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. 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).
GRAPHICS AND RESOURCE LINKS TO READ, SHARE, AND POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA:
ONCE YOU VOTE, SHARE YOUR RESOURCES WITH OTHERS! 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!
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
2026 Colorado Fiscal Institute Voter Guide — another trusted, excellent source.
Graphic from Indivisible to SHARE (control click/right click and pull down to “Save image as”:
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!)
