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Federal Offices Federal Offices Municipal Offices Presidential Electors United States Senator Kiowa Trustee (Vote for One Pair) (Vote for One) (Vote for Three)

Joseph R. Biden / John W. Hickenlooper Jason McMillan Kamala D. Harris Democratic Democratic Theresa (Terry) Howard Donald J. Trump / Cory Gardner Carey D. Kalisch Michael R. Pence Republican Republican Jonathon Shafer

Don Blankenship / Daniel Doyle Tim Chambers William Mohr American Constitution Approval Voting Judicial Retention Questions Bill Hammons / (Vote Yes or No) Unity Stephan "Seku" Evans Eric Bodenstab Unity Colorado Supreme Court Justice / Shall Justice Melissa Hart of the Colorado Raymon Anthony Doane Green Supreme Court be retained in office? (Signed declaration to limit service to Libertarian no more than 2 terms) Blake Huber / Yes No Frank Atwood Approval Voting Shall Justice Carlos A. Samour Jr. of the Write-in: Colorado Supreme Court be retained in office? / Representative to the 117th United Libertarian Jeremy "Spike" Cohen States Congress - District 4 Yes No (Vote for One) Brian Carroll / Colorado Court of Appeals Judge Amar Patel American Solidarity Ike McCorkle Democratic Shall Judge Ted C. Tow III of the Colorado Court of Appeals be retained in office? / Ken Buck Republican Adrian Wallace Unaffiliated Bruce Griffith Libertarian Yes No

Phil Collins / Laura Ireland Unity Shall Judge Craig R. Welling of the Colorado Billy Joe Parker Prohibition Court of Appeals be retained in office? State Offices Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente / State Representative - District 64 Yes No Darcy G. Richardson Alliance (Vote for One) District Court Judge

Dario Hunter / Dean Ormiston Democratic Shall Judge Michelle Ann Amico of the 18th Dawn Neptune Adams Progressive Judicial District be retained in office? Richard Holtorf Republican Princess Khadijah Maryam Jacob-Fambro / District Attorney Yes No Khadijah Maryam Jacob Sr. Unaffiliated 18th Judicial District Shall Judge Andrew Baum of the 18th Judicial SAMPLE(Vote for One) District be retained in office? / Malcolm Jarrett Socialist Workers Amy L. Padden Democratic Yes No

Joseph Kishore / John Kellner Republican Shall Judge Cynthia Dianne Mares of the 18th Norissa Santa Cruz Socialist Equality Judicial District be retained in office? County Offices Kyle Kenley Kopitke / County Commissioner District 1 Yes No Nathan Re Vo Sorenson Independent American (Vote for One) Shall Judge John E. Scipione of the 18th Judicial District be retained in office? / Christopher A. Richardson Republican Sunil Freeman Socialism and Liberation Write-in: Yes No Joe McHugh / County Commissioner District 3 Shall Judge Theresa Michelle Slade of the 18th Unaffiliated Judicial District be retained in office? Elizabeth Storm (Vote for One)

Brock Pierce / Kathleen J. Conway Democratic Yes No Karla Ballard Unaffiliated Grant E. Thayer Republican Shall Judge Darren L. Vahle of the 18th Judicial District be retained in office? Jordan "Cancer" Scott / Municipal Offices Jennifer Tepool Unaffiliated Kiowa Mayor Yes No / (Vote for One) Shall Judge Elizabeth Beebe Volz of the 18th Michelle Tidball Unaffiliated Judicial District be retained in office? Rickard D. Kolm

Yes No

Write-in: Ballot Measures State Measures Town of Kiowa Measures Ballot questions referred by the general assembly or any political subdivision are listed by letter, and ballot Proposition 114 (STATUTORY) Town of Kiowa questions initiated by the people are listed numerically. Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Ballot Issue 2A A ballot question listed as an "amendment" proposes a Statutes concerning the restoration of gray wolves change to the Colorado constitution, and a ballot SHALL THE TOWN OF KIOWA, COLORADO, through their reintroduction on designated lands in TAXES BE INCREASED BY $81,100 AND BY question listed as a "proposition" proposes a change to Colorado located west of the continental divide, the Colorado Revised Statutes. A "yes/for" vote on any WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE ballot question is a vote in favor of changing current law and, in connection therewith, requiring the RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, BY A or existing circumstances, and a "no/against" vote on Colorado parks and wildlife commission, after SALES TAX INCREASE OF NOT MORE THAN any ballot question is a vote against changing current holding statewide hearings and using scientific 1.5 PERCENT FOR COLLECTION BEGINNING law or existing circumstances. data, to implement a plan to restore and manage IN FISCAL YEAR, STARTING JANUARY 1, gray wolves; prohibiting the commission from 2021, AND CONTINUING THEREAFTER, THE State Measures imposing any land, water, or resource use PROCEEDS OF WHICH WILL BE USED FOR Amendment B (CONSTITUTIONAL) restrictions on private landowners to further the TOWN PAID PERSONNEL, ACQUISITION, Without increasing property tax rates, to help plan; and requiring the commission to fairly EXPANSION, CONSTRUCTION AND preserve funding for local districts that provide fire compensate owners for losses of livestock caused MAINTENANCE OF TOWN FACILITIES, by gray wolves? INCLUDING ROADS, STREETS AND protection, police, ambulance, hospital, DRAINAGE FACILITIES AND ACQUISITION OF kindergarten through twelfth grade education, and EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING, WITHOUT other services, and to avoid automatic mill levy LIMITATION, USE OF LEASE PURCHASE increases, shall there be an amendment to the Yes/For No/Against AGREEMENTS AND CONTINUED OPERATION Colorado constitution to repeal the requirement OF TOWN FACILITIES AND FOR SUCH OTHER that the general assembly periodically change the Proposition 115 (STATUTORY) PURPOSES AS MAY BE DETERMINED BY THE residential assessment rate in order to maintain Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND SHALL SUCH the statewide proportion of residential property as Statutes concerning prohibiting an abortion when TAX REVENUE PROCEEDS AND ANY compared to all other taxable property valued for the probable gestational age of the fetus is at INTEREST ACCRUING THERETO, BE property tax purposes and repeal the least twenty-two weeks, and, in connection COLLECTED AND SPENT BY THE TOWN AS nonresidential property tax assessment rate of therewith, making it a misdemeanor punishable VOTER- APPROVED REVENUE AND twenty-nine percent? by a fine to perform or attempt to perform a SPENDING CHANGES WITHIN THE MEANING prohibited abortion, except when the abortion is OF ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE Yes/For No/Against immediately required to save the life of the COLORADO CONSTITUTION AND AN pregnant woman when her life is physically EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITATIONS SET Amendment C (CONSTITUTIONAL) threatened, but not solely by a psychological or FORTH IN C.R.S. § 29-1-301 OR ANY OTHER Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado emotional condition; defining terms related to the APPLICABLE PROVISION OF THE COLORADO constitution concerning the conduct of charitable measure including "probable gestational age" and REVISED STATUTES, AS AMENDED, OR THE gaming activities, and, in connection therewith, "abortion," and excepting from the definition of COLORADO CONSTITUTION, AS AMENDED, allowing bingo-raffle licensees to hire managers "abortion" medical procedures relating to WHICH PURPORT TO LIMIT THE TOWN'S and operators of games and reducing the required miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy; specifying that REVENUES OR EXPENDITURES, IN EACH period of a charitable organization's continuous a woman on whom an abortion is performed may YEAR AND EACH SUBSEQUENT YEAR? not be charged with a crime in relation to a existence before obtaining a charitable gaming Yes/For No/Against license? prohibited abortion; and requiring the Colorado medical board to suspend for at least three years Yes/For No/Against the license of a licensee whom the board finds Town of Kiowa performed or attempted to perform a prohibited Ballot Question 2B Amendment 76 (CONSTITUTIONAL) abortion? Shall Sections 6-233 and 6-236 of Article VII of Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado Yes/For No/Against the Town of Kiowa Municipal Code relating to constitution requiring that to be qualified to vote at prohibition of the sale of medical marijuana and any election an individual must be a United States location of medical marijuana sales and citizen? Proposition 116 (STATUTORY) operations facilities within the Town of Kiowa; Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised together with Sections 6-240 and 6-243 of Article Yes/For No/Against Statutes reducing the state income tax rate from VIII of the Town of Kiowa Municipal Code relating 4.63% to 4.55%? to prohibition of the sale of recreational marijuana Amendment 77 (CONSTITUTIONAL) and location of recreational marijuana sales and Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado operations facilities within the Town of Kiowa; be constitution and a change to the Colorado Revised Yes/For No/Against repealed in their entirety and be of no further Statutes concerning voter-approved changes to force and effect? limited gaming, and, in connection therewith, Proposition 117 (STATUTORY) allowing the voters of Central City, Black Hawk, Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised and Cripple Creek, for their individual cities, to Statutes requiring statewide voter approval at the Yes/For No/Against approve other games in addition to those currently next even-year election of any newly created or allowed and increase a maximum single bet to any qualified state enterprise that is exempt from the Town of Kiowa amount; and allowing gaming tax revenue to be Taxpayer's Bill of Rights, Article X, Section 20 of Ballot Issue 2C used for support services to improve student the Colorado constitution, if the projected or IF THE SALE OF MARIJUANA AND retention and credential completion by students actual combined revenue from fees and MARIJUANA-RELATED PRODUCTS IS enrolled in community colleges? surcharges of the enterprise, and all other APPROVED BY THE ELECTORATE, SHALL enterprises created within the last five years that THE TOWN OF KIOWA, COLORADO, TAXES serve primarily the same purpose, is greater than BE INCREASED BY $150,000 AND BY $100 million within the first five fiscal years of the Yes/For No/Against WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE creation or qualification of the new enterprise? RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, BY Yes/For No/Against IMPOSITION OF A SPECIAL SALES TAX OF Proposition EE (STATUTORY) NOT MORE THAN TWELVE PERCENT (12%) SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED BY UPON THE RETAIL SALE OF MEDICAL AND $294,000,000 ANNUALLY BY IMPOSING A TAX Proposition 118 (STATUTORY) RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA AND ON NICOTINE LIQUIDS USED IN Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised MARIJUANA-RELATED PRODUCTS FOR E-CIGARETTES AND OTHER VAPING Statutes concerning the creation of a paid family COLLECTION BEGINNING IN FISCAL YEAR, PRODUCTS THAT IS EQUAL TO THE TOTAL and medical leave program in Colorado, and, in STARTING JANUARY 1, 2021, AND STATE TAX ON TOBACCO PRODUCTS WHEN connection therewith, authorizing paid family and CONTINUING THEREAFTER, THE PROCEEDS FULLY PHASED IN, INCREMENTALLY medical leave for a covered employee who has a OF WHICH WILL BE USED FOR TOWN PAID INCREASING THE TOBACCO PRODUCTS TAX serious health condition, is caring for a new child PERSONNEL, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED BY UP TO 22% OF THE MANUFACTURER'S or for a family member with a serious health TO TOWN POLICE, EXPANSION, LIST PRICE, INCREMENTALLY INCREASING condition, or has a need for leave related to a CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE CIGARETTE TAX BY UP TO 9 CENTS PER family member's military deployment or for safe TOWN FACILITIES, INCLUDING ROADS, CIGARETTE, EXPANDING THE EXISTING leave; establishing a maximum of 12 weeks of STREETS AND DRAINAGE FACILITIES AND CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO TAXES TO APPLY family and medical leave, with an additional 4 ACQUISITION OF EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING, weeks for pregnancy or childbirth complications, TO SALES TO CONSUMERS FROM OUTSIDE WITHOUT LIMITATION, USE OF LEASE with a cap on the weekly benefit amount; PURCHASE AGREEMENTS AND CONTINUED OF THE STATE, ESTABLISHING A MINIMUM requiring job protection for and prohibiting OPERATION OF TOWN FACILITIES AND FOR TAX FOR MOIST SNUFF TOBACCO retaliation against an employee who takes paid SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS MAY BE PRODUCTS, CREATING AN INVENTORY TAX family and medical leave; allowing a local DETERMINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THAT APPLIES FOR FUTURE CIGARETTE TAX government to opt out of the program; permitting AND SHALL SUCH TAX REVENUE PROCEEDS INCREASES, AND INITIALLY USING THE TAX employees of such a local government and AND ANY INTEREST ACCRUING THERETO, REVENUE PRIMARILY FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL self-employed individuals to participate in the BE COLLECTED AND SPENT BY THE TOWN FUNDING TO HELP OFFSET REVENUE THAT program; exempting employers who offer an AS VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE AND HAS BEEN LOST AS A RESULT OF THE SAMPLEapproved private paid family and medical leave SPENDING CHANGES WITHIN THE MEANING ECONOMIC IMPACTS RELATED TO COVID-19 plan; to pay for the program, requiring a premium OF ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE AND THEN FOR PROGRAMS THAT REDUCE of 0.9% of each employee's wages, up to a cap, COLORADO CONSTITUTION AND AN THE USE OF TOBACCO AND NICOTINE through December 31, 2024, and as set EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITATIONS SET PRODUCTS, ENHANCE THE VOLUNTARY thereafter, up to 1.2% of each employee's wages, FORTH IN C.R.S. § 29-1-301 OR ANY OTHER COLORADO PRESCHOOL PROGRAM AND by the director of the division of family and APPLICABLE PROVISION OF THE COLORADO MAKE IT WIDELY AVAILABLE FOR FREE, AND medical leave insurance; authorizing an employer REVISED STATUTES, AS AMENDED, OR THE MAINTAIN THE FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS to deduct up to 50% of the premium amount from COLORADO CONSTITUTION, AS AMENDED, THAT CURRENTLY RECEIVE REVENUE FROM an employee's wages and requiring the employer WHICH PURPORT TO LIMIT THE TOWN'S TOBACCO TAXES, WITH THE STATE KEEPING to pay the remainder of the premium, with an REVENUES OR EXPENDITURES, IN EACH AND SPENDING ALL OF THE NEW TAX exemption for employers with fewer than 10 YEAR AND EACH SUBSEQUENT YEAR? employees; creating the division of family and REVENUE AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE medical leave insurance as an enterprise within CHANGE? the department of labor and employment to Yes/For No/Against administer the program; and establishing an Yes/For No/Against enforcement and appeals process for retaliation and denied claims? Proposition 113 (STATUTORY) Fire Protection District Measure Shall the following Act of the General Assembly be approved: An Act concerning adoption of an Yes/For No/Against Calhan Fire Protection District agreement among the states to elect thePresident Ballot Issue 7B of the United States by national popular vote, SHALL CALHAN FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT being Senate Bill No. 19-042? TAXESFire BE INCREASEDProtection UP DistrictTO $285,000 Measure ANNUALLY (FOR COLLECTION IN CALENDAR YEAR 2021) AND BY SUCH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS RAISED Yes/For No/Against ANNUALLY THEREAFTER BY AN AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX MILL LEVY IMPOSED AT A RATE OF SIX (6) MILLS FOR THE PURPOSE OF MEETING OPERATIONAL COSTS TO • MAINTAIN RESPONSE TIMES FOR FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, • ATTRACTING, TRAINING ANDRETAINING School District Measure FIREFIGHTERS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS AND PARAMEDICS, AND Miami Yoder School District JT 60 • REPLACING EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES THAT HAVE REACHED THE END OF Ballot Question 5A THEIR SERVICE LIFE, INCLUDING AIR PACKS, The Miami Yoder School Board has requested to BUNKER GEAR AND AMBULANCES, eliminate term limits as permitted by Article XVIII & II of the Colorado Constitution, shall the present WHICH INCREASE SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO THE MILL LEVY CURRENTLY IMPOSED BY THE and future elected school directors be authorized DISTRICT; AND SHALL THE REVENUE FROM SUCH to serve unlimited terms of office, eliminating the MILL LEVY INCREASE CONSTITUTE A VOTER- limitation on terms of office imposed by Colorado APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE AND AN Constitution Article XVIII & II? EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITATION SET FORTH IN Yes/For No/Against SECTION 29-1-301 OF THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES? Yes/For No/Against