YES

NO

Amendment 36

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado 

constitution concerning popular proportional 

selection of presidential electors, and, in connection 

therewith, creating procedures for allocating 

Colorado's electoral votes for president and vicepresident of the United States, based on the 

proportion of ballots that are cast in this state for 

each presidential ticket; making the terms of the 

proposed amendment effective so that popular 

proportional selection of presidential electors applies 

to the 2004 general election; setting forth 

procedures and timelines that govern the 

certification of election results and the potential 

recounting of votes in elections for presidential 

electors and in the election on this proposed 

amendment; granting the Colorado supreme court 

original jurisdiction for the adjudication of all 

contests concerning presidential electors and 

requiring that such matters be heard and decided on 

an expedited basis; and authorizing the general 

assembly to enact legislation to change the manner 

of selecting presidential electors or any of the 

procedures contained in this amendment?

YES

NO

Amendment 37

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado 

revised statutes concerning renewable energy 

standards for large providers of retail electric 

service, and, in connection therewith, defining 

eligible renewable energy resources to include solar, 

wind, geothermal, biomass, small hydroelectricity, 

and hydrogen fuel cells; requiring that a percentage 

of retail electricity sales be derived from renewable 

sources, beginning with 3% in the year 2007 and 

increasing to 10% by 2015; requiring utilities to offer 

customers a rebate of $2.00 per watt and other 

incentives for solar electric generation; providing 

incentives for utilities to invest in renewable energy 

resources that provide net economic benefits to 

customers; limiting the retail rate impact of 

renewable energy resources to 50 cents per month 

for residential customers; requiring public utilities 

commission rules to establish major aspects of the 

measure; prohibiting utilities from using 

condemnation or eminent domain to acquire land for 

generating facilities used to meet the standards; 

requiring 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

Referendum A

Amendments to sections 13, 14, and 15 of article XII 

and section 22 of article IV of the constitution of the 

state of Colorado, concerning reform of the state civil

service system, and, in connection therewith, 

modifying the merit principle, exempting certain 

positions from the system, modifying the number of 

eligible applicants from which an appointment is to 

be made, modifying the residency requirement, 

expanding the duration of temporary employment, 

specifying the rule-making authority of the state 

personnel board and the state personnel director, 

allowing the general assembly to reallocate the rulemaking authority of the state personnel board and 

the state personnel director, authorizing a 

modification to the veterans' preference, and making 

conforming amendments.

YES

NO

Referendum B 

Amendments to articles IV, VII, and IX of the 

constitution of the state of Colorado, concerning the 

elimination of obsolete provisions of the state 

constitution.

YES

NO

ST. VRAIN VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT

BALLOT ISSUE 3A

SHALL ST. VRAIN VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT 

RE-1J TAXES BE INCREASED $15,470,000 

ANNUALLY, OR BY SUCH LESSER ANNUAL 

AMOUNTS AS MAY BE AUTHORIZED UNDER THE 

PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE ACT OF 1994 (ACT), 

AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, TO 

CONSTITUTE AN OVERRIDE MILL LEVY, TO BE 

USED FOR THE PURPOSES:

 STUDENT INSTRUCTIONAL AND 

 SAFETY NEEDS, 

 OPENING AND OPERATING 

 NEW SCHOOLS, 

 RECRUITING AND RETAINING 

 HIGHLY QUALIFIED 

 EMPLOYEES, AND

 ELIMINATION OF THE GENERAL 

 FUND BALANCE DEFICIT,

 SUCH TAXES TO BE LEVIED 

 BEGINNING IN 2004 FOR 

 COLLECTION IN 2005 AND 

 CONTINUING EACH TAX 

 YEAR THEREAFTER AND 

 ENDING WITH A LEVY IN 

 2010 FOR COLLECTION IN 

 2011; AND

 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT A 

 CITIZENS OVERSIGHT 

 COMMITTEE SHALL ANNUALLY 

 REVIEW AND RECOMMEND TO 

 THE BOARD OF EDUCATION THE 

 USE OF THESE FUNDS FOR THE 

 ABOVE PURPOSES,

SUCH TAXES TO CONSIST OF AN ADDITIONAL 

AD VALOREM MILL LEVY IMPOSED WITHOUT 

LIMITATION OF RATE (OR WITH SUCH 

LIMITATIONS AS MAY BE DETERMINED BY THE 

BOARD OF EDUCATION) AND IN AMOUNTS 

SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE THE ANNUAL 

INCREASE SET FORTH ABOVE, AND SHALL THE 

REVENUES RECEIVED FROM SUCH INCREASED 

MILL LEVY, AND ANY EARNINGS FROM THE 

INVESTMENT OF SUCH REVENUES, BE 

RECEIVED, INVESTED, AND SPENT BY THE 

DISTRICT IN ANY YEAR WITHOUT REGARD TO 

ANY SPENDING, REVENUE-RAISING, OR OTHER 

LIMITATION IMPOSED BY, OR CONTAINED IN, 

ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO 

CONSTITUTION, SUCH AMOUNTS TO 

CONSTITUTE A VOTER APPROVED WAIVER OF 

SUCH LIMITATIONS?

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