FIVE ESSENTIAL ELECTION WEBSITES:
govotecolorado.gov — Colorado Secretary of State — All things registration. Sign up for BallotTrax.
bouldercountyvotes.gov — Boulder County Clerk’s website — All things ballot, ballot dropbox, and Vote Center hours and locations. Access to/Sign up for BallotTrax. Vote Centers open October 19. 24-hour drop boxes open NOW.
bocovoter.org — The 2026 Boulder County Democratic Party online Voter Guide. New and improved this year. Includes the very detailed 2026 Ballot Measures Guide, the most comprehensive analysis, with links to trusted organizations like Colorado Fiscal Institute and Bell Policy Center.
bocodems.org — Boulder County Democratic Party’s website: look up your precinct organizer & area coordinator (your districts are also listed), by pulling down the Elections tab to “Your Precinct Information”. Links to bocovoter.org, the BCDPs online voter guide, Know Your Rights, and more.
longmontdems.org — Longmont Area Democrats: will act as a “Resource Hub” under this widget:
The 2026 Boulder County Democratic Party (BCDP) Voter Guide — thousands of which are being dropped at doors as we speak (you can also download and print):
2026VG85x11FINALPRINTThe Clerk’s last recommended day to mail your ballot is Monday, October 26 (also the last day to register to vote online, in order to be mailed a ballot). Please research, then vote your WHOLE ballot before that date. But after that date, there is still time to walk your ballot in to any Vote Center, or drop your ballot in a 24-hour drop box — which are all open until Election Day, Tuesday, November 3, 7pm!
TIPS AND TALKING POINTS FOR THE 2026 ELECTION:
DO NOT sacrifice voting whole ballot for turning in your ballot early — with the help of resources you’ll find on this page, YOU CAN DO BOTH: vote whole ballot AND turn your ballot in early.
THERE ARE 2026 Ballot measures to VOTE YES ON: YES on Amendment 87 Graduated Income Tax (therefore vote NO on Prop 136!), YES on Proposition NN K-12 Education Funding, YES on Ballot Issue 7A Front Range Rail Expansion, YES on Boulder County Issue 1A Child Care, YES on 3C City of Longmont Ranked Choice Voting, and YES on City of Boulder 2L Collective Bargaining for Firefighters.
But MOST of the measures on Colorado’s 2026 ballot are HARD NO’s! Why? Because of DARK MONEY from two extremist groups: Advance Colorado (NO on Amendments 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, & 86. NO on Propositions 132 & 136.) And “Protect” Kids Colorado (NO on Propositions 133, 134, & 135).
after you vote…
ONCE YOU VOTE, SHARE YOUR RESOURCES WITH OTHERS, ESPECIALLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA! Voter education tips (where the nearest ballot drop box is, links to bocovoter.org and other election resources, October 26 being the last day to mail, etc.) are non-devisive and helpful! On social media, you’ll be reaching folks living out of state. Every state has county clerks, who manage the distribution of the ballot and setting up voting locations. And every state has a Secretary of State, who heads up elections for that state, with the county clerks following the rules set forth by their Secretary of State. Share “how we do it” here in Boulder County and Colorado, or your love of the security and access of the mail in ballot.
MENTOR A NEW VOTER, OR AN 18 YEAR-OLD, who is voting for the first time, stressing the importance of always voting in midterms — and every election, every year! Many 18 year-olds, who turn 18 during a midterm election year, don’t think about starting the habit of voting until a Presidential election. Let’s change that, and let 18 year-olds, or new voters, know that there is an election every year
PLEASE HELP OUT PRECINCT ORGANIZERS DROP VOTER GUIDES (right now) or VOTE NOTES (closer to Election Day) here in Boulder County, by looking up your precinct, and contacting your Precinct Organizer or Area Coordinator, here.
GRAPHICS AND RESOURCE LINKS TO READ, SHARE, AND POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA:
Recording of Indivisible meeting 9/2/26, Logan Davis, investigative reporter with Colorado Times Recorder
Resources on Advance Colorado, the dark money group behind most of the egregious measures on the Colorado ballot:
Advance Colorado’s extremist, right wing, dark money measures on the 2026 Ballot
Read more about packaging supply magnate Uihlein (the Uline company), here.
Then there’s “Protect” Kids Colorado — which does not!
Meet the woman behind the Colorado ballot measures this year on transgender youth, Colorado Sun, 10/6/26.
Excellent overview of the dark money groups in Colorado, from the Colorado Times Recorder, 2025
Capitol Commons Substack: Better Common Sense Advances Coloradans Brightly Paula Noonan on substack
2026 Bell Policy Center Voter Guide includes reasoning for position on each ballot measure
Bell Policy’s slide presentation from our 10/7/26 LAD meeting:
2026 Colorado Fiscal Institute Voter Guide — another trusted, excellent source.
Colorado Fiscal Institute’s slide presentation from our 10/7/26 LAD meeting:
Graphic from Indivisible to SHARE (control click/right click and pull down to “Save image as”:
A deep dive on the Amendment 87 (YES: Graduated Income Tax) and Proposition 136 (NO!)
@thewitchofwildwood Colorado put TWO competing income tax plans on the 2026 ballot. Amendment 87 and Proposition 136 take Colorado’s tax system in very different directions… and yes, both could pass. So what happens if you vote YES on both? 🗳️ Let’s break it down. #colorado #coloradopolitics #proposition136 #ColoradoBallot #amendment87 ♬ original sound – The Witch of Wildwood
2026 JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS
2026 STATE BALLOT INFORMATION (BLUE) BOOKLET (the publication you receive in the mail every election)
ANY QUESTIONS, tips? Email us at longmontareadems@gmail.com (We’re out dropping Voter Guides, and promise to answer as soon as we can!)
