Ballots are due in Colorado’s fall 2019 election on Tuesday, Nov. 5, for issues ranging from TABOR tax refunds and sports betting to local issues and school board races.
There’s still time to cast an informed ballot, but remember that it’s too late to mail it in. Here’s a quick guide to get you up to speed before you vote. (You can check out our 2019 voter guide, too, for more coverage.)
Colorado ballot measures
• Proposition CC (TABOR tax refunds): Sorting out the arguments for and against TABOR measure Pivotal Colorado tax question could hinge on three words
• Proposition DD (sports betting tax): Voter’s guide to sports betting ballot question | Coloradans don’t want another Vegas, but sports betting has a chance
School board races
Depending on where they live, voters may decide races for district-based or at-large seats.
• Denver Public Schools: The candidates | DPS at a crossroads Denver school board candidates want to cut central expenses, but is it enough? | Committees contribute big money | A moratorium on school closures and openings? | Views on counselors and cops in schools
• Candidate guides for other school districts: Douglas County | Littleton Jefferson County | Aurora | Cherry Creek | Adams 14 Boulder Valley
Local races
Several cities and counties have municipal races and local questions on the ballot Tuesday. Some cities, including Denver, held municipal elections in the spring.
• Aurora mayor’s race: As hot-button debates rage in Aurora, election remains about bread-and-butter issues | Diverse candidates vie for city’s top post in million-dollar contest | Mike Coffman faces old foe as national gun control group drops new ad
• Arapahoe County jail measure: Residents to decide whether to raise property taxes to pay for new jail
• Denver ballot measures: What are questions 2A, 2B, 2C and 2D about?
• Jefferson County TABOR measure: Fight over TABOR gets hot in Jeffco, as sides square off over controversial state amendment
• Lakewood mayor and City Council: Pot companies, developers taking sides in contentious Lakewood election
From the opinion* pages
• Denver Post Editorial Board: Endorsement: Proposition CC is fatally flawed; lawmakers should try again | Polis: Prop. CC would make growth work for Colorado
• Denver Post Editorial Board: Endorsement: Yes on Prop. DD to let sports gambling fund our water needs
*The Denver Post editorial/opinion department is separate from The Denver Post news department
General election information
• It’s too late to mail your ballot, so you should take it to a vote center or drop-off box in your county; vote centers also offer an in-person voting option. Here is a map that shows . Be sure to get ballots in by 7 p.m. Tuesday, when polls close.
• You can register to vote in Colorado through Election Day, but it’s too late to do it online and receive a mail ballot. Visit a vote center in your county to register and vote. More registration questions are .
• Story: Here’s how to vote