2026 Ballot Guide Comparison
Colorado's ballot is long. This page makes it short.
In Denver: 21 ballot questions. 23 judge retention questions. 9 to 12 candidate races, depending on your district.
Nobody has time to read every guide, so we read them for you. 27 organizations across the spectrum, from Denver DSA to the Denver Republican Party, with every position in the organization's own words and a link to the source. Pick a measure, see who says Yes and who says No, and tap any answer to read why.
- Colorado 2026 Blue Book
- Blue Book PDF
- Blue Book en español (PDF)
- Denver Decides: Denver and DPS measures
- Secretary of State measure list
Tap a measure to open it, then tap any guide's Yes or No to read its reasoning.
?Who are these organizations?27 guides, in their own words
Each card quotes the organization's own description of itself, with a link to the page it came from. Grouping follows that description. Below the quote is a note on the guide we read and how we read it. The counts show how many of the 21 measures the guide takes a position on, and for how many we captured its reasoning.
Organizations with positions on fewer than nine measures, or duplicating a listed guide
These organizations published 2026 positions but are not shown as columns: either they state positions on fewer than 9 of the 21 measures, or their positions repeat a guide already in the matrix. Each entry gives the stated positions and the source.
- One Colorado PAC (political action committee of One Colorado, LGBTQ+ advocacy): oppose 81, 132, 134 and 135; endorse NN and 87. September 8, 2026 release
- Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition (statewide immigrant rights coalition founded in 2002): No on Amendment 81, with reasoning. No on Amendment 81 page
- Colorado WINS (state employees union affiliated with SEIU and AFT): Yes on Amendment 87, No on Proposition 136. September 2026 newsletter
- Denver Area Labor Federation (AFL-CIO federation of 114 unions): Yes on Denver Referred Question 2H; refers readers to the Colorado AFL-CIO guide for statewide measures. 2026 endorsements
- Denver Classroom Teachers Association (union of nearly 4,000 Denver Public Schools educators): the same statewide positions as the Colorado Education Association column, plus Yes on Denver 4A. DCTA and CEA 2026 recommendations
- Health Care for All Colorado (single-payer health care advocacy organization): Yes on 87 and NN, No on the other 12 statewide measures, with a health-related reason for each. These match the statewide positions in the COLOR Action Fund column. 2026 Ballot Information Guide (PDF)
Nonpartisan explainers without positions
- Colorado Legislative Council 2026 Blue Book, the official statewide ballot information booklet: leg.colorado.gov/bluebook
- Denver Clerk and Recorder 2026 Ballot Information Booklet, with full text, fiscal notes and public comments for each local measure: denvergov.org
- League of Women Voters of Denver, 2026 Denver Ballot Issues: What a Yes or No Vote Means, with arguments on each side and the campaign contacts for each measure: lwvdenver.org
- Denverite voter guide for the 2026 midterm election: denverite.com
- Colorado Public Radio state ballot measures guide: cpr.org
- Colorado Sun 2026 election guide: coloradosun.com
Measure titles follow the Colorado Secretary of State certified list and the Denver Clerk's measure list. Amendments 81 through 86 need 55 percent to pass. Amendment 87 repeals rather than adds constitutional language and needs a simple majority. Propositions and local measures need a simple majority.
Important notes before you read
This comparison was created by Better Together Denver and is presented in partnership with the Urban League of Metropolitan Denver. Neither organization endorses, supports or opposes any measure on this page. Each position belongs to the organization named, and the quoted reasoning is excerpted from that organization's own published guide, with a link to the source.
Disclaimer. This page was put together by volunteers. Accuracy is not guaranteed. Positions, committee lists and links were collected from public sources on October 8, 2026 and rechecked on October 12, 2026 and may have changed since. The Downtown Denver Partnership guide was added on October 14, 2026 and the Rose Community Foundation guide on October 15, 2026. Voters should do their own research and confirm each position with the organization that published it, the Colorado Secretary of State, the Denver Clerk and Recorder, and the official Blue Book before voting.
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