By Quentin Young | editor
🗳️ The election is Tuesday. A lot of Coloradans have already voted, but many more haven’t. If you’re filling out your ballot this weekend, we’ve got you covered. The Newsline voter guide describes candidates and statewide ballot measures, and it contains useful voting information. Check out these features:
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Ballots are seen at the Weld County Elections office in Greeley on June 25, 2024. (Andrew Fraieli/Colorado Newsline)
By Chase Woodruff
Colorado’s most expensive ballot-measure showdown in the 2026 midterms is an overlapping series of fights over several high-stakes tax questions, with a mishmash of left- and right-leaning groups spending a combined total of more than $14 million to influence Colorado voters on the measures ahead of Election Day. Among the dozens of issue committees registered to support or oppose the 14 measures appearing on the 2026 statewide ballot, none is better-funded than Yes for Kids Colorado, a teachers-union-funded group that has spent more than $6.8 million to support Proposition NN.
Clerk Josh Zygielbaum is seen at the Adams County Government Center in Brighton on Nov. 7, 2023. (Photo by Kevin Mohatt/Colorado Newsline)
By Sara Wilson
The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday declined terms set by Colorado officials that would have restricted federal election monitor activities inside Adams County election buildings, and the department said the monitors would deploy to election sites but not enter them. Some state leaders, worry that the federal government is using election monitors as a shortcut to find counties with significant non-English-speaking voters to investigate.
U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse, left, and former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg rally Democratic voters at the Boulder Theater on Wednesday. (Photo by Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline)
By Chase Woodruff
After an unprecedented eight years in full control of state government, Colorado Democrats are confident they're days away from not just keeping their grip on power, but turning the state a deeper shade of blue than ever. On stage at the Boulder Theater Wednesday night, the state's top Democratic leaders rallied the party faithful in a series of speeches. Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, widely considered a likely contender for Democrats' 2028 presidential nomination, headlined the rally, hosted by Rep. Joe Neguse, whose 2nd Congressional District includes Boulder.
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