Last-minute Colorado voter guide for the 2024 election

It’s too late to return your ballot by mail, but it’s not too late to vote — Coloradans have until 7 p.m. Nov. 5 to vote in-person at statewide voting centers or using one of Colorado’s 433 ballot drop boxes.

As you’re finishing your ballot, we’ve got links that can help: How to vote mindfully for judges up for retention, explainers on Proposition 131 (ranked choice voting) and Proposition 127 (mountain lion and bobcat hunting), and deeper dives into the 4th Congressional District race (Lauren Boebert vs. Trisha Calvarese), Denver Initiated Ordinance 309 (slaughterhouse ban) and issues like abortion (Amendment 79).

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Colorado ballot measures • Denver, DPS, Aurora and RTD ballot measures • Candidates • Judge retention • Endorsements

General election stories

Story Incendiary rhetoric, immigration surge drive votes among Coloradans in election — but not always to Trump

Story Candidates across the ballot are talking about the cost of housing. But will the issue sway votes?

Story Hundreds of ballot drop boxes, voting centers open across Colorado: “The most we have ever had in any election”

Story Nearly $25 million spent on Colorado ballot measures — led by backers of election overhaul, abortion amendment

Story Economy leveling out — and ongoing inflation woes — weigh on Colorado voters heading into election

Story Abortion is on Colorado’s ballot — and it’s being used to mobilize voters as Roe reversal reverberates in election

Story Climate change is a concern for many voters. Here’s what the presidential election could mean for Colorado.

Explainer Where to find immigration — from border security to policy reform — on your ballot

Explainer Where to find housing — from tax proposals to rising prices — on your Colorado ballot

Explainer Where to find the cost of living on your ballot in the 2024 election

Explainer Where to find abortion on your ballot in the 2024 election

Explainer Where to find climate change on your ballot if that’s a top voting concern

Explainer Where to find the state of democracy on your ballot in the 2024 election

Colorado ballot measures

Denver, DPS, Aurora and RTD ballot measures

Denver city ballot measure roundup

Story Denver voters face nine city measures on their ballots, from new taxes to slaughterhouse and fur bans

Story Meat industry donates big to defeat Denver slaughterhouse ban, while sales tax campaigns build war chests

Ballot Issue 2R: Denver affordable housing tax

Explainer Ballot Issue 2R would increase Denver’s sales taxes to support affordable housing

Story Denver’s affordable housing tax would make the city into an investment bank. Is it ready for that role?

Ballot Issue 2Q: Denver Health sales tax

Explainer Denver Ballot Issue 2Q would increase sales taxes to support Denver Health

Story Denver voters face two tax increase questions. Will they support both housing and the city’s safety-net hospital?

Initiated Ordinance 308: Fur ban

Explainer Denver Initiated Ordinance 308 is a fur ban that would affect some hat makers, other businesses

Story Denver fur ban initiative targets fashion industry, but it’s got fly-fishers and cowboy hat makers worried, too

Initiated Ordinance 309: Slaughterhouse ban

Explainer Denver Initiated Ordinance 309 would shut down the city’s only slaughterhouse

Story Slaughterhouse with 20% of U.S. lamb capacity feels targeted by proposed Denver ban that aims to end factory farms

Story Supporters of Denver slaughterhouse ban claim video shows illegal treatment of lambs in city’s last facility

Ballot Issue 6A: Downtown Denver improvements

Story Measure viewed as potential fix for downtown Denver’s “doom loop” headed to some city voters in November

DPS Ballot Issue 4A: Denver Public Schools bond

Explainer Ballot Issue 4A asks voters to approve a nearly $1 billion bond for Denver Public Schools

Story Colorado school districts want voters to OK billions for new buildings and maintenance. It may be a tough sell.

Aurora Ballot Question 3A: Pit bull ban

Explainer Ballot Question 3A gives Aurora voters final say on whether to keep pit bull ban

RTD Ballot Issue 7A: Keep tax money

Explainer Ballot Issue 7A would allow the Regional Transportation District to keep tax money

Candidates

Find stories and candidate Q&As for: U.S. President, U.S. House of Representatives (for Colorado), Colorado Board of Education, CU Regents, RTD Board of Directors, Colorado State Senate, Colorado State House, district attorneys, county commissioners and judges