Boulder County Ballot Measures

Note: This page lists only county ballot measures. Individual towns and cities within Boulder County may consider municipal ballot measures for upcoming elections. Please check with your municipality to see if they intend to place any issues or measures applying to the incorporated areas within your town or city. Visit the Elections Division or your choice of third-party websites for other ballot content (usually available late September for fall elections).

2026 Boulder County Ballot Measures

As of Aug. 18, the Boulder County Commissioners have referred three ballot measures to the Nov. 3 General Election. The Early Childhood Care and Education Ballot measure will appear on all ballots in Boulder County. The Sombrero Ranch and Summerlin ballot measures will only appear on the ballots of electors in those respective communities.

Staff Contact: Natalie Springett at nspringett@bouldercounty.gov

County Issue [ ]: Boulder County Early Childhood Care and Education Issue (Boulder County Early Childhood Care and Education Mill Levy Increase and Voter-Approved Revenue Change)

SHALL BOULDER COUNTY TAXES BE INCREASED $30,000,000 ANNUALLY (IN TAX COLLECTION YEAR 2027), AND BY SUCH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, BY A MILL LEVY IMPOSED AT A RATE OF 2.579 MILLS (EQUATING TO APPROXIMATELY $115 PER YEAR ON A $725,000 HOME BASED ON CURRENT RATES OF ASSESSMENT) FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADDRESSING THE SHORTAGE AND HIGH COST OF CHILD CARE AND PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR BOULDER COUNTY FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN, INCLUDING:

• LOWERING THE HIGH COST OF CHILD CARE AND PRESCHOOL FOR BOULDER COUNTY FAMILIES;
• INCREASING THE COMPENSATION OF CHILD CARE AND PRESCHOOL TEACHERS AND STAFF TO RETAIN AND ATTRACT HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATORS; AND
• ADDRESSING THE SHORTAGE OF CARE BY EXPANDING CAPACITY FOR MORE CHILDREN AND REDUCING WAITLISTS; AND SHALL THE REVENUES AND EARNINGS ON THE INVESTMENT OF THE PROCEEDS OF SUCH TAX CONSTITUTE A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE UNDER ARTICLE X SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION AND AN EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 29-1-301 OF THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES, ALL AS MORE PARTICULARLY SET FORTH IN BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ RESOLUTION NO. 2026-048?

____YES ____NO

A public hearing was held Thursday, July 23, to ask for input from the public on the proposed Boulder County Early Childhood Care and Education ballot measure.

During the July 23 Public Hearing, the Boulder County Commissioners adopted Resolution 2026-048, referring to the registered electors of the county at the Nov. 3, 2026 general election a ballot issue to increase county property taxes by 2.579 mills to address the shortage and high cost of child care and preschool for Boulder County families with young children by lowering the cost of care, increasing the compensation of child care and preschool teachers and staff, and expanding capacity to serve more children and reduce waitlists; approving the ballot title therefor; and providing for a voter-approved revenue change.

At the Aug. 18 Business Meeting, the commissioners considered a resolution to non-substantively amend the ballot title language of the referred measure entitled the “Boulder County Early Childhood Care and Education Mill Levy Increase and Voter-Approved Revenue Change”, fix, and certify the ballot title. Through Resolution 2026-053, the commissioners amended and certified the Boulder County Early Childhood Care and Education Mill Levy Increase and Voter-Approved Revenue Change ballot title to the Nov. 3, 2026 General Election.

The Boulder County Commissioners also forwarded two resident-proposed Public Improvement District (PID) ballot measures to the Nov. 3 ballot. These local measures -– one for Sombrero Ranch and the other for Summerlin — will only appear on the ballots of electors in the respective communities.

County Issue []: Sombrero Ranch Public Improvement District of Boulder County Issue (Sombrero Ranch Public Improvement District of Boulder County Mill Levy Increase, Multiple-Fiscal Year Obligation Authorization, Revenue Change and formation)

SHALL SOMBRERO RANCH PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT OF BOULDER COUNTY TAXES BE INCREASED $185,000 (IN TAX COLLECTION YEAR 2027) AND THEREAFTER BY THE DOLLAR AMOUNT PRODUCED FROM THE LEVY OF AN AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX IMPOSED AT A RATE UP TO 14.47 MILLS, WITH THE ANNUAL TAX REVENUES (REGARDLESS OF DOLLAR AMOUNT) FROM SUCH MILL LEVY TO BE USED FOR RESURFACING COUNTY ROADS WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND OTHER COUNTY ROAD IMPROVEMENT PURPOSES WITHIN THE DISTRICT; AND, SHALL THE DISTRICT BE AUTHORIZED TO ENTER INTO A MULTIPLE-FISCAL YEAR OBLIGATION IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $3,500,000, TO BE PAID FROM THE REVENUES OF THE TAX DESCRIBED ABOVE AND ANY OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING LEGALLY AVAILABLE TO THE DISTRICT; AND SHALL THE TAX REVENUES DESCRIBED ABOVE, OTHER LEGALLY AVAILABLE FUNDING, IF ANY, AND THE INTEREST EARNINGS THEREON CONSTITUTE A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSITUTION (TABOR) AND AN EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 29-1-301 OF THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES OR ANY OTHER LIMITS WHICH MAY OTHERWISE APPLY; AND SHALL SOMBRERO RANCH PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT OF BOULDER COUNTY BE ORGANIZED, ALL AS MORE PARTICULARLY SET FORTH IN BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ RESOLUTION 2026-040.

___YES ___NO

By Resolution 2026-040, the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC or the Board) approved the citizen petition to submit to the Nov. 3, 2026, ballot the question of formation of the Sombrero Ranch Public Improvement District of Boulder County (the District) to pay for the reconstruction and repaving of public roads within the District. The petition requested that the Board authorize a vote on the formation question as well as the question of whether District could enter into a multi-fiscal year obligation to finance the reconstruction and repaving, and impose a mill levy to repay the obligation. The attached Resolution 2026-051 fixes the ballot language for this petition issue and certifies the ballot measure and title to the County Clerk for publication on the ballots for the Nov. 3, 2026, election.

County Issue []: The Summerlin Public Improvement District of Boulder County Issue (Summerlin Public Improvement District of Boulder County Mill Levy Increase, Multiple-Fiscal Year Obligation Authorization, Revenue Change and formation)

SHALL SUMMERLIN PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT OF BOULDER COUNTY TAXES BE INCREASED $60,000 (IN TAX COLLECTION YEAR 2027) AND
THEREAFTER BY THE DOLLAR AMOUNT PRODUCED FROM THE LEVY OF AN AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX IMPOSED AT A RATE UP TO 17.34 MILLS, WITH THE ANNUAL TAX REVENUES (REGARDLESS OF DOLLAR AMOUNT) FROM SUCH MILL LEVY TO BE USED FOR RESURFACING COUNTY ROADS WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND OTHER COUNTY ROAD IMPROVEMENT PURPOSES WITHIN THE DISTRICT; AND, SHALL THE DISTRICT BE AUTHORIZED TO ENTER INTO A MULTIPLE-FISCAL YEAR OBLIGATION IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,250,000, TO BE PAID FROM THE REVENUES OF THE TAX DESCRIBED ABOVE AND ANY OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING LEGALLY AVAILABLE TO THE DISTRICT; AND SHALL THE TAX REVENUES DESCRIBED ABOVE, OTHER LEGALLY AVAILABLE FUNDING, IF ANY, AND THE INTEREST EARNINGS THEREON CONSTITUTE A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSITUTION (TABOR) AND AN EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 29-1-301 OF THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES OR ANY OTHER LIMITS WHICH MAY OTHERWISE APPLY; AND SHALL SUMMERLIN PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT OF BOULDER COUNTY BE ORGANIZED, ALL AS MORE PARTICULARLY SET FORTH IN BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ RESOLUTION 2026-034?

____YES ____NO

By Resolution 2026-034, the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC or the Board) approved the citizen petition to submit to the November 3, 2026, ballot the question of formation of the Summerlin Public Improvement District of Boulder County (the District) to pay for the reconstruction and repaving of public roads within the District. The petition requested that the Board authorize a vote on the formation question as well as the question of whether District could enter into a multi-fiscal year obligation to finance the reconstruction and repaving, and impose a mill levy to repay that obligation. The attached Resolution 2026-052 fixes the ballot language for this petition issue and certifies the ballot measure and title to the County Clerk for publication on the ballots for the Nov. 3, 2026, election.