Russell G. Ragsdale Clerk and Recorder City and County of Broomfield, Colorado OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT CITY AND COUNTY OF BROOMFIELD, COLORADO NOVEMBER 2, 2004 INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTER: To vote for the candidate of your choice, completely fill in the OVAL to the LEFT of the candidate's name. If you tear, deface, or wrongly mark this ballot, return it and request a replacement.
MARK YOUR BALLOT BY FILLING IN THE OVAL: VOTE BOTH SIDES OF THIS BALLOT FEDERAL UNITED STATES SENATOR STATE SENATE - DISTRICT 23 (Vote for One) (Vote for One) PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS (Vote for One Pair) Pete Coors Shawn Mitchell Republican Republican George W. Bush Curt Darius Williams Democratic Dick Cheney Republican Ken Salazar STATE REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT Democratic 33 John F. Kerry (Vote for One) John Edwards Democratic Victor Good Dianne Primavera Democratic Colorado Reform Michael Badnarik Bill Berens Republican Richard V. Campagna Libertarian Douglas "Dayhorse" Campbell DISTRICT ATTORNEY - 17th JUDICIAL American Constitution DISTRICT David Cobb (Vote for One) Patricia LaMarche Green Richard Randall Donald S. Quick Democratic Libertarian Ralph Nader COLORADO COURT OF APPEALS Peter Miguel Camejo Colorado Reform John R. Harris Shall Judge James S. Casebolt of the Independent Colorado Court of Appeals be retained Michael Anthony Peroutka in office? Chuck Baldwin (Vote Yes or No) American Constitution Finn Gotaas Unaffiliated Gene Amondson YES NO Leroy Pletten Concerns of People Shall Judge Dennis A. Graham of the Colorado Court of Appeals be retained Stanford E. Andress (Andy) Write-in in office? Irene M. Deasy (Vote Yes or No) Unaffiliated REPRESENTATIVE TO THE 109th UNITED STATES CONGRESS - DISTRICT 2 Walter F. Brown (Vote for One) YES NO Mary Cal Hollis Socialist Mark Udall Democratic Shall Judge Arthur P. Roy of the Colorado Court of Appeals be retained Earl F. Dodge Stephen M. Hackman Republican in office? Howard L. Lydick (Vote Yes or No) Prohibition Norm Olsen Libertarian James E. Harris STATE YES NO Margaret Trowe Socialist Workers REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF Shall Judge Daniel Marc Taubman of COLORADO - AT LARGE the Colorado Court of Appeals be Bill Van Auken (Vote for One) retained in office? Jim Lawrence (Vote Yes or No) Socialist Equality Jennifer Mello Democratic Steve Bosley Republican YES NO
Write-in Daniel Ong Libertarian
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FRONT Card 1 SEQ# 1 FOR PROOF ONLY Shall Judge John R. Webb of the Colorado "Ballot issues referred by the general assembly Amendment 35 Court of Appeals be retained in office? or any political subdivision are listed by letter, SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED $175 (Vote Yes or No) and ballot issues initiated by the people are listed MILLION ANNUALLY THROUGH ADDITIONAL numerically. A 'yes' vote on any ballot issue is a TOBACCO TAXES IMPOSED FOR HEALTH vote in favor of changing current law or existing RELATED PURPOSES, AND, IN CONNECTION YES NO circumstances, and a 'no' vote on any ballot THEREWITH, AMENDING THE COLORADO issue is a vote against changing current law or CONSTITUTION TO INCREASE STATEWIDE existing circumstances." TAXES ON THE SALE OF CIGARETTES BY DISTRICT JUDGE - 17th JUDICIAL DISTRICT WHOLESALERS OF THREE AND TWO- Amendment 34 TENTHS CENTS PER CIGARETTE AND ON Shall Judge C. Vincent Phelps Jr. of the THE SALE, USE, CONSUMPTION, HANDLING, 17th Judicial District be retained in office? Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado OR DISTRIBUTION OF OTHER TOBACCO (Vote Yes or No) constitution concerning recovery of damages PRODUCTS BY DISTRIBUTORS AT THE RATE relating to construction of real property OF TWENTY PERCENT OF THE improvements, and, in connection therewith, MANUFACTURER'S LIST PRICE; INCREASING SUCH TOBACCO TAXES EFFECTIVE YES NO prohibiting laws that limit or impair a property owner's right to recover damages caused by a JANUARY 1, 2005; REQUIRING ANNUAL failure to construct an improvement in a good APPROPRIATIONS OF SPECIFIED Shall Judge C. Scott Crabtree of the 17th PERCENTAGES OF THE ADDITIONAL Judicial District be retained in office? and workmanlike manner; defining "good and TOBACCO TAX REVENUES TO EXPAND (Vote Yes or No) workmanlike manner" to include construction ELIGIBILITY FOR AND INCREASE that is suitable for its intended purposes; and ENROLLMENT IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC permitting exceptions for laws that limit punitive HEALTH PLAN, TO FUND COMPREHENSIVE damages, afford governmental immunity, or PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE THROUGH YES NO impose time limits of specified minimum lengths CERTAIN COLORADO QUALIFIED on filing lawsuits? PROVIDERS, TOBACCO EDUCATION Shall Judge Katherine Rose Delgado of the PROGRAMS, AND PREVENTION, EARLY 17th Judicial District be retained in office? DETECTION, AND TREATMENT OF CANCER (Vote Yes or No) YES NO AND CARDIOVASCULAR AND PULMONARY DISEASES, TO COMPENSATE THE STATE GENERAL FUND, THE OLD AGE PENSION FUND, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR YES NO TOBACCO TAX LOSSES RESULTING FROM REDUCED SALES OF CIGARETTES AND Shall Judge Thomas R. Ensor of the 17th TOBACCO PRODUCTS; SPECIFYING THAT Judicial District be retained in office? THE APPROPRIATIONS OF ADDITIONAL (Vote Yes or No) TOBACCO TAX REVENUES SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO AND NOT SUBSTITUTED FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUCH PROGRAMS ON JANUARY 1, 2005; ALLOWING THE USE YES NO OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX REVENUES FOR ANY HEALTH RELATED PURPOSE AND BROOMFIELD COUNTY COURT TO SERVE POPULATIONS ENROLLED IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC HEALTH PLAN AND THE Shall Judge Randall J. Davis of the COLORADO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE Broomfield County Court be retained in PROGRAM AS OF JANUARY 1, 2005, UPON A office? DECLARATION OF A STATE FISCAL EMERGENCY BY TWO-THIRDS OF THE (Vote Yes or No) MEMBERS OF EACH HOUSE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND THE GOVERNOR; YES NO PROHIBITING THE REPEAL OR REDUCTION OF EXISTING TAXES IMPOSED ON CIGARETTES AND OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS; EXCLUDING ALL ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX REVENUES FROM FISCAL YEAR SPENDING FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 20 OF ARTICLE X OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION; AND EXEMPTING APPROPRIATIONS OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX REVENUES FROM THE STATUTORY LIMITATION ON GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS GROWTH OR ANY OTHER EXISTING SPENDING LIMITATION?
YES NO
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BACK Card 1 SEQ# 1 FOR PROOF ONLY Amendment 36 Referendum A Referendum 4A Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado Amendments to sections 13, 14, and 15 of SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION constitution concerning popular proportional article XII and section 22 of article IV of the DISTRICT TAXES BE INCREASED $158.34 selection of presidential electors, and, in constitution of the state of Colorado, concerning MILLION ANNUALLY AND BY WHATEVER connection therewith, creating procedures for reform of the state civil service system, and, in ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER BY INCREASING allocating Colorado's electoral votes for connection therewith, modifying the merit THE RATE OF SALES TAX LEVIED BY THE president and vice-president of the United principle, exempting certain positions from the DISTRICT BY FOUR-TENTHS OF ONE States, based on the proportion of ballots that system, modifying the number of eligible PERCENT, FROM THE CURRENT SIX- are cast in this state for each presidential ticket; applicants from which an appointment is to be TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT TO ONE making the terms of the proposed amendment made, modifying the residency requirement, PERCENT COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2005 effective so that popular proportional selection expanding the duration of temporary AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, SHALL of presidential electors applies to the 2004 employment, specifying the rule-making REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT general election; setting forth procedures and authority of the state personnel board and the DEBT BE INCREASED $3.477 BILLION, WITH A REPAYMENT COST OF $7.129 BILLION WITH timelines that govern the certification of election state personnel director, allowing the general ALL PROCEEDS OF DEBT AND TAXES TO BE results and the potential recounting of votes in assembly to reallocate the rule-making authority USED AND SPENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION elections for presidential electors and in the of the state personnel board and the state AND OPERATION OF A FIXED GUIDE WAY election on this proposed amendment; granting personnel director, authorizing a modification to MASS TRANSIT SYSTEM, THE the Colorado supreme court original jurisdiction the veterans' preference, and making CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL PARK-N- for the adjudication of all contests concerning conforming amendments. RIDE LOTS, THE EXPANSION AND presidential electors and requiring that such IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING PARK-N-RIDE YES NO LOTS, AND INCREASED BUS SERVICE, matters be heard and decided on an expedited INCLUDING THE USE OF SMALLER BUSES basis; and authorizing the general assembly to Referendum B AND VANS AND ALTERNATIVE FUEL enact legislation to change the manner of Amendments to articles IV, VII, and IX of the VEHICLES AS APPROPRIATE, AS SPECIFIED selecting presidential electors or any of the constitution of the state of Colorado, concerning IN THE TRANSIT EXPANSION PLAN procedures contained in this amendment? ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS the elimination of obsolete provisions of the OF THE DISTRICT ON OR BEFORE APRIL 22, state constitution. 2004 AND SHALL DEBT BE EVIDENCED BY YES NO BONDS, NOTES, OR OTHER MULTIPLE- FISCAL YEAR OBLIGATIONS INCLUDING Amendment 37 YES NO REFUNDING BONDS THAT MAY BE ISSUED Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado AS A LOWER OR HIGHER RATE OF revised statutes concerning renewable energy INTEREST AND INCLUDING DEBT THAT MAY HAVE A REDEMPTION PRIOR TO MATURITY standards for large providers of retail electric WITH OR WITHOUT PAYMENT OF A service, and, in connection therewith, defining PREMIUM, PAYABLE FROM ALL REVENUES eligible renewable energy resources to include GENERATED BY SAID TAX INCREASE, solar, wind, geothermal, biomass, small FEDERAL FUNDS, INVESTMENT INCOME, hydroelectricity, and hydrogen fuel cells; PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS, AND requiring that a percentage of retail electricity OTHER REVENUES AS THE BOARD MAY sales be derived from renewable sources, DETERMINE, AND WITH SUCH REVENUES RAISED BY THE SALES TAX RATE INCREASE beginning with 3% in the year 2007 and AND THE PROCEEDS OF DEBT increasing to 10% by 2015; requiring utilities to OBLIGATIONS AND ANY INVESTMENT offer customers a rebate of $2.00 per watt and INCOME ON SUCH REVENUES AND other incentives for solar electric generation; PROCEEDS BEING EXEMPT FROM THE providing incentives for utilities to invest in REVENUE AND SPENDING RESTRICTIONS renewable energy resources that provide net CONTAINED IN SECTION 20 0F ARTICLE X OF economic benefits to customers; limiting the THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION UNTIL retail rate impact of renewable energy SUCH TIME AS ALL DEBT IS REPAID WHEN THE RATE OF TAX WILL BE DECREASED TO resources to 50 cents per month for residential THAT AMOUNT NECESSARY FOR THE customers; requiring public utilities commission CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM rules to establish major aspects of the measure; BUT NOT LESS THAN SIX-TENTHS OF ONE prohibiting utilities from using condemnation or PERCENT? eminent domain to acquire land for generating facilities used to meet the standards; requiring YES NO utilities with requirements contracts to address shortfalls from the standards; and specifying election procedures by which the customers of a utility may opt out of the requirements of this amendment?
YES NO
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FRONT Card 2 SEQ# 1 FOR PROOF ONLY Referendum 4B JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ISSUE 3B SHALL THERE BE AN EXTENSION UNTIL JUNE 30, “SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL 2018, OF THE AGGREGATE 0.1 PERCENT SALES ISSUE 3A DISTRICT R-1’S DEBT BE INCREASED $323.8 AND USE TAXES CURRENTLY LEVIED AND “SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT MILLION WITH A REPAYMENT COST OF COLLECTED BY THE DENVER METROPOLITAN R-1’S TAXES BE INCREASED $38.5 MILLION $680.5 MILLION OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES DISTRICT ANNUALLY, OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS THE AS MAY BE NECESSARY, AND SHALL THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE ON JUNE 30, BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY ANNUALLY JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R- 2006, FOR ASSISTING SCIENTIFIC AND DETERMINE, BY THE COLLECTION OF AD 1’S TAXES BE INCREASED $48.8 MILLION CULTURAL FACILITIES WITHIN THE DISTRICT VALOREM PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE 2004-2005 ANNUALLY OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS WHILE AUTHORIZING THE DISTRICT TO BUDGET YEAR AND EACH BUDGET YEAR MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THE PAYMENT OF CONTINUE TO COLLECT, RETAIN, AND SPEND THEREAFTER FOR DEPOSIT IN THE DISTRICT’S SUCH DEBT, ALL FOR THE FOLLOWING ALL REVENUE GENERATED BY SUCH TAX IN GENERAL FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, PURPOSES: EXCESS OF THE LIMITATION PROVIDED IN INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: ARTICLE X OF SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO • CONSTRUCTING ADDITIONS, NEW CONSTITUTION AND WHILE MODIFYING THE • REDUCE AND MAINTAIN CLASS SIZE AND CLASSROOM SPACE AND REPLACEMENTS RATES OF THE THREE INDIVIDUAL SALES AND STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS TO ENSURE THAT FOR 9 DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS, SOME OF USE TAXES COLLECTED BY THE DISTRICT AS STUDENTS ARE ACADEMICALLY PREPARED; WHICH ARE APPROACHING 50 YEARS OLD; FOLLOWS: INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .0655 PERCENT; DECREASING THE .028 PERCENT SALES AND • MEET THE INCREASED COSTS INCURRED BY • CONSTRUCTING ONE NEW ELEMENTARY USE TAX TO .021 PERCENT; AND INCREASING THE DISTRICT TO CONTINUE THE DISTRICT’S SCHOOL AND REPLACING ONE MIDDLE THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO COMMITMENT TO ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND SCHOOL; .0135 PERCENT; EXCEPT THAT, FOR TOTAL TO PROVIDE AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM OF ANNUAL REVENUES COLLECTED BY THE THE HIGHEST QUALITY; • RENOVATING AND REPAIRING DISTRICT THAT EXCEED THIRTY-EIGHT MILLION ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL DOLLARS, INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT • MAINTAIN HIGH SCHOOL ELECTIVES SUCH AS BUILDINGS; SALES AND USE TAX TO .064 PERCENT; MUSIC, ART AND WORLD LANGUAGES WHILE DECREASING THE .028 PERCENT SALES AND IMPLEMENTING THE NEW COLLEGE ENTRANCE • MAKING LIFE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS IN USE TAX TO .022 PERCENT; AND INCREASING REQUIREMENTS; AND DISTRICT BUILDINGS BY RENOVATING, THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .014 REPAIRING AND/OR REPLACING PLUMBING, PERCENT? • ATTRACT AND RETAIN HIGH-QUALITY ELECTRICAL, LIGHTING AND MECHANICAL TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF; SYSTEMS AND ROOFS, UPGRADING YES NO SECURITY AND IMPROVING SITE WITH SUCH TAXES TO BE IN EXCESS OF CONDITIONS; CITY AND COUNTY OF BROOMFIELD PROPERTY TAX REVENUES THAT WOULD BE AND OTHERWISE EQUIPPING, IMPROVING, QUESTION 1A PROVIDED BY THE GENERAL FUND MILL LEVY PERMITTED UNDER STATE LAW WITHOUT SUCH EXPANDING, REPAIRING AND FURNISHING AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER FOR THE INCREASE AND, TOGETHER WITH REVENUES CHARTER SCHOOL AND DISTRICT CITY AND COUNTY OF BROOMFIELD FROM SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES FACILITIES AND GROUNDS AS PERMITTED RELATING TO MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND THE EARNINGS BY LAW; WITH SUCH DEBT TO BE IN THE ON SUCH TAXES AND REVENUES, TO FORM OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, Shall Section 3.2, Municipal Elections, of the CONSTITUTE A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE WHICH BONDS SHALL BEAR INTEREST AT A Broomfield Home Rule Charter be amended to AND SPENDING CHANGE UNDER, TO BE MAXIMUM NET EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE establish the first Tuesday in November in odd- COLLECTED AND SPENT EACH YEAR WITHOUT NOT TO EXCEED 6.50% AND MATURE, BE LIMITATION BY THE REVENUE AND SPENDING SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION, WITH OR numbered years as the day on which general LIMITS OF, AND WITHOUT AFFECTING THE WITHOUT PREMIUM, AND BE ISSUED, DATED municipal elections will be held? DISTRICT’S ABILITY TO COLLECT AND SPEND AND SOLD AT, ABOVE OR BELOW PAR, AND OTHER REVENUES OR FUNDS UNDER, ARTICLE AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH YES NO X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO MANNER AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS, CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?” NOT INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE QUESTION 1B BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY DETERMINE; AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER FOR THE AND IN CONNECTION THEREWITH (I) TO CITY AND COUNTY OF BROOMFIELD YES NO INCREASE THE DISTRICT’S AD VALOREM CLARIFYING THE MAYOR’S DUTIES PROPERTY TAXES IN ANY YEAR IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE Shall Section 6.3, Voting, of the Broomfield PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON SUCH Home Rule Charter be amended to clarify that BONDS, AND (II) TO COLLECT AND SPEND THE PROCEEDS OF THE BONDS AND THE the Mayor shall vote on ordinances in case of a REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES AND THE tie vote? SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND ANY EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF YES NO SUCH PROCEEDS AND REVENUES WITHOUT LIMITATION BY THE REVENUE AND SPENDING LIMITS OF, AND WITHOUT AFFECTING THE DISTRICT’S ABILITY TO COLLECT AND SPEND ANY OTHER REVENUES OR FUNDS UNDER, ARTICLE X, OFFICIAL ELECTION BALLOT FOR SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CITY AND COUNTY OF BROOMFIELD, COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?” November 2, 2004 YES NO
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