLUS A NEW 5% TAX), ON THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF RENT OR COMPENSATION PAID BY PERSONS RENTING ROOMS OR ACCOMMODATIONS FOR A PERIOD OF THIRTY (30) DAYS OR LESS, BUT NOT INCLUDING HOTELS/MOTELS, HOTEL/MOTEL-SUITE, BED AND BREAKFAST, DORMITORY, AND SHALL SUCH TAX REVENUES RECEIVED ANNUALLY BE USED FOR COMMUNITY PROJECTS AND SERVICES ADDRESSING VISITOR IMPACTS IN THE AREAS OF RECREATION, PUBLIC SAFETY, STREET IMPROVEMENTS, PARKING IMPROVEMENTS, CHILD CARE, COMMUNITY HOUSING, AND ANY OTHER CAPITAL PURPOSES, AS HEREAFTER DETERMINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL; PROVIDED THAT THE COUNCIL SHALL ADOPT AN ORDINANCE TO IMPLEMENT THE TAX INCREASE AS PROVIDED IN THIS QUESTION (INCLUDING PROVISIONS FOR THE METHOD OF COLLECTION AND ENFORCEMENT, ANY EXEMPTIONS FROM THE TAX, AND OTHER DETAILS) AND MAY ADJUST THE RATE OF THE SHORT TERM RENTAL TAX FROM TIME TO TIME SO LONG AS IT DOES NOT EXCEED 6.5%; AND SHALL THE TOWN BE AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT, RETAIN AND SPEND SUCH EXCISE TAX REVENUES, INCLUDING ANY INVESTMENT EARNINGS AND INTEREST ON SUCH REVENUES, AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20, OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW? YES/FOR NO/AGAINST Town of Avon Ballot Issue 2C: Use Tax on New Construction to Fund Community Housing SHALL THE TOWN OF AVON'S TAXES BE INCREASED BY FOUR MILLION DOLLARS ($4,000,000) IN THE FIRST YEAR 2025, AND BY WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, BY THE IMPOSITION OF A FOUR PERCENT (4%) USE TAX FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF USING OR CONSUMING IN THE TOWN ANY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; AND SHALL SUCH USE TAX REVENUES BE APPROPRIATED FOR COMMUNITY HOUSING; AND SHALL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN $125,000 IN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS BE EXEMPT FROM PAYING THE USE TAX; ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND FURTHER DEFINED BY, TOWN OF AVON ORDINANCE NO. 24-12; AND SHALL THE REVENUES COLLECTED FROM SUCH TAX AND ANY EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF SUCH REVENUES BE COLLECTED AND SPENT AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE AND AN EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITS WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE APPLY UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW? YES/FOR NO/AGAINST Eagle River Fire Protection District Ballot Issue 6A SHALL EAGLE RIVER FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT SALES TAXES BE INCREASED $6.8 MILLION IN THE FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR AND BY WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER BY THE IMPOSITION OF A SALES TAX BEGINNING JULY 1, 2025 NOT TO EXCEED 0.79% (79 CENTS ON EACH $100 DOLLARS IN TAXABLE PURCHASE), UPON EVERY TRANSACTION IN THE DISTRICT UPON WHICH THE STATE IMPOSES A SALES TAX, EXCLUDING GROCERIES AND OTHER EXEMPT ITEMS, FOR THE PURPOSES OF: MAINTAINING FIRE EQUIPMENT TO EXTEND · THEIR USEFUL LIFE AND REPLACING FIREFIGHTING VEHICLES WHEN NECESSARY INVESTING IN UP-TO-DATE FIREFIGHTER · SAFETY GEAR TO PROTECT OUR EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AND ENSURE THEY ARE PREPARED TO RESPOND TO ANY TYPE OF EMERGENCY UPGRADING WILDLAND FIREFIGHTING · EQUIPMENT PROVIDING ADEQUATE STAFFING TO · ADDRESS INCREASING EMERGENCY CALL VOLUME IMPROVING AND EQUIPPING CURRENT AND · FUTURE FIRE STATIONS TO MAINTAIN PROMPT RESPONSE TIMES SUCH SALES TAX REVENUES AND THE EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF SUCH REVENUES TO BE COLLECTED, RETAINED AND SPENT AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE WITHOUT CONTRACTUAL, STATUTORY OR CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATION OR CONDITION, INCLUDING LOCAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENTS, ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW? YES/FOR NO/AGAINST