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Federal Offices Federal Offices Municipal Offices Presidential Electors (Vote for One Pair) United States Senator (Vote for One) Kiowa Trustee (Vote for Three) Joseph R. Biden / Kamala D. Harris Democratic John W. Hickenlooper Democratic Cory Gardner Republican Daniel Doyle Approval Voting Stephan "Seku" Evans Unity Raymon Anthony Doane (Signed declaration to limit service to Libertarian no more than 2 terms) Write-in: Jason McMillan Theresa (Terry) Howard Donald J. Trump / Michael R. Pence Republican Carey D. Kalisch Jonathon Shafer Don Blankenship / William Mohr American Constitution Tim Chambers Judicial Retention Questions Bill Hammons / Eric Bodenstab Unity (Vote Yes or No) Colorado Supreme Court Justice Howie Hawkins / Angela Nicole Walker Green Shall Justice Melissa Hart of the Colorado Supreme Court be retained in office? Yes No Blake Huber / Frank Atwood Approval Voting Shall Justice Carlos A. Samour Jr. of the Colorado Supreme Court be retained in office? Yes No Jo Jorgensen / Jeremy "Spike" Cohen Libertarian Brian Carroll / Amar Patel American Solidarity Representative to the 117th United States Congress - District 4 (Vote for One) Colorado Court of Appeals Judge Ike McCorkle Democratic Shall Judge Ted C. Tow III of the Colorado Court of Appeals be retained in office? Yes No Mark Charles / Adrian Wallace Unaffiliated Ken Buck Republican Bruce Griffith Libertarian Phil Collins / Billy Joe Parker Prohibition Laura Ireland Unity Shall Judge Craig R. Welling of the Colorado Court of Appeals be retained in office? Yes No State Offices Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente / Darcy G. Richardson Alliance State Representative - District 64 (Vote for One) District Court Judge Dario Hunter / Dawn Neptune Adams Progressive Dean Ormiston Democratic Richard Holtorf Republican Shall Judge Michelle Ann Amico of the 18th Judicial District be retained in office? Yes No Princess Khadijah Maryam Jacob-Fambro / Khadijah Maryam Jacob Sr. Unaffiliated Alyson Kennedy / Malcolm Jarrett Socialist Workers District Attorney 18th Judicial District (Vote for One) Shall Judge Andrew Baum of the 18th Judicial District be retained in office? Yes No Amy L. Padden Democratic Joseph Kishore / Norissa Santa Cruz Socialist Equality John Kellner Republican Shall Judge Dianne Mares of the 18th Judicial District be retained in office? Yes No County Offices Kyle Kenley Kopitke / Nathan Re Vo Sorenson Independent American County Commissioner District 1 (Vote for One) Shall Judge John E. Scipione of the 18th Judicial District be retained in office? Yes No Gloria La Riva / Sunil Freeman Socialism and Liberation Christopher A. Richardson Republican Write-in: Joe McHugh / Elizabeth Storm Unaffiliated County Commissioner District 3 (Vote for One) Shall Judge Theresa Michelle Slade of the 18th Judicial District be retained in office? Yes No Brock Pierce / Karla Ballard Unaffiliated Kathleen J. Conway Democratic Grant E. Thayer Republican Shall Judge Darren L. Vahle of the 18th Judicial District be retained in office? Yes No Jordan "Cancer" Scott / Jennifer Tepool Unaffiliated Kanye West / Michelle Tidball Unaffiliated Municipal Offices Kiowa Mayor (Vote for One) Shall Judge Elizabeth Beebe Volz of the 18th Judicial District be retained in office? Yes No Rickard D. Kolm Write-in: Clerk and Recorder SAMPLE BALLOT Official General Election Ballot Elbert County, Colorado Tuesday,November 3, 2020 VIEW YOUR SAMPLE BALLOT AT WWW.GOVOTECOLORADO.GOV SAMPLE ---PAGE BREAK--- • Fire Protection District Measure Ballot Measures State Measures Town of Kiowa 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 Measures Amendment B (CONSTITUTIONAL) Without increasing property tax rates, to help preserve funding for local districts that provide fire protection, police, ambulance, hospital, kindergarten through twelfth grade education, and other services, and to avoid automatic mill levy increases, shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution to repeal the requirement that the general assembly periodically change the residential assessment rate in order to maintain the statewide proportion of residential property as compared to all other taxable property valued for property tax purposes and repeal the nonresidential property tax assessment rate of twenty-nine percent? Yes/For No/Against Amendment C (CONSTITUTIONAL) Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning the conduct of charitable gaming activities, and, in connection therewith, allowing bingo-raffle licensees to hire managers and operators of games and reducing the required period of a charitable organization's continuous existence before obtaining a charitable gaming license? Yes/For No/Against Amendment 76 (CONSTITUTIONAL) Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution requiring that to be qualified to vote at any election an individual must be a United States citizen? Yes/For No/Against Amendment 77 (CONSTITUTIONAL) Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution and a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning voter-approved changes to limited gaming, and, in connection therewith, allowing the voters of Central City, Black Hawk, and Cripple Creek, for their individual cities, to approve other games in addition to those currently allowed and increase a maximum single bet to any amount; and allowing gaming tax revenue to be used for support services to improve student retention and credential completion by students enrolled in community colleges? Yes/For No/Against Proposition EE (STATUTORY) SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED BY $294,000,000 ANNUALLY BY IMPOSING A TAX ON NICOTINE LIQUIDS USED IN E-CIGARETTES AND OTHER VAPING PRODUCTS THAT IS EQUAL TO THE TOTAL STATE TAX ON TOBACCO PRODUCTS WHEN FULLY PHASED IN, INCREMENTALLY INCREASING THE TOBACCO PRODUCTS TAX BY UP TO 22% OF THE MANUFACTURER'S LIST PRICE, INCREMENTALLY INCREASING THE CIGARETTE TAX BY UP TO 9 CENTS PER CIGARETTE, EXPANDING THE EXISTING CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO TAXES TO APPLY TO SALES TO CONSUMERS FROM OUTSIDE OF THE STATE, ESTABLISHING A MINIMUM TAX FOR MOIST SNUFF TOBACCO PRODUCTS, CREATING AN INVENTORY TAX THAT APPLIES FOR FUTURE CIGARETTE TAX INCREASES, AND INITIALLY USING THE TAX REVENUE PRIMARILY FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING TO HELP OFFSET REVENUE THAT HAS BEEN LOST AS A RESULT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS RELATED TO COVID-19 AND THEN FOR PROGRAMS THAT REDUCE THE USE OF TOBACCO AND NICOTINE PRODUCTS, ENHANCE THE VOLUNTARY COLORADO PRESCHOOL PROGRAM AND MAKE IT WIDELY AVAILABLE FOR FREE, AND MAINTAIN THE FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS THAT CURRENTLY RECEIVE REVENUE FROM TOBACCO TAXES, WITH THE STATE KEEPING AND SPENDING ALL OF THE NEW TAX REVENUE AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE? Yes/For No/Against Proposition 113 (STATUTORY) Shall the following Act of the General Assembly be approved: An Act concerning adoption of an agreement among the states to elect thePresident of the United States by national popular vote, being Senate Bill No. 19-042? Yes/For No/Against Proposition 114 (STATUTORY) Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning the restoration of gray wolves through their reintroduction on designated lands in Colorado located west of the continental divide, and, in connection therewith, requiring the Colorado parks and wildlife commission, after holding statewide hearings and using scientific data, to implement a plan to restore and manage gray wolves; prohibiting the commission from imposing any land, water, or resource use restrictions on private landowners to further the plan; and requiring the commission to fairly compensate owners for losses of livestock caused by gray wolves? Yes/For No/Against Proposition 115 (STATUTORY) Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning prohibiting an abortion when the probable gestational age of the fetus is at least twenty-two weeks, and, in connection therewith, making it a misdemeanor punishable by a fine to perform or attempt to perform a prohibited abortion, except when the abortion is immediately required to save the life of the pregnant woman when her life is physically threatened, but not solely by a or emotional condition; defining terms related to the measure including "probable gestational age" and "abortion," and excepting from the definition of "abortion" medical procedures relating to miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy; specifying that a woman on whom an abortion is performed may not be charged with a crime in relation to a prohibited abortion; and requiring the Colorado medical board to suspend for at least three years the license of a licensee whom the board finds performed or attempted to perform a prohibited abortion? Yes/For No/Against Proposition 116 (STATUTORY) Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes reducing the state income tax rate from 4.63% to 4.55%? Yes/For No/Against Proposition 117 (STATUTORY) Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes requiring statewide voter approval at the next even-year election of any newly created or qualified state enterprise that is exempt from the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights, Article X, Section 20 of the Colorado constitution, if the projected or actual combined revenue from fees and surcharges of the enterprise, and all other enterprises created within the last five years that serve primarily the same purpose, is greater than $100 million within the first five fiscal years of the creation or qualification of the new enterprise? Yes/For No/Against Proposition 118 (STATUTORY) Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning the creation of a paid family and medical leave program in Colorado, and, in connection therewith, authorizing paid family and medical leave for a covered employee who has a serious health condition, is caring for a new child or for a family member with a serious health condition, or has a need for leave related to a family member's military deployment or for safe leave; establishing a maximum of 12 weeks of family and medical leave, with an additional 4 weeks for pregnancy or childbirth complications, with a cap on the weekly benefit amount; requiring job protection for and prohibiting retaliation against an employee who takes paid family and medical leave; allowing a local government to opt out of the program; permitting employees of such a local government and self-employed individuals to participate in the program; exempting employers who offer an approved private paid family and medical leave plan; to pay for the program, requiring a premium of 0.9% of each employee's wages, up to a cap, through December 31, 2024, and as set thereafter, up to 1.2% of each employee's wages, by the director of the division of family and medical leave insurance; authorizing an employer to deduct up to 50% of the premium amount from an employee's wages and requiring the employer to pay the remainder of the premium, with an exemption for employers with fewer than 10 employees; creating the division of family and medical leave insurance as an enterprise within the department of labor and employment to administer the program; and establishing an enforcement and appeals process for retaliation and denied claims? Yes/For No/Against Town of Kiowa Ballot Issue 2A SHALL THE TOWN OF KIOWA, COLORADO, TAXES BE INCREASED BY $81,100 AND BY WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, BY A SALES TAX INCREASE OF NOT MORE THAN 1.5 PERCENT FOR COLLECTION BEGINNING IN FISCAL YEAR, STARTING JANUARY 1, 2021, AND CONTINUING THEREAFTER, THE PROCEEDS OF WHICH WILL BE USED FOR TOWN PAID PERSONNEL, ACQUISITION, EXPANSION, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF TOWN FACILITIES, INCLUDING ROADS, STREETS AND DRAINAGE FACILITIES AND ACQUISITION OF EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, USE OF LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENTS AND CONTINUED OPERATION OF TOWN FACILITIES AND FOR SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS MAY BE DETERMINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND SHALL SUCH TAX REVENUE PROCEEDS AND ANY INTEREST ACCRUING THERETO, BE COLLECTED AND SPENT BY THE TOWN AS VOTER- APPROVED REVENUE AND SPENDING CHANGES WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION AND AN EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN C.R.S. § 29-1-301 OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE PROVISION OF THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES, AS AMENDED, OR THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION, AS AMENDED, WHICH PURPORT TO LIMIT THE TOWN'S REVENUES OR EXPENDITURES, IN EACH YEAR AND EACH SUBSEQUENT YEAR? Yes/For No/Against Town of Kiowa Ballot Question 2B Shall Sections 6-233 and 6-236 of Article VII of the Town of Kiowa Municipal Code relating to prohibition of the sale of medical marijuana and location of medical marijuana sales and operations facilities within the Town of Kiowa; together with Sections 6-240 and 6-243 of Article VIII of the Town of Kiowa Municipal Code relating to prohibition of the sale of recreational marijuana and location of recreational marijuana sales and operations facilities within the Town of Kiowa; be repealed in their entirety and be of no further force and effect? Yes/For No/Against Town of Kiowa Ballot Issue 2C IF THE SALE OF MARIJUANA AND MARIJUANA-RELATED PRODUCTS IS APPROVED BY THE ELECTORATE, SHALL THE TOWN OF KIOWA, COLORADO, TAXES BE INCREASED BY $150,000 AND BY WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, BY IMPOSITION OF A SPECIAL SALES TAX OF NOT MORE THAN TWELVE PERCENT (12%) UPON THE RETAIL SALE OF MEDICAL AND RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA AND MARIJUANA-RELATED PRODUCTS FOR COLLECTION BEGINNING IN FISCAL YEAR, STARTING JANUARY 1, 2021, AND CONTINUING THEREAFTER, THE PROCEEDS OF WHICH WILL BE USED FOR TOWN PAID PERSONNEL, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO TOWN POLICE, EXPANSION, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF TOWN FACILITIES, INCLUDING ROADS, STREETS AND DRAINAGE FACILITIES AND ACQUISITION OF EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, USE OF LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENTS AND CONTINUED OPERATION OF TOWN FACILITIES AND FOR SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS MAY BE DETERMINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND SHALL SUCH TAX REVENUE PROCEEDS AND ANY INTEREST ACCRUING THERETO, BE COLLECTED AND SPENT BY THE TOWN AS VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE AND SPENDING CHANGES WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION AND AN EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN C.R.S. § 29-1-301 OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE PROVISION OF THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES, AS AMENDED, OR THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION, AS AMENDED, WHICH PURPORT TO LIMIT THE TOWN'S REVENUES OR EXPENDITURES, IN EACH YEAR AND EACH SUBSEQUENT YEAR? Yes/For No/Against MEETING OPERATIONAL COSTS TO MAINTAIN RESPONSE TIMES FOR FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, Miami Yoder School District JT 60 Ballot Question 5A The Miami Yoder School Board has requested to eliminate term limits as permitted by Article XVIII & II of the Colorado Constitution, shall the present and future elected school directors be authorized to serve unlimited terms of office, eliminating the limitation on terms of office imposed by Colorado Constitution Article XVIII & II? Yes/For No/Against School District Measure No/Against • ATTRACTING, TRAINING ANDRETAINING FIREFIGHTERS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS AND PARAMEDICS, AND • REPLACING EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES THAT HAVE REACHED THE END OF THEIR SERVICE LIFE, INCLUDING AIR PACKS, BUNKER GEAR AND AMBULANCES, WHICH INCREASE SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO THE MILL LEVY CURRENTLY IMPOSED BY THE DISTRICT; AND SHALL THE REVENUE FROM SUCH MILL LEVY INCREASE CONSTITUTE A VOTER- APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE AND AN EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITATION SET FORTH IN SECTION 29-1-301 OF THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES? Yes/For Calhan Fire Protection District Ballot Issue 7B SHALL CALHAN FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT TAXES BE INCREASED UP TO $285,000 ANNUALLY (FOR COLLECTION IN CALENDAR YEAR 2021) AND BY SUCH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER BY AN AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX MILL LEVY IMPOSED AT A RATE OF SIX MILLS FOR THE PURPOSE OF Fire Protection District Measure SAMPLE