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STATE OF COLORADO

JEFFERSON COUNTY

GENERAL ELECTION

November 2, 2004

To vote, BLACKEN ( ) the oval to the left of any candidate. Do not vote for more than the authorized

number of candidates. Please use a Black or Blue pen to mark your ballot.

Ballot Style: 1

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS

(Vote for One Pair)

George W. Bush

Dick Cheney Republican

John F. Kerry

John Edwards Democratic

Michael Badnarik

Richard V. Campagna Libertarian

David Cobb

Patricia LaMarche Green

Ralph Nader

Peter Miguel Camejo Colorado Reform

Michael Anthony Peroutka

Chuck Baldwin American Constitution

Gene Amondson

Leroy Pletten Concerns of People

Stanford E. Andress (Andy)

Irene M. Deasy Unaffiliated

Walter F. Brown

Mary Cal Hollis Socialist

Earl F. Dodge

Howard L. Lydick Prohibition

James E. Harris

Margaret Trowe Socialist Workers

Bill Van Auken

Jim Lawrence Socialist Equality

Write-in

UNITED STATES SENATOR

(Vote for One)

Pete Coors

Republican

Ken Salazar

Democratic

Victor Good

Colorado Reform

Douglas "Dayhorse" Campbell

American Constitution

Richard Randall

Libertarian

John R. Harris

Independent

Finn Gotaas

Unaffiliated

Write-in

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE 109th UNITED

STATES CONGRESS

DISTRICT 1

(Vote for One)

Diana DeGette

Democratic

Roland Chicas

Republican

George C. Lilly

American Constitution

REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF

COLORADO AT LARGE

(Vote for One)

Jennifer Mello

Democratic

Steve Bosley

Republican

Daniel Ong

Libertarian

REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF

COLORADO

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 1

(Vote for One)

Michael Carrigan

Democratic

Randle C.W. Swan

Republican

STATE REPRESENTATIVE

DISTRICT 1

(Vote for One)

Dave Lewis

Republican

Fran N. Coleman

Democratic

DISTRICT ATTORNEY

1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT

(Vote for One)

Mary A. Malatesta

Democratic

Scott Storey

Republican

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

DIRECTOR

RTD District D

(Vote for One)

Barbara Brohl

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT 1

(Vote for One)

Jim Congrove

Republican

Scott Benefield

Democratic

Steven Gallant

Libertarian

Tanya Ishikawa

Green

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT 2

(Vote for One)

J. Kevin McCasky

Republican

Guy Asher Stocking

Democratic

COUNTY SHERIFF

(Vote for One)

Charles W. Carter

Democratic

Ted B. Mink

Republican

COURT OF APPEALS

Shall Judge James S. Casebolt of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Dennis A. Graham of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Arthur P. Roy of the Colorado Court of

Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Daniel Marc Taubman of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge John R. Webb of the Colorado Court of

Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

DISTRICT JUDGE

1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Shall Judge Stephen M. Munsinger of the 1st

Judicial District be retained in office?

YES

NO

COUNTY JUDGE, JEFFERSON

Shall Judge Judy Archuleta of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge James C. Demlow of the Jefferson

County Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Tina L. Olsen of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Roy Olson of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

"Ballot issues referred by the general assembly

or any political subdivision are listed by letter,

and ballot issues initiated by the people are

listed numerically. A 'yes' vote on any ballot

issue is a vote in favor of changing current law

or existing circumstances, and a 'no' vote on

any ballot issue is a vote against changing

current law or existing circumstances."

AMENDMENT 34

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution

concerning recovery of damages relating to construction of real

property improvements, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting

laws that limit or impair a property owner's right to recover damages

caused by a failure to construct an improvement in a good and

workmanlike manner; defining "good and workmanlike manner" to

include construction that is suitable for its intended purposes; and

permitting exceptions for laws that limit punitive damages, afford

governmental immunity, or impose time limits of specified minimum

lengths on filing lawsuits?

YES

NO

AMENDMENT 35

SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED $175 MILLION ANNUALLY

THROUGH ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAXES IMPOSED FOR

HEALTH RELATED PURPOSES, AND, IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH, AMENDING THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION TO

INCREASE STATEWIDE TAXES ON THE SALE OF CIGARETTES

BY WHOLESALERS OF THREE AND TWO-TENTHS CENTS PER

CIGARETTE AND ON THE SALE, USE, CONSUMPTION,

HANDLING, OR DISTRIBUTION OF OTHER TOBACCO

PRODUCTS BY DISTRIBUTORS AT THE RATE OF TWENTY

PERCENT OF THE MANUFACTURER'S LIST PRICE; INCREASING

SUCH TOBACCO TAXES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2005;

REQUIRING ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS OF SPECIFIED

PERCENTAGES OF THE ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES TO EXPAND ELIGIBILITY FOR AND INCREASE

ENROLLMENT IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC HEALTH PLAN, TO

FUND COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE THROUGH

CERTAIN COLORADO QUALIFIED PROVIDERS, TOBACCO

EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND PREVENTION, EARLY

DETECTION, AND TREATMENT OF CANCER AND

CARDIOVASCULAR AND PULMONARY DISEASES, TO

COMPENSATE THE STATE GENERAL FUND, THE OLD AGE

PENSION FUND, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR TOBACCO

TAX LOSSES RESULTING FROM REDUCED SALES OF

CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS; SPECIFYING THAT

THE APPROPRIATIONS OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO AND NOT SUBSTITUTED

FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUCH PROGRAMS ON JANUARY

1, 2005; ALLOWING THE USE OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES FOR ANY HEALTH RELATED PURPOSE AND TO

SERVE POPULATIONS ENROLLED IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC

HEALTH PLAN AND THE COLORADO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

PROGRAM AS OF JANUARY 1, 2005, UPON A DECLARATION OF

A STATE FISCAL EMERGENCY BY TWO-THIRDS OF THE

MEMBERS OF EACH HOUSE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND

THE GOVERNOR; 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

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 vice-president 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

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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

rule-making 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

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

REFERENDUM 4A

SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT TAXES BE

INCREASED $158.34 MILLION ANNUALLY AND BY WHATEVER

ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER

BY INCREASING THE RATE OF SALES TAX LEVIED BY THE

DISTRICT BY FOUR-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT, FROM THE

CURRENT SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT TO ONE PERCENT

COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2005 AND, IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH, SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

DEBT BE INCREASED $3.477 BILLION, WITH A REPAYMENT

COST OF $7.129 BILLION WITH ALL PROCEEDS OF DEBT AND

TAXES TO BE USED AND SPENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION

AND OPERATION OF A FIXED GUIDE WAY MASS TRANSIT

SYSTEM, THE CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL PARK-N-RIDE

LOTS, THE EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING

PARK-N-RIDE LOTS, AND INCREASED BUS SERVICE,

INCLUDING THE USE OF SMALLER BUSES AND VANS AND

ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES AS APPROPRIATE, AS

SPECIFIED IN THE TRANSIT EXPANSION PLAN ADOPTED BY

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DISTRICT ON OR BEFORE

APRIL 22, 2004 AND SHALL DEBT BE EVIDENCED BY BONDS,

NOTES, OR OTHER MULTIPLE-FISCAL YEAR OBLIGATIONS

INCLUDING REFUNDING BONDS THAT MAY BE ISSUED AS A

LOWER OR HIGHER RATE OF INTEREST AND INCLUDING DEBT

THAT MAY HAVE A REDEMPTION PRIOR TO MATURITY WITH

OR WITHOUT PAYMENT OF A PREMIUM, PAYABLE FROM ALL

REVENUES GENERATED BY SAID TAX INCREASE, FEDERAL

FUNDS, INVESTMENT INCOME, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE

CONTRIBUTIONS, AND OTHER REVENUES AS THE BOARD MAY

DETERMINE, AND WITH SUCH REVENUES RAISED BY THE

SALES TAX RATE INCREASE AND THE PROCEEDS OF DEBT

OBLIGATIONS AND ANY INVESTMENT INCOME ON SUCH

REVENUES AND PROCEEDS BEING EXEMPT FROM THE

REVENUE AND SPENDING RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN

SECTION 20 0F ARTICLE X OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION

UNTIL SUCH TIME AS ALL DEBT IS REPAID WHEN THE RATE OF

TAX WILL BE DECREASED TO THAT AMOUNT NECESSARY FOR

THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM BUT NOT LESS

THAN SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT?

YES

NO

SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES DISTRICT

REFERENDUM 4B

SHALL THERE BE AN EXTENSION UNTIL JUNE 30, 2018, OF THE

AGGREGATE 0.1 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAXES

CURRENTLY LEVIED AND COLLECTED BY THE DENVER

METROPOLITAN SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES

DISTRICT THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE ON JUNE 30,

2006, FOR ASSISTING SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES

WITHIN THE DISTRICT WHILE AUTHORIZING THE DISTRICT TO

CONTINUE TO COLLECT, RETAIN, AND SPEND ALL REVENUE

GENERATED BY SUCH TAX IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITATION

PROVIDED IN ARTICLE X OF SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION AND WHILE MODIFYING THE RATES OF THE

THREE INDIVIDUAL SALES AND USE TAXES COLLECTED BY

THE DISTRICT AS FOLLOWS: INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT

SALES AND USE TAX TO .0655 PERCENT; DECREASING THE

.028 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .021 PERCENT; AND

INCREASING THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .0135

PERCENT; EXCEPT THAT, FOR TOTAL ANNUAL REVENUES

COLLECTED BY THE DISTRICT THAT EXCEED THIRTY-EIGHT

MILLION DOLLARS, INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT SALES

AND USE TAX TO .064 PERCENT; DECREASING THE .028

PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .022 PERCENT; AND

INCREASING THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .014

PERCENT?

YES

NO

JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT

ISSUE 3A

"SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1'S TAXES

BE INCREASED $38.5 MILLION ANNUALLY, OR SUCH LESSER

AMOUNT AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY ANNUALLY

DETERMINE, BY THE COLLECTION OF AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE 2004-2005 BUDGET YEAR AND

EACH BUDGET YEAR THEREAFTER FOR DEPOSIT IN THE

DISTRICT'S GENERAL FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES,

INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

* REDUCE AND MAINTAIN CLASS SIZE AND

STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS

ARE ACADEMICALLY PREPARED;

* MEET THE INCREASED COSTS INCURRED BY THE DISTRICT

TO CONTINUE THE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO ACADEMIC

EXCELLENCE AND TO PROVIDE AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY;

* MAINTAIN HIGH SCHOOL ELECTIVES SUCH AS MUSIC, ART

AND WORLD LANGUAGES WHILE IMPLEMENTING THE NEW

COLLEGE ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS; AND

* ATTRACT AND RETAIN HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS AND

SUPPORT STAFF;

WITH SUCH TAXES TO BE IN EXCESS OF PROPERTY TAX

REVENUES THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED BY THE GENERAL

FUND MILL LEVY PERMITTED UNDER STATE LAW WITHOUT

SUCH INCREASE AND, TOGETHER WITH REVENUES FROM

SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND

THE EARNINGS ON SUCH TAXES AND REVENUES, TO

CONSTITUTE A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE AND SPENDING

CHANGE UNDER, TO BE COLLECTED AND SPENT EACH YEAR

WITHOUT LIMITATION BY THE REVENUE AND SPENDING

LIMITS OF, AND WITHOUT AFFECTING THE DISTRICT'S ABILITY

TO COLLECT AND SPEND OTHER REVENUES OR FUNDS

UNDER, ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?"

YES

NO

JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT

ISSUE 3B

"SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1'S DEBT

BE INCREASED $323.8 MILLION WITH A REPAYMENT COST OF

$680.5 MILLION OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE

NECESSARY, AND SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL

DISTRICT R-1'S TAXES BE INCREASED $48.8 MILLION

ANNUALLY OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE

NECESSARY FOR THE PAYMENT OF SUCH DEBT, ALL FOR THE

FOLLOWING PURPOSES:

* CONSTRUCTING ADDITIONS, NEW CLASSROOM SPACE AND

REPLACEMENTS FOR 9 DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS, SOME OF

WHICH ARE APPROACHING 50 YEARS OLD;

* CONSTRUCTING ONE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND

REPLACING ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL;

* RENOVATING AND REPAIRING ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE

SCHOOL BUILDINGS;

* MAKING LIFE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS IN DISTRICT

BUILDINGS BY RENOVATING, REPAIRING AND/OR REPLACING

PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, LIGHTING AND MECHANICAL

SYSTEMS AND ROOFS, UPGRADING SECURITY AND

IMPROVING SITE CONDITIONS;

AND OTHERWISE EQUIPPING, IMPROVING, EXPANDING,

REPAIRING AND FURNISHING CHARTER SCHOOL AND

DISTRICT FACILITIES AND GROUNDS AS PERMITTED BY LAW;

WITH SUCH DEBT TO BE IN THE FORM OF GENERAL

OBLIGATION BONDS, WHICH BONDS SHALL BEAR INTEREST

AT A MAXIMUM NET EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE NOT TO

EXCEED 6.50% AND MATURE, BE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION,

WITH OR WITHOUT PREMIUM, AND BE ISSUED, DATED AND

SOLD AT, ABOVE OR BELOW PAR, AND AT SUCH TIME OR

TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS,

NOT INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE BOARD OF

EDUCATION MAY DETERMINE; AND IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH (I) TO INCREASE THE DISTRICT'S AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES IN ANY YEAR IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT

TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON SUCH BONDS,

AND (II) TO COLLECT AND SPEND THE PROCEEDS OF THE

BONDS AND THE REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES AND THE

SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND

ANY EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF 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, SECTION 20 OF

THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?"

YES

NO

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OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION SAMPLE BALLOT

STATE OF COLORADO

JEFFERSON COUNTY

GENERAL ELECTION

November 2, 2004

To vote, BLACKEN ( ) the oval to the left of any candidate. Do not vote for more than the authorized

number of candidates. Please use a Black or Blue pen to mark your ballot.

Ballot Style: 2

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS

(Vote for One Pair)

George W. Bush

Dick Cheney Republican

John F. Kerry

John Edwards Democratic

Michael Badnarik

Richard V. Campagna Libertarian

David Cobb

Patricia LaMarche Green

Ralph Nader

Peter Miguel Camejo Colorado Reform

Michael Anthony Peroutka

Chuck Baldwin American Constitution

Gene Amondson

Leroy Pletten Concerns of People

Stanford E. Andress (Andy)

Irene M. Deasy Unaffiliated

Walter F. Brown

Mary Cal Hollis Socialist

Earl F. Dodge

Howard L. Lydick Prohibition

James E. Harris

Margaret Trowe Socialist Workers

Bill Van Auken

Jim Lawrence Socialist Equality

Write-in

UNITED STATES SENATOR

(Vote for One)

Pete Coors

Republican

Ken Salazar

Democratic

Victor Good

Colorado Reform

Douglas "Dayhorse" Campbell

American Constitution

Richard Randall

Libertarian

John R. Harris

Independent

Finn Gotaas

Unaffiliated

Write-in

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE 109th UNITED

STATES CONGRESS

DISTRICT 2

(Vote for One)

Mark Udall

Democratic

Stephen M. Hackman

Republican

Norm Olsen

Libertarian

REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF

COLORADO AT LARGE

(Vote for One)

Jennifer Mello

Democratic

Steve Bosley

Republican

Daniel Ong

Libertarian

STATE REPRESENTATIVE

DISTRICT 25

(Vote for One)

Donna Red Wing

Democratic

John Witwer

Republican

DISTRICT ATTORNEY

1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT

(Vote for One)

Mary A. Malatesta

Democratic

Scott Storey

Republican

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT 1

(Vote for One)

Jim Congrove

Republican

Scott Benefield

Democratic

Steven Gallant

Libertarian

Tanya Ishikawa

Green

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT 2

(Vote for One)

J. Kevin McCasky

Republican

Guy Asher Stocking

Democratic

COUNTY SHERIFF

(Vote for One)

Charles W. Carter

Democratic

Ted B. Mink

Republican

COURT OF APPEALS

Shall Judge James S. Casebolt of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Dennis A. Graham of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Arthur P. Roy of the Colorado Court of

Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Daniel Marc Taubman of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge John R. Webb of the Colorado Court of

Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

DISTRICT JUDGE

1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Shall Judge Stephen M. Munsinger of the 1st

Judicial District be retained in office?

YES

NO

COUNTY JUDGE, JEFFERSON

Shall Judge Judy Archuleta of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge James C. Demlow of the Jefferson

County Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Tina L. Olsen of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Roy Olson of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

"Ballot issues referred by the general assembly

or any political subdivision are listed by letter,

and ballot issues initiated by the people are

listed numerically. A 'yes' vote on any ballot

issue is a vote in favor of changing current law

or existing circumstances, and a 'no' vote on

any ballot issue is a vote against changing

current law or existing circumstances."

AMENDMENT 34

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution

concerning recovery of damages relating to construction of real

property improvements, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting

laws that limit or impair a property owner's right to recover damages

caused by a failure to construct an improvement in a good and

workmanlike manner; defining "good and workmanlike manner" to

include construction that is suitable for its intended purposes; and

permitting exceptions for laws that limit punitive damages, afford

governmental immunity, or impose time limits of specified minimum

lengths on filing lawsuits?

YES

NO

AMENDMENT 35

SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED $175 MILLION ANNUALLY

THROUGH ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAXES IMPOSED FOR

HEALTH RELATED PURPOSES, AND, IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH, AMENDING THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION TO

INCREASE STATEWIDE TAXES ON THE SALE OF CIGARETTES

BY WHOLESALERS OF THREE AND TWO-TENTHS CENTS PER

CIGARETTE AND ON THE SALE, USE, CONSUMPTION,

HANDLING, OR DISTRIBUTION OF OTHER TOBACCO

PRODUCTS BY DISTRIBUTORS AT THE RATE OF TWENTY

PERCENT OF THE MANUFACTURER'S LIST PRICE; INCREASING

SUCH TOBACCO TAXES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2005;

REQUIRING ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS OF SPECIFIED

PERCENTAGES OF THE ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES TO EXPAND ELIGIBILITY FOR AND INCREASE

ENROLLMENT IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC HEALTH PLAN, TO

FUND COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE THROUGH

CERTAIN COLORADO QUALIFIED PROVIDERS, TOBACCO

EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND PREVENTION, EARLY

DETECTION, AND TREATMENT OF CANCER AND

CARDIOVASCULAR AND PULMONARY DISEASES, TO

COMPENSATE THE STATE GENERAL FUND, THE OLD AGE

PENSION FUND, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR TOBACCO

TAX LOSSES RESULTING FROM REDUCED SALES OF

CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS; SPECIFYING THAT

THE APPROPRIATIONS OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO AND NOT SUBSTITUTED

FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUCH PROGRAMS ON JANUARY

1, 2005; ALLOWING THE USE OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES FOR ANY HEALTH RELATED PURPOSE AND TO

SERVE POPULATIONS ENROLLED IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC

HEALTH PLAN AND THE COLORADO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

PROGRAM AS OF JANUARY 1, 2005, UPON A DECLARATION OF

A STATE FISCAL EMERGENCY BY TWO-THIRDS OF THE

MEMBERS OF EACH HOUSE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND

THE GOVERNOR; 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

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 vice-president 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

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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

rule-making 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

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

REFERENDUM 4A

SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT TAXES BE

INCREASED $158.34 MILLION ANNUALLY AND BY WHATEVER

ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER

BY INCREASING THE RATE OF SALES TAX LEVIED BY THE

DISTRICT BY FOUR-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT, FROM THE

CURRENT SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT TO ONE PERCENT

COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2005 AND, IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH, SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

DEBT BE INCREASED $3.477 BILLION, WITH A REPAYMENT

COST OF $7.129 BILLION WITH ALL PROCEEDS OF DEBT AND

TAXES TO BE USED AND SPENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION

AND OPERATION OF A FIXED GUIDE WAY MASS TRANSIT

SYSTEM, THE CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL PARK-N-RIDE

LOTS, THE EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING

PARK-N-RIDE LOTS, AND INCREASED BUS SERVICE,

INCLUDING THE USE OF SMALLER BUSES AND VANS AND

ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES AS APPROPRIATE, AS

SPECIFIED IN THE TRANSIT EXPANSION PLAN ADOPTED BY

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DISTRICT ON OR BEFORE

APRIL 22, 2004 AND SHALL DEBT BE EVIDENCED BY BONDS,

NOTES, OR OTHER MULTIPLE-FISCAL YEAR OBLIGATIONS

INCLUDING REFUNDING BONDS THAT MAY BE ISSUED AS A

LOWER OR HIGHER RATE OF INTEREST AND INCLUDING DEBT

THAT MAY HAVE A REDEMPTION PRIOR TO MATURITY WITH

OR WITHOUT PAYMENT OF A PREMIUM, PAYABLE FROM ALL

REVENUES GENERATED BY SAID TAX INCREASE, FEDERAL

FUNDS, INVESTMENT INCOME, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE

CONTRIBUTIONS, AND OTHER REVENUES AS THE BOARD MAY

DETERMINE, AND WITH SUCH REVENUES RAISED BY THE

SALES TAX RATE INCREASE AND THE PROCEEDS OF DEBT

OBLIGATIONS AND ANY INVESTMENT INCOME ON SUCH

REVENUES AND PROCEEDS BEING EXEMPT FROM THE

REVENUE AND SPENDING RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN

SECTION 20 0F ARTICLE X OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION

UNTIL SUCH TIME AS ALL DEBT IS REPAID WHEN THE RATE OF

TAX WILL BE DECREASED TO THAT AMOUNT NECESSARY FOR

THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM BUT NOT LESS

THAN SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT?

YES

NO

SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES DISTRICT

REFERENDUM 4B

SHALL THERE BE AN EXTENSION UNTIL JUNE 30, 2018, OF THE

AGGREGATE 0.1 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAXES

CURRENTLY LEVIED AND COLLECTED BY THE DENVER

METROPOLITAN SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES

DISTRICT THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE ON JUNE 30,

2006, FOR ASSISTING SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES

WITHIN THE DISTRICT WHILE AUTHORIZING THE DISTRICT TO

CONTINUE TO COLLECT, RETAIN, AND SPEND ALL REVENUE

GENERATED BY SUCH TAX IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITATION

PROVIDED IN ARTICLE X OF SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION AND WHILE MODIFYING THE RATES OF THE

THREE INDIVIDUAL SALES AND USE TAXES COLLECTED BY

THE DISTRICT AS FOLLOWS: INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT

SALES AND USE TAX TO .0655 PERCENT; DECREASING THE

.028 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .021 PERCENT; AND

INCREASING THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .0135

PERCENT; EXCEPT THAT, FOR TOTAL ANNUAL REVENUES

COLLECTED BY THE DISTRICT THAT EXCEED THIRTY-EIGHT

MILLION DOLLARS, INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT SALES

AND USE TAX TO .064 PERCENT; DECREASING THE .028

PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .022 PERCENT; AND

INCREASING THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .014

PERCENT?

YES

NO

JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT

ISSUE 3A

"SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1'S TAXES

BE INCREASED $38.5 MILLION ANNUALLY, OR SUCH LESSER

AMOUNT AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY ANNUALLY

DETERMINE, BY THE COLLECTION OF AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE 2004-2005 BUDGET YEAR AND

EACH BUDGET YEAR THEREAFTER FOR DEPOSIT IN THE

DISTRICT'S GENERAL FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES,

INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

* REDUCE AND MAINTAIN CLASS SIZE AND

STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS

ARE ACADEMICALLY PREPARED;

* MEET THE INCREASED COSTS INCURRED BY THE DISTRICT

TO CONTINUE THE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO ACADEMIC

EXCELLENCE AND TO PROVIDE AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY;

* MAINTAIN HIGH SCHOOL ELECTIVES SUCH AS MUSIC, ART

AND WORLD LANGUAGES WHILE IMPLEMENTING THE NEW

COLLEGE ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS; AND

* ATTRACT AND RETAIN HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS AND

SUPPORT STAFF;

WITH SUCH TAXES TO BE IN EXCESS OF PROPERTY TAX

REVENUES THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED BY THE GENERAL

FUND MILL LEVY PERMITTED UNDER STATE LAW WITHOUT

SUCH INCREASE AND, TOGETHER WITH REVENUES FROM

SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND

THE EARNINGS ON SUCH TAXES AND REVENUES, TO

CONSTITUTE A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE AND SPENDING

CHANGE UNDER, TO BE COLLECTED AND SPENT EACH YEAR

WITHOUT LIMITATION BY THE REVENUE AND SPENDING

LIMITS OF, AND WITHOUT AFFECTING THE DISTRICT'S ABILITY

TO COLLECT AND SPEND OTHER REVENUES OR FUNDS

UNDER, ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?"

YES

NO

JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT

ISSUE 3B

"SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1'S DEBT

BE INCREASED $323.8 MILLION WITH A REPAYMENT COST OF

$680.5 MILLION OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE

NECESSARY, AND SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL

DISTRICT R-1'S TAXES BE INCREASED $48.8 MILLION

ANNUALLY OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE

NECESSARY FOR THE PAYMENT OF SUCH DEBT, ALL FOR THE

FOLLOWING PURPOSES:

* CONSTRUCTING ADDITIONS, NEW CLASSROOM SPACE AND

REPLACEMENTS FOR 9 DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS, SOME OF

WHICH ARE APPROACHING 50 YEARS OLD;

* CONSTRUCTING ONE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND

REPLACING ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL;

* RENOVATING AND REPAIRING ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE

SCHOOL BUILDINGS;

* MAKING LIFE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS IN DISTRICT

BUILDINGS BY RENOVATING, REPAIRING AND/OR REPLACING

PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, LIGHTING AND MECHANICAL

SYSTEMS AND ROOFS, UPGRADING SECURITY AND

IMPROVING SITE CONDITIONS;

AND OTHERWISE EQUIPPING, IMPROVING, EXPANDING,

REPAIRING AND FURNISHING CHARTER SCHOOL AND

DISTRICT FACILITIES AND GROUNDS AS PERMITTED BY LAW;

WITH SUCH DEBT TO BE IN THE FORM OF GENERAL

OBLIGATION BONDS, WHICH BONDS SHALL BEAR INTEREST

AT A MAXIMUM NET EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE NOT TO

EXCEED 6.50% AND MATURE, BE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION,

WITH OR WITHOUT PREMIUM, AND BE ISSUED, DATED AND

SOLD AT, ABOVE OR BELOW PAR, AND AT SUCH TIME OR

TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS,

NOT INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE BOARD OF

EDUCATION MAY DETERMINE; AND IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH (I) TO INCREASE THE DISTRICT'S AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES IN ANY YEAR IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT

TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON SUCH BONDS,

AND (II) TO COLLECT AND SPEND THE PROCEEDS OF THE

BONDS AND THE REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES AND THE

SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND

ANY EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF 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, SECTION 20 OF

THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?"

YES

NO

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OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION SAMPLE BALLOT

STATE OF COLORADO

JEFFERSON COUNTY

GENERAL ELECTION

November 2, 2004

To vote, BLACKEN ( ) the oval to the left of any candidate. Do not vote for more than the authorized

number of candidates. Please use a Black or Blue pen to mark your ballot.

Ballot Style: 3

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS

(Vote for One Pair)

George W. Bush

Dick Cheney Republican

John F. Kerry

John Edwards Democratic

Michael Badnarik

Richard V. Campagna Libertarian

David Cobb

Patricia LaMarche Green

Ralph Nader

Peter Miguel Camejo Colorado Reform

Michael Anthony Peroutka

Chuck Baldwin American Constitution

Gene Amondson

Leroy Pletten Concerns of People

Stanford E. Andress (Andy)

Irene M. Deasy Unaffiliated

Walter F. Brown

Mary Cal Hollis Socialist

Earl F. Dodge

Howard L. Lydick Prohibition

James E. Harris

Margaret Trowe Socialist Workers

Bill Van Auken

Jim Lawrence Socialist Equality

Write-in

UNITED STATES SENATOR

(Vote for One)

Pete Coors

Republican

Ken Salazar

Democratic

Victor Good

Colorado Reform

Douglas "Dayhorse" Campbell

American Constitution

Richard Randall

Libertarian

John R. Harris

Independent

Finn Gotaas

Unaffiliated

Write-in

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE 109th UNITED

STATES CONGRESS

DISTRICT 2

(Vote for One)

Mark Udall

Democratic

Stephen M. Hackman

Republican

Norm Olsen

Libertarian

REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF

COLORADO AT LARGE

(Vote for One)

Jennifer Mello

Democratic

Steve Bosley

Republican

Daniel Ong

Libertarian

STATE REPRESENTATIVE

DISTRICT 25

(Vote for One)

Donna Red Wing

Democratic

John Witwer

Republican

DISTRICT ATTORNEY

1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT

(Vote for One)

Mary A. Malatesta

Democratic

Scott Storey

Republican

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT 1

(Vote for One)

Jim Congrove

Republican

Scott Benefield

Democratic

Steven Gallant

Libertarian

Tanya Ishikawa

Green

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT 2

(Vote for One)

J. Kevin McCasky

Republican

Guy Asher Stocking

Democratic

COUNTY SHERIFF

(Vote for One)

Charles W. Carter

Democratic

Ted B. Mink

Republican

COURT OF APPEALS

Shall Judge James S. Casebolt of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Dennis A. Graham of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Arthur P. Roy of the Colorado Court of

Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Daniel Marc Taubman of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge John R. Webb of the Colorado Court of

Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

DISTRICT JUDGE

1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Shall Judge Stephen M. Munsinger of the 1st

Judicial District be retained in office?

YES

NO

COUNTY JUDGE, JEFFERSON

Shall Judge Judy Archuleta of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge James C. Demlow of the Jefferson

County Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Tina L. Olsen of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Roy Olson of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

"Ballot issues referred by the general assembly

or any political subdivision are listed by letter,

and ballot issues initiated by the people are

listed numerically. A 'yes' vote on any ballot

issue is a vote in favor of changing current law

or existing circumstances, and a 'no' vote on

any ballot issue is a vote against changing

current law or existing circumstances."

AMENDMENT 34

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution

concerning recovery of damages relating to construction of real

property improvements, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting

laws that limit or impair a property owner's right to recover damages

caused by a failure to construct an improvement in a good and

workmanlike manner; defining "good and workmanlike manner" to

include construction that is suitable for its intended purposes; and

permitting exceptions for laws that limit punitive damages, afford

governmental immunity, or impose time limits of specified minimum

lengths on filing lawsuits?

YES

NO

AMENDMENT 35

SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED $175 MILLION ANNUALLY

THROUGH ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAXES IMPOSED FOR

HEALTH RELATED PURPOSES, AND, IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH, AMENDING THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION TO

INCREASE STATEWIDE TAXES ON THE SALE OF CIGARETTES

BY WHOLESALERS OF THREE AND TWO-TENTHS CENTS PER

CIGARETTE AND ON THE SALE, USE, CONSUMPTION,

HANDLING, OR DISTRIBUTION OF OTHER TOBACCO

PRODUCTS BY DISTRIBUTORS AT THE RATE OF TWENTY

PERCENT OF THE MANUFACTURER'S LIST PRICE; INCREASING

SUCH TOBACCO TAXES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2005;

REQUIRING ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS OF SPECIFIED

PERCENTAGES OF THE ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES TO EXPAND ELIGIBILITY FOR AND INCREASE

ENROLLMENT IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC HEALTH PLAN, TO

FUND COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE THROUGH

CERTAIN COLORADO QUALIFIED PROVIDERS, TOBACCO

EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND PREVENTION, EARLY

DETECTION, AND TREATMENT OF CANCER AND

CARDIOVASCULAR AND PULMONARY DISEASES, TO

COMPENSATE THE STATE GENERAL FUND, THE OLD AGE

PENSION FUND, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR TOBACCO

TAX LOSSES RESULTING FROM REDUCED SALES OF

CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS; SPECIFYING THAT

THE APPROPRIATIONS OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO AND NOT SUBSTITUTED

FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUCH PROGRAMS ON JANUARY

1, 2005; ALLOWING THE USE OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES FOR ANY HEALTH RELATED PURPOSE AND TO

SERVE POPULATIONS ENROLLED IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC

HEALTH PLAN AND THE COLORADO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

PROGRAM AS OF JANUARY 1, 2005, UPON A DECLARATION OF

A STATE FISCAL EMERGENCY BY TWO-THIRDS OF THE

MEMBERS OF EACH HOUSE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND

THE GOVERNOR; 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

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 vice-president 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

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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

rule-making 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

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

REFERENDUM 4A

SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT TAXES BE

INCREASED $158.34 MILLION ANNUALLY AND BY WHATEVER

ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER

BY INCREASING THE RATE OF SALES TAX LEVIED BY THE

DISTRICT BY FOUR-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT, FROM THE

CURRENT SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT TO ONE PERCENT

COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2005 AND, IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH, SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

DEBT BE INCREASED $3.477 BILLION, WITH A REPAYMENT

COST OF $7.129 BILLION WITH ALL PROCEEDS OF DEBT AND

TAXES TO BE USED AND SPENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION

AND OPERATION OF A FIXED GUIDE WAY MASS TRANSIT

SYSTEM, THE CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL PARK-N-RIDE

LOTS, THE EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING

PARK-N-RIDE LOTS, AND INCREASED BUS SERVICE,

INCLUDING THE USE OF SMALLER BUSES AND VANS AND

ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES AS APPROPRIATE, AS

SPECIFIED IN THE TRANSIT EXPANSION PLAN ADOPTED BY

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DISTRICT ON OR BEFORE

APRIL 22, 2004 AND SHALL DEBT BE EVIDENCED BY BONDS,

NOTES, OR OTHER MULTIPLE-FISCAL YEAR OBLIGATIONS

INCLUDING REFUNDING BONDS THAT MAY BE ISSUED AS A

LOWER OR HIGHER RATE OF INTEREST AND INCLUDING DEBT

THAT MAY HAVE A REDEMPTION PRIOR TO MATURITY WITH

OR WITHOUT PAYMENT OF A PREMIUM, PAYABLE FROM ALL

REVENUES GENERATED BY SAID TAX INCREASE, FEDERAL

FUNDS, INVESTMENT INCOME, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE

CONTRIBUTIONS, AND OTHER REVENUES AS THE BOARD MAY

DETERMINE, AND WITH SUCH REVENUES RAISED BY THE

SALES TAX RATE INCREASE AND THE PROCEEDS OF DEBT

OBLIGATIONS AND ANY INVESTMENT INCOME ON SUCH

REVENUES AND PROCEEDS BEING EXEMPT FROM THE

REVENUE AND SPENDING RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN

SECTION 20 0F ARTICLE X OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION

UNTIL SUCH TIME AS ALL DEBT IS REPAID WHEN THE RATE OF

TAX WILL BE DECREASED TO THAT AMOUNT NECESSARY FOR

THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM BUT NOT LESS

THAN SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT?

YES

NO

SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES DISTRICT

REFERENDUM 4B

SHALL THERE BE AN EXTENSION UNTIL JUNE 30, 2018, OF THE

AGGREGATE 0.1 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAXES

CURRENTLY LEVIED AND COLLECTED BY THE DENVER

METROPOLITAN SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES

DISTRICT THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE ON JUNE 30,

2006, FOR ASSISTING SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES

WITHIN THE DISTRICT WHILE AUTHORIZING THE DISTRICT TO

CONTINUE TO COLLECT, RETAIN, AND SPEND ALL REVENUE

GENERATED BY SUCH TAX IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITATION

PROVIDED IN ARTICLE X OF SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION AND WHILE MODIFYING THE RATES OF THE

THREE INDIVIDUAL SALES AND USE TAXES COLLECTED BY

THE DISTRICT AS FOLLOWS: INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT

SALES AND USE TAX TO .0655 PERCENT; DECREASING THE

.028 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .021 PERCENT; AND

INCREASING THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .0135

PERCENT; EXCEPT THAT, FOR TOTAL ANNUAL REVENUES

COLLECTED BY THE DISTRICT THAT EXCEED THIRTY-EIGHT

MILLION DOLLARS, INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT SALES

AND USE TAX TO .064 PERCENT; DECREASING THE .028

PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .022 PERCENT; AND

INCREASING THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .014

PERCENT?

YES

NO

CITY OF ARVADA

QUESTION 2A

AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER FOR THE CITY OF ARVADA

Shall Section 3.2 of the Arvada City Charter be amended to change

the date for regular municipal elections to the first Tuesday in

November in odd-numbered years?

YES

NO

JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT

ISSUE 3A

"SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1'S TAXES

BE INCREASED $38.5 MILLION ANNUALLY, OR SUCH LESSER

AMOUNT AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY ANNUALLY

DETERMINE, BY THE COLLECTION OF AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE 2004-2005 BUDGET YEAR AND

EACH BUDGET YEAR THEREAFTER FOR DEPOSIT IN THE

DISTRICT'S GENERAL FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES,

INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

* REDUCE AND MAINTAIN CLASS SIZE AND

STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS

ARE ACADEMICALLY PREPARED;

* MEET THE INCREASED COSTS INCURRED BY THE DISTRICT

TO CONTINUE THE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO ACADEMIC

EXCELLENCE AND TO PROVIDE AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY;

* MAINTAIN HIGH SCHOOL ELECTIVES SUCH AS MUSIC, ART

AND WORLD LANGUAGES WHILE IMPLEMENTING THE NEW

COLLEGE ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS; AND

* ATTRACT AND RETAIN HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS AND

SUPPORT STAFF;

WITH SUCH TAXES TO BE IN EXCESS OF PROPERTY TAX

REVENUES THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED BY THE GENERAL

FUND MILL LEVY PERMITTED UNDER STATE LAW WITHOUT

SUCH INCREASE AND, TOGETHER WITH REVENUES FROM

SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND

THE EARNINGS ON SUCH TAXES AND REVENUES, TO

CONSTITUTE A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE AND SPENDING

CHANGE UNDER, TO BE COLLECTED AND SPENT EACH YEAR

WITHOUT LIMITATION BY THE REVENUE AND SPENDING

LIMITS OF, AND WITHOUT AFFECTING THE DISTRICT'S ABILITY

TO COLLECT AND SPEND OTHER REVENUES OR FUNDS

UNDER, ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?"

YES

NO

JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT

ISSUE 3B

"SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1'S DEBT

BE INCREASED $323.8 MILLION WITH A REPAYMENT COST OF

$680.5 MILLION OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE

NECESSARY, AND SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL

DISTRICT R-1'S TAXES BE INCREASED $48.8 MILLION

ANNUALLY OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE

NECESSARY FOR THE PAYMENT OF SUCH DEBT, ALL FOR THE

FOLLOWING PURPOSES:

* CONSTRUCTING ADDITIONS, NEW CLASSROOM SPACE AND

REPLACEMENTS FOR 9 DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS, SOME OF

WHICH ARE APPROACHING 50 YEARS OLD;

* CONSTRUCTING ONE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND

REPLACING ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL;

* RENOVATING AND REPAIRING ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE

SCHOOL BUILDINGS;

* MAKING LIFE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS IN DISTRICT

BUILDINGS BY RENOVATING, REPAIRING AND/OR REPLACING

PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, LIGHTING AND MECHANICAL

SYSTEMS AND ROOFS, UPGRADING SECURITY AND

IMPROVING SITE CONDITIONS;

AND OTHERWISE EQUIPPING, IMPROVING, EXPANDING,

REPAIRING AND FURNISHING CHARTER SCHOOL AND

DISTRICT FACILITIES AND GROUNDS AS PERMITTED BY LAW;

WITH SUCH DEBT TO BE IN THE FORM OF GENERAL

OBLIGATION BONDS, WHICH BONDS SHALL BEAR INTEREST

AT A MAXIMUM NET EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE NOT TO

EXCEED 6.50% AND MATURE, BE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION,

WITH OR WITHOUT PREMIUM, AND BE ISSUED, DATED AND

SOLD AT, ABOVE OR BELOW PAR, AND AT SUCH TIME OR

TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS,

NOT INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE BOARD OF

EDUCATION MAY DETERMINE; AND IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH (I) TO INCREASE THE DISTRICT'S AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES IN ANY YEAR IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT

TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON SUCH BONDS,

AND (II) TO COLLECT AND SPEND THE PROCEEDS OF THE

BONDS AND THE REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES AND THE

SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND

ANY EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF 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, SECTION 20 OF

THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?"

YES

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OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION SAMPLE BALLOT

STATE OF COLORADO

JEFFERSON COUNTY

GENERAL ELECTION

November 2, 2004

To vote, BLACKEN ( ) the oval to the left of any candidate. Do not vote for more than the authorized

number of candidates. Please use a Black or Blue pen to mark your ballot.

Ballot Style: 4

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS

(Vote for One Pair)

George W. Bush

Dick Cheney Republican

John F. Kerry

John Edwards Democratic

Michael Badnarik

Richard V. Campagna Libertarian

David Cobb

Patricia LaMarche Green

Ralph Nader

Peter Miguel Camejo Colorado Reform

Michael Anthony Peroutka

Chuck Baldwin American Constitution

Gene Amondson

Leroy Pletten Concerns of People

Stanford E. Andress (Andy)

Irene M. Deasy Unaffiliated

Walter F. Brown

Mary Cal Hollis Socialist

Earl F. Dodge

Howard L. Lydick Prohibition

James E. Harris

Margaret Trowe Socialist Workers

Bill Van Auken

Jim Lawrence Socialist Equality

Write-in

UNITED STATES SENATOR

(Vote for One)

Pete Coors

Republican

Ken Salazar

Democratic

Victor Good

Colorado Reform

Douglas "Dayhorse" Campbell

American Constitution

Richard Randall

Libertarian

John R. Harris

Independent

Finn Gotaas

Unaffiliated

Write-in

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE 109th UNITED

STATES CONGRESS

DISTRICT 2

(Vote for One)

Mark Udall

Democratic

Stephen M. Hackman

Republican

Norm Olsen

Libertarian

REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF

COLORADO AT LARGE

(Vote for One)

Jennifer Mello

Democratic

Steve Bosley

Republican

Daniel Ong

Libertarian

STATE REPRESENTATIVE

DISTRICT 25

(Vote for One)

Donna Red Wing

Democratic

John Witwer

Republican

DISTRICT ATTORNEY

1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT

(Vote for One)

Mary A. Malatesta

Democratic

Scott Storey

Republican

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT 1

(Vote for One)

Jim Congrove

Republican

Scott Benefield

Democratic

Steven Gallant

Libertarian

Tanya Ishikawa

Green

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT 2

(Vote for One)

J. Kevin McCasky

Republican

Guy Asher Stocking

Democratic

COUNTY SHERIFF

(Vote for One)

Charles W. Carter

Democratic

Ted B. Mink

Republican

COURT OF APPEALS

Shall Judge James S. Casebolt of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Dennis A. Graham of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Arthur P. Roy of the Colorado Court of

Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Daniel Marc Taubman of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge John R. Webb of the Colorado Court of

Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

DISTRICT JUDGE

1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Shall Judge Stephen M. Munsinger of the 1st

Judicial District be retained in office?

YES

NO

COUNTY JUDGE, JEFFERSON

Shall Judge Judy Archuleta of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge James C. Demlow of the Jefferson

County Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Tina L. Olsen of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Roy Olson of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

"Ballot issues referred by the general assembly

or any political subdivision are listed by letter,

and ballot issues initiated by the people are

listed numerically. A 'yes' vote on any ballot

issue is a vote in favor of changing current law

or existing circumstances, and a 'no' vote on

any ballot issue is a vote against changing

current law or existing circumstances."

AMENDMENT 34

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution

concerning recovery of damages relating to construction of real

property improvements, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting

laws that limit or impair a property owner's right to recover damages

caused by a failure to construct an improvement in a good and

workmanlike manner; defining "good and workmanlike manner" to

include construction that is suitable for its intended purposes; and

permitting exceptions for laws that limit punitive damages, afford

governmental immunity, or impose time limits of specified minimum

lengths on filing lawsuits?

YES

NO

AMENDMENT 35

SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED $175 MILLION ANNUALLY

THROUGH ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAXES IMPOSED FOR

HEALTH RELATED PURPOSES, AND, IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH, AMENDING THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION TO

INCREASE STATEWIDE TAXES ON THE SALE OF CIGARETTES

BY WHOLESALERS OF THREE AND TWO-TENTHS CENTS PER

CIGARETTE AND ON THE SALE, USE, CONSUMPTION,

HANDLING, OR DISTRIBUTION OF OTHER TOBACCO

PRODUCTS BY DISTRIBUTORS AT THE RATE OF TWENTY

PERCENT OF THE MANUFACTURER'S LIST PRICE; INCREASING

SUCH TOBACCO TAXES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2005;

REQUIRING ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS OF SPECIFIED

PERCENTAGES OF THE ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES TO EXPAND ELIGIBILITY FOR AND INCREASE

ENROLLMENT IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC HEALTH PLAN, TO

FUND COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE THROUGH

CERTAIN COLORADO QUALIFIED PROVIDERS, TOBACCO

EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND PREVENTION, EARLY

DETECTION, AND TREATMENT OF CANCER AND

CARDIOVASCULAR AND PULMONARY DISEASES, TO

COMPENSATE THE STATE GENERAL FUND, THE OLD AGE

PENSION FUND, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR TOBACCO

TAX LOSSES RESULTING FROM REDUCED SALES OF

CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS; SPECIFYING THAT

THE APPROPRIATIONS OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO AND NOT SUBSTITUTED

FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUCH PROGRAMS ON JANUARY

1, 2005; ALLOWING THE USE OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES FOR ANY HEALTH RELATED PURPOSE AND TO

SERVE POPULATIONS ENROLLED IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC

HEALTH PLAN AND THE COLORADO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

PROGRAM AS OF JANUARY 1, 2005, UPON A DECLARATION OF

A STATE FISCAL EMERGENCY BY TWO-THIRDS OF THE

MEMBERS OF EACH HOUSE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND

THE GOVERNOR; 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

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 vice-president 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

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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

rule-making 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

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

REFERENDUM 4A

SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT TAXES BE

INCREASED $158.34 MILLION ANNUALLY AND BY WHATEVER

ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER

BY INCREASING THE RATE OF SALES TAX LEVIED BY THE

DISTRICT BY FOUR-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT, FROM THE

CURRENT SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT TO ONE PERCENT

COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2005 AND, IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH, SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

DEBT BE INCREASED $3.477 BILLION, WITH A REPAYMENT

COST OF $7.129 BILLION WITH ALL PROCEEDS OF DEBT AND

TAXES TO BE USED AND SPENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION

AND OPERATION OF A FIXED GUIDE WAY MASS TRANSIT

SYSTEM, THE CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL PARK-N-RIDE

LOTS, THE EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING

PARK-N-RIDE LOTS, AND INCREASED BUS SERVICE,

INCLUDING THE USE OF SMALLER BUSES AND VANS AND

ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES AS APPROPRIATE, AS

SPECIFIED IN THE TRANSIT EXPANSION PLAN ADOPTED BY

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DISTRICT ON OR BEFORE

APRIL 22, 2004 AND SHALL DEBT BE EVIDENCED BY BONDS,

NOTES, OR OTHER MULTIPLE-FISCAL YEAR OBLIGATIONS

INCLUDING REFUNDING BONDS THAT MAY BE ISSUED AS A

LOWER OR HIGHER RATE OF INTEREST AND INCLUDING DEBT

THAT MAY HAVE A REDEMPTION PRIOR TO MATURITY WITH

OR WITHOUT PAYMENT OF A PREMIUM, PAYABLE FROM ALL

REVENUES GENERATED BY SAID TAX INCREASE, FEDERAL

FUNDS, INVESTMENT INCOME, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE

CONTRIBUTIONS, AND OTHER REVENUES AS THE BOARD MAY

DETERMINE, AND WITH SUCH REVENUES RAISED BY THE

SALES TAX RATE INCREASE AND THE PROCEEDS OF DEBT

OBLIGATIONS AND ANY INVESTMENT INCOME ON SUCH

REVENUES AND PROCEEDS BEING EXEMPT FROM THE

REVENUE AND SPENDING RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN

SECTION 20 0F ARTICLE X OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION

UNTIL SUCH TIME AS ALL DEBT IS REPAID WHEN THE RATE OF

TAX WILL BE DECREASED TO THAT AMOUNT NECESSARY FOR

THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM BUT NOT LESS

THAN SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT?

YES

NO

SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES DISTRICT

REFERENDUM 4B

SHALL THERE BE AN EXTENSION UNTIL JUNE 30, 2018, OF THE

AGGREGATE 0.1 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAXES

CURRENTLY LEVIED AND COLLECTED BY THE DENVER

METROPOLITAN SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES

DISTRICT THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE ON JUNE 30,

2006, FOR ASSISTING SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES

WITHIN THE DISTRICT WHILE AUTHORIZING THE DISTRICT TO

CONTINUE TO COLLECT, RETAIN, AND SPEND ALL REVENUE

GENERATED BY SUCH TAX IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITATION

PROVIDED IN ARTICLE X OF SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION AND WHILE MODIFYING THE RATES OF THE

THREE INDIVIDUAL SALES AND USE TAXES COLLECTED BY

THE DISTRICT AS FOLLOWS: INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT

SALES AND USE TAX TO .0655 PERCENT; DECREASING THE

.028 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .021 PERCENT; AND

INCREASING THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .0135

PERCENT; EXCEPT THAT, FOR TOTAL ANNUAL REVENUES

COLLECTED BY THE DISTRICT THAT EXCEED THIRTY-EIGHT

MILLION DOLLARS, INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT SALES

AND USE TAX TO .064 PERCENT; DECREASING THE .028

PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .022 PERCENT; AND

INCREASING THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .014

PERCENT?

YES

NO

JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT

ISSUE 3A

"SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1'S TAXES

BE INCREASED $38.5 MILLION ANNUALLY, OR SUCH LESSER

AMOUNT AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY ANNUALLY

DETERMINE, BY THE COLLECTION OF AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE 2004-2005 BUDGET YEAR AND

EACH BUDGET YEAR THEREAFTER FOR DEPOSIT IN THE

DISTRICT'S GENERAL FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES,

INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

* REDUCE AND MAINTAIN CLASS SIZE AND

STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS

ARE ACADEMICALLY PREPARED;

* MEET THE INCREASED COSTS INCURRED BY THE DISTRICT

TO CONTINUE THE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO ACADEMIC

EXCELLENCE AND TO PROVIDE AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY;

* MAINTAIN HIGH SCHOOL ELECTIVES SUCH AS MUSIC, ART

AND WORLD LANGUAGES WHILE IMPLEMENTING THE NEW

COLLEGE ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS; AND

* ATTRACT AND RETAIN HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS AND

SUPPORT STAFF;

WITH SUCH TAXES TO BE IN EXCESS OF PROPERTY TAX

REVENUES THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED BY THE GENERAL

FUND MILL LEVY PERMITTED UNDER STATE LAW WITHOUT

SUCH INCREASE AND, TOGETHER WITH REVENUES FROM

SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND

THE EARNINGS ON SUCH TAXES AND REVENUES, TO

CONSTITUTE A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE AND SPENDING

CHANGE UNDER, TO BE COLLECTED AND SPENT EACH YEAR

WITHOUT LIMITATION BY THE REVENUE AND SPENDING

LIMITS OF, AND WITHOUT AFFECTING THE DISTRICT'S ABILITY

TO COLLECT AND SPEND OTHER REVENUES OR FUNDS

UNDER, ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?"

YES

NO

JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT

ISSUE 3B

"SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1'S DEBT

BE INCREASED $323.8 MILLION WITH A REPAYMENT COST OF

$680.5 MILLION OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE

NECESSARY, AND SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL

DISTRICT R-1'S TAXES BE INCREASED $48.8 MILLION

ANNUALLY OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE

NECESSARY FOR THE PAYMENT OF SUCH DEBT, ALL FOR THE

FOLLOWING PURPOSES:

* CONSTRUCTING ADDITIONS, NEW CLASSROOM SPACE AND

REPLACEMENTS FOR 9 DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS, SOME OF

WHICH ARE APPROACHING 50 YEARS OLD;

* CONSTRUCTING ONE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND

REPLACING ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL;

* RENOVATING AND REPAIRING ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE

SCHOOL BUILDINGS;

* MAKING LIFE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS IN DISTRICT

BUILDINGS BY RENOVATING, REPAIRING AND/OR REPLACING

PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, LIGHTING AND MECHANICAL

SYSTEMS AND ROOFS, UPGRADING SECURITY AND

IMPROVING SITE CONDITIONS;

AND OTHERWISE EQUIPPING, IMPROVING, EXPANDING,

REPAIRING AND FURNISHING CHARTER SCHOOL AND

DISTRICT FACILITIES AND GROUNDS AS PERMITTED BY LAW;

WITH SUCH DEBT TO BE IN THE FORM OF GENERAL

OBLIGATION BONDS, WHICH BONDS SHALL BEAR INTEREST

AT A MAXIMUM NET EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE NOT TO

EXCEED 6.50% AND MATURE, BE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION,

WITH OR WITHOUT PREMIUM, AND BE ISSUED, DATED AND

SOLD AT, ABOVE OR BELOW PAR, AND AT SUCH TIME OR

TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS,

NOT INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE BOARD OF

EDUCATION MAY DETERMINE; AND IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH (I) TO INCREASE THE DISTRICT'S AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES IN ANY YEAR IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT

TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON SUCH BONDS,

AND (II) TO COLLECT AND SPEND THE PROCEEDS OF THE

BONDS AND THE REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES AND THE

SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND

ANY EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF 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, SECTION 20 OF

THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?"

YES

NO

LEYDEN WATER DISTRICT

ISSUE 5A

SHALL LEYDEN WATER DISTRICT TAXES BE INCREASED

$7,023 ANNUALLY, OR BY SUCH AMOUNT AS MAY BE RAISED

BY THE IMPOSITION OF AN ADDITIONAL AD VALORUM

PROPERTY TAX RATE OF 15.511 MILLS, BEING AN INCREASE

FROM 15.511 MILLS TO 31.022 MILLS, TO BE CERTIFIED IN 2004

AND COLLECTED IN 2005, AND CONTINUING EACH YEAR

THEREAFTER AS OTHERWISE ALLOWED BY LAW, WHICH

INCREASE SHALL BE FOR FUNDING THE GENERAL FUND OF

THE DISTRICT TO PROVIDE FOR DISTRICT OPERATIONS AND

THE PROVISION OF WATER TO ITS CUSTOMERS, AND THE

ACQUISITION OF CAPITAL EQUIPMENT, REPAIRS AND

IMPROVEMENTS, IF NECESSARY, AND SHALL THE DISTRICT

BE AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT, RETAIN, AND SPEND ALL TAX

REVENUE COLLECTED FROM SUCH TOTAL PROPERTY TAX

RATE, AND ALL OTHER REVENUE RECEIVED FROM ANY

SOURCE, COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2005, AND CONTINUING

THEREAFTER, AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE,

OFFSET, AND EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITS WHICH WOULD

OTHERWISE APPLY UNDER TABOR (ARTICLE X, SECTION 20

OF THE COLORADO CONSITUTION) OR ANY OTHER LAW AND

AS A PERMANENT WAIVER OF THE 5.5% LIMITATION UNDER

SECTION 29-1-301, C.R.S.?

YES

NO

ISSUE 5B

SHALL LEYDEN WATER DISTRICT, WITHOUT CREATING ANY

NEW TAX OR INCREASING ANY CURRENT TAXES BE

PERMITTED AND AUTHORIZED IN 2005 AND EACH

SUBSEQUENT YEAR THEREAFTER, TO RETAIN AND SPEND

DISTRICT REVENUES RECEIVED FROM ANY SOURCE

WHATSOVER, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATIONS AD

VALORUM TAXES, IN EXCESS OF THE SPENDING, REVENUE

RAISING, OR OTHER LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE X,

SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION, AND TO

RETAIN AND SPEND DISTRICT REVENUES IN EXCESS OF THE

TAX REVENUE LIMITATION CONTAINED WITHIN SECTION

29-1-301, ET. SEQ. C.R.S., UTILIZING SUCH REVENUES FOR

DISTRICT OPERATIONS, CAPITAL EQUIPMENT, REPAIRS AND

IMPROVEMENTS AND OTHER LAWFUL PUBLIC PURPOSE?

YES

NO

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OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION SAMPLE BALLOT

STATE OF COLORADO

JEFFERSON COUNTY

GENERAL ELECTION

November 2, 2004

To vote, BLACKEN ( ) the oval to the left of any candidate. Do not vote for more than the authorized

number of candidates. Please use a Black or Blue pen to mark your ballot.

Ballot Style: 5

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS

(Vote for One Pair)

George W. Bush

Dick Cheney Republican

John F. Kerry

John Edwards Democratic

Michael Badnarik

Richard V. Campagna Libertarian

David Cobb

Patricia LaMarche Green

Ralph Nader

Peter Miguel Camejo Colorado Reform

Michael Anthony Peroutka

Chuck Baldwin American Constitution

Gene Amondson

Leroy Pletten Concerns of People

Stanford E. Andress (Andy)

Irene M. Deasy Unaffiliated

Walter F. Brown

Mary Cal Hollis Socialist

Earl F. Dodge

Howard L. Lydick Prohibition

James E. Harris

Margaret Trowe Socialist Workers

Bill Van Auken

Jim Lawrence Socialist Equality

Write-in

UNITED STATES SENATOR

(Vote for One)

Pete Coors

Republican

Ken Salazar

Democratic

Victor Good

Colorado Reform

Douglas "Dayhorse" Campbell

American Constitution

Richard Randall

Libertarian

John R. Harris

Independent

Finn Gotaas

Unaffiliated

Write-in

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE 109th UNITED

STATES CONGRESS

DISTRICT 2

(Vote for One)

Mark Udall

Democratic

Stephen M. Hackman

Republican

Norm Olsen

Libertarian

REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF

COLORADO AT LARGE

(Vote for One)

Jennifer Mello

Democratic

Steve Bosley

Republican

Daniel Ong

Libertarian

STATE SENATE

DISTRICT 19

(Vote for One)

Sue Windels

Democratic

Jessica Corry

Republican

STATE REPRESENTATIVE

DISTRICT 29

(Vote for One)

Debbie J. Benefield

Democratic

Bob Briggs

Republican

DISTRICT ATTORNEY

1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT

(Vote for One)

Mary A. Malatesta

Democratic

Scott Storey

Republican

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT 1

(Vote for One)

Jim Congrove

Republican

Scott Benefield

Democratic

Steven Gallant

Libertarian

Tanya Ishikawa

Green

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT 2

(Vote for One)

J. Kevin McCasky

Republican

Guy Asher Stocking

Democratic

COUNTY SHERIFF

(Vote for One)

Charles W. Carter

Democratic

Ted B. Mink

Republican

COURT OF APPEALS

Shall Judge James S. Casebolt of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Dennis A. Graham of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Arthur P. Roy of the Colorado Court of

Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Daniel Marc Taubman of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge John R. Webb of the Colorado Court of

Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

DISTRICT JUDGE

1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Shall Judge Stephen M. Munsinger of the 1st

Judicial District be retained in office?

YES

NO

COUNTY JUDGE, JEFFERSON

Shall Judge Judy Archuleta of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge James C. Demlow of the Jefferson

County Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Tina L. Olsen of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Roy Olson of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

"Ballot issues referred by the general assembly

or any political subdivision are listed by letter,

and ballot issues initiated by the people are

listed numerically. A 'yes' vote on any ballot

issue is a vote in favor of changing current law

or existing circumstances, and a 'no' vote on

any ballot issue is a vote against changing

current law or existing circumstances."

AMENDMENT 34

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution

concerning recovery of damages relating to construction of real

property improvements, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting

laws that limit or impair a property owner's right to recover damages

caused by a failure to construct an improvement in a good and

workmanlike manner; defining "good and workmanlike manner" to

include construction that is suitable for its intended purposes; and

permitting exceptions for laws that limit punitive damages, afford

governmental immunity, or impose time limits of specified minimum

lengths on filing lawsuits?

YES

NO

AMENDMENT 35

SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED $175 MILLION ANNUALLY

THROUGH ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAXES IMPOSED FOR

HEALTH RELATED PURPOSES, AND, IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH, AMENDING THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION TO

INCREASE STATEWIDE TAXES ON THE SALE OF CIGARETTES

BY WHOLESALERS OF THREE AND TWO-TENTHS CENTS PER

CIGARETTE AND ON THE SALE, USE, CONSUMPTION,

HANDLING, OR DISTRIBUTION OF OTHER TOBACCO

PRODUCTS BY DISTRIBUTORS AT THE RATE OF TWENTY

PERCENT OF THE MANUFACTURER'S LIST PRICE; INCREASING

SUCH TOBACCO TAXES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2005;

REQUIRING ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS OF SPECIFIED

PERCENTAGES OF THE ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES TO EXPAND ELIGIBILITY FOR AND INCREASE

ENROLLMENT IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC HEALTH PLAN, TO

FUND COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE THROUGH

CERTAIN COLORADO QUALIFIED PROVIDERS, TOBACCO

EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND PREVENTION, EARLY

DETECTION, AND TREATMENT OF CANCER AND

CARDIOVASCULAR AND PULMONARY DISEASES, TO

COMPENSATE THE STATE GENERAL FUND, THE OLD AGE

PENSION FUND, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR TOBACCO

TAX LOSSES RESULTING FROM REDUCED SALES OF

CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS; SPECIFYING THAT

THE APPROPRIATIONS OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO AND NOT SUBSTITUTED

FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUCH PROGRAMS ON JANUARY

1, 2005; ALLOWING THE USE OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES FOR ANY HEALTH RELATED PURPOSE AND TO

SERVE POPULATIONS ENROLLED IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC

HEALTH PLAN AND THE COLORADO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

PROGRAM AS OF JANUARY 1, 2005, UPON A DECLARATION OF

A STATE FISCAL EMERGENCY BY TWO-THIRDS OF THE

MEMBERS OF EACH HOUSE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND

THE GOVERNOR; 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

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 vice-president 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

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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

rule-making 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

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

REFERENDUM 4A

SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT TAXES BE

INCREASED $158.34 MILLION ANNUALLY AND BY WHATEVER

ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER

BY INCREASING THE RATE OF SALES TAX LEVIED BY THE

DISTRICT BY FOUR-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT, FROM THE

CURRENT SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT TO ONE PERCENT

COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2005 AND, IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH, SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

DEBT BE INCREASED $3.477 BILLION, WITH A REPAYMENT

COST OF $7.129 BILLION WITH ALL PROCEEDS OF DEBT AND

TAXES TO BE USED AND SPENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION

AND OPERATION OF A FIXED GUIDE WAY MASS TRANSIT

SYSTEM, THE CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL PARK-N-RIDE

LOTS, THE EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING

PARK-N-RIDE LOTS, AND INCREASED BUS SERVICE,

INCLUDING THE USE OF SMALLER BUSES AND VANS AND

ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES AS APPROPRIATE, AS

SPECIFIED IN THE TRANSIT EXPANSION PLAN ADOPTED BY

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DISTRICT ON OR BEFORE

APRIL 22, 2004 AND SHALL DEBT BE EVIDENCED BY BONDS,

NOTES, OR OTHER MULTIPLE-FISCAL YEAR OBLIGATIONS

INCLUDING REFUNDING BONDS THAT MAY BE ISSUED AS A

LOWER OR HIGHER RATE OF INTEREST AND INCLUDING DEBT

THAT MAY HAVE A REDEMPTION PRIOR TO MATURITY WITH

OR WITHOUT PAYMENT OF A PREMIUM, PAYABLE FROM ALL

REVENUES GENERATED BY SAID TAX INCREASE, FEDERAL

FUNDS, INVESTMENT INCOME, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE

CONTRIBUTIONS, AND OTHER REVENUES AS THE BOARD MAY

DETERMINE, AND WITH SUCH REVENUES RAISED BY THE

SALES TAX RATE INCREASE AND THE PROCEEDS OF DEBT

OBLIGATIONS AND ANY INVESTMENT INCOME ON SUCH

REVENUES AND PROCEEDS BEING EXEMPT FROM THE

REVENUE AND SPENDING RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN

SECTION 20 0F ARTICLE X OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION

UNTIL SUCH TIME AS ALL DEBT IS REPAID WHEN THE RATE OF

TAX WILL BE DECREASED TO THAT AMOUNT NECESSARY FOR

THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM BUT NOT LESS

THAN SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT?

YES

NO

SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES DISTRICT

REFERENDUM 4B

SHALL THERE BE AN EXTENSION UNTIL JUNE 30, 2018, OF THE

AGGREGATE 0.1 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAXES

CURRENTLY LEVIED AND COLLECTED BY THE DENVER

METROPOLITAN SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES

DISTRICT THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE ON JUNE 30,

2006, FOR ASSISTING SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES

WITHIN THE DISTRICT WHILE AUTHORIZING THE DISTRICT TO

CONTINUE TO COLLECT, RETAIN, AND SPEND ALL REVENUE

GENERATED BY SUCH TAX IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITATION

PROVIDED IN ARTICLE X OF SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION AND WHILE MODIFYING THE RATES OF THE

THREE INDIVIDUAL SALES AND USE TAXES COLLECTED BY

THE DISTRICT AS FOLLOWS: INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT

SALES AND USE TAX TO .0655 PERCENT; DECREASING THE

.028 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .021 PERCENT; AND

INCREASING THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .0135

PERCENT; EXCEPT THAT, FOR TOTAL ANNUAL REVENUES

COLLECTED BY THE DISTRICT THAT EXCEED THIRTY-EIGHT

MILLION DOLLARS, INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT SALES

AND USE TAX TO .064 PERCENT; DECREASING THE .028

PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .022 PERCENT; AND

INCREASING THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .014

PERCENT?

YES

NO

JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT

ISSUE 3A

"SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1'S TAXES

BE INCREASED $38.5 MILLION ANNUALLY, OR SUCH LESSER

AMOUNT AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY ANNUALLY

DETERMINE, BY THE COLLECTION OF AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE 2004-2005 BUDGET YEAR AND

EACH BUDGET YEAR THEREAFTER FOR DEPOSIT IN THE

DISTRICT'S GENERAL FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES,

INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

* REDUCE AND MAINTAIN CLASS SIZE AND

STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS

ARE ACADEMICALLY PREPARED;

* MEET THE INCREASED COSTS INCURRED BY THE DISTRICT

TO CONTINUE THE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO ACADEMIC

EXCELLENCE AND TO PROVIDE AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY;

* MAINTAIN HIGH SCHOOL ELECTIVES SUCH AS MUSIC, ART

AND WORLD LANGUAGES WHILE IMPLEMENTING THE NEW

COLLEGE ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS; AND

* ATTRACT AND RETAIN HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS AND

SUPPORT STAFF;

WITH SUCH TAXES TO BE IN EXCESS OF PROPERTY TAX

REVENUES THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED BY THE GENERAL

FUND MILL LEVY PERMITTED UNDER STATE LAW WITHOUT

SUCH INCREASE AND, TOGETHER WITH REVENUES FROM

SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND

THE EARNINGS ON SUCH TAXES AND REVENUES, TO

CONSTITUTE A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE AND SPENDING

CHANGE UNDER, TO BE COLLECTED AND SPENT EACH YEAR

WITHOUT LIMITATION BY THE REVENUE AND SPENDING

LIMITS OF, AND WITHOUT AFFECTING THE DISTRICT'S ABILITY

TO COLLECT AND SPEND OTHER REVENUES OR FUNDS

UNDER, ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?"

YES

NO

JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT

ISSUE 3B

"SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1'S DEBT

BE INCREASED $323.8 MILLION WITH A REPAYMENT COST OF

$680.5 MILLION OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE

NECESSARY, AND SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL

DISTRICT R-1'S TAXES BE INCREASED $48.8 MILLION

ANNUALLY OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE

NECESSARY FOR THE PAYMENT OF SUCH DEBT, ALL FOR THE

FOLLOWING PURPOSES:

* CONSTRUCTING ADDITIONS, NEW CLASSROOM SPACE AND

REPLACEMENTS FOR 9 DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS, SOME OF

WHICH ARE APPROACHING 50 YEARS OLD;

* CONSTRUCTING ONE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND

REPLACING ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL;

* RENOVATING AND REPAIRING ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE

SCHOOL BUILDINGS;

* MAKING LIFE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS IN DISTRICT

BUILDINGS BY RENOVATING, REPAIRING AND/OR REPLACING

PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, LIGHTING AND MECHANICAL

SYSTEMS AND ROOFS, UPGRADING SECURITY AND

IMPROVING SITE CONDITIONS;

AND OTHERWISE EQUIPPING, IMPROVING, EXPANDING,

REPAIRING AND FURNISHING CHARTER SCHOOL AND

DISTRICT FACILITIES AND GROUNDS AS PERMITTED BY LAW;

WITH SUCH DEBT TO BE IN THE FORM OF GENERAL

OBLIGATION BONDS, WHICH BONDS SHALL BEAR INTEREST

AT A MAXIMUM NET EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE NOT TO

EXCEED 6.50% AND MATURE, BE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION,

WITH OR WITHOUT PREMIUM, AND BE ISSUED, DATED AND

SOLD AT, ABOVE OR BELOW PAR, AND AT SUCH TIME OR

TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS,

NOT INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE BOARD OF

EDUCATION MAY DETERMINE; AND IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH (I) TO INCREASE THE DISTRICT'S AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES IN ANY YEAR IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT

TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON SUCH BONDS,

AND (II) TO COLLECT AND SPEND THE PROCEEDS OF THE

BONDS AND THE REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES AND THE

SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND

ANY EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF 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, SECTION 20 OF

THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?"

YES

NO

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OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION SAMPLE BALLOT

STATE OF COLORADO

JEFFERSON COUNTY

GENERAL ELECTION

November 2, 2004

To vote, BLACKEN ( ) the oval to the left of any candidate. Do not vote for more than the authorized

number of candidates. Please use a Black or Blue pen to mark your ballot.

Ballot Style: 6

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS

(Vote for One Pair)

George W. Bush

Dick Cheney Republican

John F. Kerry

John Edwards Democratic

Michael Badnarik

Richard V. Campagna Libertarian

David Cobb

Patricia LaMarche Green

Ralph Nader

Peter Miguel Camejo Colorado Reform

Michael Anthony Peroutka

Chuck Baldwin American Constitution

Gene Amondson

Leroy Pletten Concerns of People

Stanford E. Andress (Andy)

Irene M. Deasy Unaffiliated

Walter F. Brown

Mary Cal Hollis Socialist

Earl F. Dodge

Howard L. Lydick Prohibition

James E. Harris

Margaret Trowe Socialist Workers

Bill Van Auken

Jim Lawrence Socialist Equality

Write-in

UNITED STATES SENATOR

(Vote for One)

Pete Coors

Republican

Ken Salazar

Democratic

Victor Good

Colorado Reform

Douglas "Dayhorse" Campbell

American Constitution

Richard Randall

Libertarian

John R. Harris

Independent

Finn Gotaas

Unaffiliated

Write-in

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE 109th UNITED

STATES CONGRESS

DISTRICT 2

(Vote for One)

Mark Udall

Democratic

Stephen M. Hackman

Republican

Norm Olsen

Libertarian

REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF

COLORADO AT LARGE

(Vote for One)

Jennifer Mello

Democratic

Steve Bosley

Republican

Daniel Ong

Libertarian

STATE SENATE

DISTRICT 19

(Vote for One)

Sue Windels

Democratic

Jessica Corry

Republican

STATE REPRESENTATIVE

DISTRICT 29

(Vote for One)

Debbie J. Benefield

Democratic

Bob Briggs

Republican

DISTRICT ATTORNEY

1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT

(Vote for One)

Mary A. Malatesta

Democratic

Scott Storey

Republican

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT 1

(Vote for One)

Jim Congrove

Republican

Scott Benefield

Democratic

Steven Gallant

Libertarian

Tanya Ishikawa

Green

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT 2

(Vote for One)

J. Kevin McCasky

Republican

Guy Asher Stocking

Democratic

COUNTY SHERIFF

(Vote for One)

Charles W. Carter

Democratic

Ted B. Mink

Republican

COURT OF APPEALS

Shall Judge James S. Casebolt of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Dennis A. Graham of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Arthur P. Roy of the Colorado Court of

Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Daniel Marc Taubman of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge John R. Webb of the Colorado Court of

Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

DISTRICT JUDGE

1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Shall Judge Stephen M. Munsinger of the 1st

Judicial District be retained in office?

YES

NO

COUNTY JUDGE, JEFFERSON

Shall Judge Judy Archuleta of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge James C. Demlow of the Jefferson

County Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Tina L. Olsen of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Roy Olson of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

"Ballot issues referred by the general assembly

or any political subdivision are listed by letter,

and ballot issues initiated by the people are

listed numerically. A 'yes' vote on any ballot

issue is a vote in favor of changing current law

or existing circumstances, and a 'no' vote on

any ballot issue is a vote against changing

current law or existing circumstances."

AMENDMENT 34

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution

concerning recovery of damages relating to construction of real

property improvements, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting

laws that limit or impair a property owner's right to recover damages

caused by a failure to construct an improvement in a good and

workmanlike manner; defining "good and workmanlike manner" to

include construction that is suitable for its intended purposes; and

permitting exceptions for laws that limit punitive damages, afford

governmental immunity, or impose time limits of specified minimum

lengths on filing lawsuits?

YES

NO

AMENDMENT 35

SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED $175 MILLION ANNUALLY

THROUGH ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAXES IMPOSED FOR

HEALTH RELATED PURPOSES, AND, IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH, AMENDING THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION TO

INCREASE STATEWIDE TAXES ON THE SALE OF CIGARETTES

BY WHOLESALERS OF THREE AND TWO-TENTHS CENTS PER

CIGARETTE AND ON THE SALE, USE, CONSUMPTION,

HANDLING, OR DISTRIBUTION OF OTHER TOBACCO

PRODUCTS BY DISTRIBUTORS AT THE RATE OF TWENTY

PERCENT OF THE MANUFACTURER'S LIST PRICE; INCREASING

SUCH TOBACCO TAXES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2005;

REQUIRING ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS OF SPECIFIED

PERCENTAGES OF THE ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES TO EXPAND ELIGIBILITY FOR AND INCREASE

ENROLLMENT IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC HEALTH PLAN, TO

FUND COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE THROUGH

CERTAIN COLORADO QUALIFIED PROVIDERS, TOBACCO

EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND PREVENTION, EARLY

DETECTION, AND TREATMENT OF CANCER AND

CARDIOVASCULAR AND PULMONARY DISEASES, TO

COMPENSATE THE STATE GENERAL FUND, THE OLD AGE

PENSION FUND, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR TOBACCO

TAX LOSSES RESULTING FROM REDUCED SALES OF

CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS; SPECIFYING THAT

THE APPROPRIATIONS OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO AND NOT SUBSTITUTED

FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUCH PROGRAMS ON JANUARY

1, 2005; ALLOWING THE USE OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES FOR ANY HEALTH RELATED PURPOSE AND TO

SERVE POPULATIONS ENROLLED IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC

HEALTH PLAN AND THE COLORADO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

PROGRAM AS OF JANUARY 1, 2005, UPON A DECLARATION OF

A STATE FISCAL EMERGENCY BY TWO-THIRDS OF THE

MEMBERS OF EACH HOUSE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND

THE GOVERNOR; 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

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 vice-president 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

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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

rule-making 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

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

REFERENDUM 4A

SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT TAXES BE

INCREASED $158.34 MILLION ANNUALLY AND BY WHATEVER

ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER

BY INCREASING THE RATE OF SALES TAX LEVIED BY THE

DISTRICT BY FOUR-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT, FROM THE

CURRENT SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT TO ONE PERCENT

COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2005 AND, IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH, SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

DEBT BE INCREASED $3.477 BILLION, WITH A REPAYMENT

COST OF $7.129 BILLION WITH ALL PROCEEDS OF DEBT AND

TAXES TO BE USED AND SPENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION

AND OPERATION OF A FIXED GUIDE WAY MASS TRANSIT

SYSTEM, THE CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL PARK-N-RIDE

LOTS, THE EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING

PARK-N-RIDE LOTS, AND INCREASED BUS SERVICE,

INCLUDING THE USE OF SMALLER BUSES AND VANS AND

ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES AS APPROPRIATE, AS

SPECIFIED IN THE TRANSIT EXPANSION PLAN ADOPTED BY

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DISTRICT ON OR BEFORE

APRIL 22, 2004 AND SHALL DEBT BE EVIDENCED BY BONDS,

NOTES, OR OTHER MULTIPLE-FISCAL YEAR OBLIGATIONS

INCLUDING REFUNDING BONDS THAT MAY BE ISSUED AS A

LOWER OR HIGHER RATE OF INTEREST AND INCLUDING DEBT

THAT MAY HAVE A REDEMPTION PRIOR TO MATURITY WITH

OR WITHOUT PAYMENT OF A PREMIUM, PAYABLE FROM ALL

REVENUES GENERATED BY SAID TAX INCREASE, FEDERAL

FUNDS, INVESTMENT INCOME, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE

CONTRIBUTIONS, AND OTHER REVENUES AS THE BOARD MAY

DETERMINE, AND WITH SUCH REVENUES RAISED BY THE

SALES TAX RATE INCREASE AND THE PROCEEDS OF DEBT

OBLIGATIONS AND ANY INVESTMENT INCOME ON SUCH

REVENUES AND PROCEEDS BEING EXEMPT FROM THE

REVENUE AND SPENDING RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN

SECTION 20 0F ARTICLE X OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION

UNTIL SUCH TIME AS ALL DEBT IS REPAID WHEN THE RATE OF

TAX WILL BE DECREASED TO THAT AMOUNT NECESSARY FOR

THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM BUT NOT LESS

THAN SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT?

YES

NO

SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES DISTRICT

REFERENDUM 4B

SHALL THERE BE AN EXTENSION UNTIL JUNE 30, 2018, OF THE

AGGREGATE 0.1 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAXES

CURRENTLY LEVIED AND COLLECTED BY THE DENVER

METROPOLITAN SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES

DISTRICT THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE ON JUNE 30,

2006, FOR ASSISTING SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES

WITHIN THE DISTRICT WHILE AUTHORIZING THE DISTRICT TO

CONTINUE TO COLLECT, RETAIN, AND SPEND ALL REVENUE

GENERATED BY SUCH TAX IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITATION

PROVIDED IN ARTICLE X OF SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION AND WHILE MODIFYING THE RATES OF THE

THREE INDIVIDUAL SALES AND USE TAXES COLLECTED BY

THE DISTRICT AS FOLLOWS: INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT

SALES AND USE TAX TO .0655 PERCENT; DECREASING THE

.028 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .021 PERCENT; AND

INCREASING THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .0135

PERCENT; EXCEPT THAT, FOR TOTAL ANNUAL REVENUES

COLLECTED BY THE DISTRICT THAT EXCEED THIRTY-EIGHT

MILLION DOLLARS, INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT SALES

AND USE TAX TO .064 PERCENT; DECREASING THE .028

PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .022 PERCENT; AND

INCREASING THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .014

PERCENT?

YES

NO

CITY OF ARVADA

QUESTION 2A

AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER FOR THE CITY OF ARVADA

Shall Section 3.2 of the Arvada City Charter be amended to change

the date for regular municipal elections to the first Tuesday in

November in odd-numbered years?

YES

NO

JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT

ISSUE 3A

"SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1'S TAXES

BE INCREASED $38.5 MILLION ANNUALLY, OR SUCH LESSER

AMOUNT AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY ANNUALLY

DETERMINE, BY THE COLLECTION OF AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE 2004-2005 BUDGET YEAR AND

EACH BUDGET YEAR THEREAFTER FOR DEPOSIT IN THE

DISTRICT'S GENERAL FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES,

INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

* REDUCE AND MAINTAIN CLASS SIZE AND

STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS

ARE ACADEMICALLY PREPARED;

* MEET THE INCREASED COSTS INCURRED BY THE DISTRICT

TO CONTINUE THE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO ACADEMIC

EXCELLENCE AND TO PROVIDE AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY;

* MAINTAIN HIGH SCHOOL ELECTIVES SUCH AS MUSIC, ART

AND WORLD LANGUAGES WHILE IMPLEMENTING THE NEW

COLLEGE ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS; AND

* ATTRACT AND RETAIN HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS AND

SUPPORT STAFF;

WITH SUCH TAXES TO BE IN EXCESS OF PROPERTY TAX

REVENUES THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED BY THE GENERAL

FUND MILL LEVY PERMITTED UNDER STATE LAW WITHOUT

SUCH INCREASE AND, TOGETHER WITH REVENUES FROM

SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND

THE EARNINGS ON SUCH TAXES AND REVENUES, TO

CONSTITUTE A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE AND SPENDING

CHANGE UNDER, TO BE COLLECTED AND SPENT EACH YEAR

WITHOUT LIMITATION BY THE REVENUE AND SPENDING

LIMITS OF, AND WITHOUT AFFECTING THE DISTRICT'S ABILITY

TO COLLECT AND SPEND OTHER REVENUES OR FUNDS

UNDER, ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?"

YES

NO

JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT

ISSUE 3B

"SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1'S DEBT

BE INCREASED $323.8 MILLION WITH A REPAYMENT COST OF

$680.5 MILLION OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE

NECESSARY, AND SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL

DISTRICT R-1'S TAXES BE INCREASED $48.8 MILLION

ANNUALLY OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE

NECESSARY FOR THE PAYMENT OF SUCH DEBT, ALL FOR THE

FOLLOWING PURPOSES:

* CONSTRUCTING ADDITIONS, NEW CLASSROOM SPACE AND

REPLACEMENTS FOR 9 DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS, SOME OF

WHICH ARE APPROACHING 50 YEARS OLD;

* CONSTRUCTING ONE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND

REPLACING ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL;

* RENOVATING AND REPAIRING ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE

SCHOOL BUILDINGS;

* MAKING LIFE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS IN DISTRICT

BUILDINGS BY RENOVATING, REPAIRING AND/OR REPLACING

PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, LIGHTING AND MECHANICAL

SYSTEMS AND ROOFS, UPGRADING SECURITY AND

IMPROVING SITE CONDITIONS;

AND OTHERWISE EQUIPPING, IMPROVING, EXPANDING,

REPAIRING AND FURNISHING CHARTER SCHOOL AND

DISTRICT FACILITIES AND GROUNDS AS PERMITTED BY LAW;

WITH SUCH DEBT TO BE IN THE FORM OF GENERAL

OBLIGATION BONDS, WHICH BONDS SHALL BEAR INTEREST

AT A MAXIMUM NET EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE NOT TO

EXCEED 6.50% AND MATURE, BE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION,

WITH OR WITHOUT PREMIUM, AND BE ISSUED, DATED AND

SOLD AT, ABOVE OR BELOW PAR, AND AT SUCH TIME OR

TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS,

NOT INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE BOARD OF

EDUCATION MAY DETERMINE; AND IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH (I) TO INCREASE THE DISTRICT'S AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES IN ANY YEAR IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT

TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON SUCH BONDS,

AND (II) TO COLLECT AND SPEND THE PROCEEDS OF THE

BONDS AND THE REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES AND THE

SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND

ANY EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF 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, SECTION 20 OF

THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?"

YES

NO

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OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION SAMPLE BALLOT

STATE OF COLORADO

JEFFERSON COUNTY

GENERAL ELECTION

November 2, 2004

To vote, BLACKEN ( ) the oval to the left of any candidate. Do not vote for more than the authorized

number of candidates. Please use a Black or Blue pen to mark your ballot.

Ballot Style: 7

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS

(Vote for One Pair)

George W. Bush

Dick Cheney Republican

John F. Kerry

John Edwards Democratic

Michael Badnarik

Richard V. Campagna Libertarian

David Cobb

Patricia LaMarche Green

Ralph Nader

Peter Miguel Camejo Colorado Reform

Michael Anthony Peroutka

Chuck Baldwin American Constitution

Gene Amondson

Leroy Pletten Concerns of People

Stanford E. Andress (Andy)

Irene M. Deasy Unaffiliated

Walter F. Brown

Mary Cal Hollis Socialist

Earl F. Dodge

Howard L. Lydick Prohibition

James E. Harris

Margaret Trowe Socialist Workers

Bill Van Auken

Jim Lawrence Socialist Equality

Write-in

UNITED STATES SENATOR

(Vote for One)

Pete Coors

Republican

Ken Salazar

Democratic

Victor Good

Colorado Reform

Douglas "Dayhorse" Campbell

American Constitution

Richard Randall

Libertarian

John R. Harris

Independent

Finn Gotaas

Unaffiliated

Write-in

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE 109th UNITED

STATES CONGRESS

DISTRICT 6

(Vote for One)

Tom Tancredo

Republican

Joanna L. Conti

Democratic

Jack J. Woehr

Libertarian

Peter Shevchuk

American Constitution

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 6

(Vote for One)

Randy DeHoff

Republican

Susan Marinelli

Democratic

REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF

COLORADO AT LARGE

(Vote for One)

Jennifer Mello

Democratic

Steve Bosley

Republican

Daniel Ong

Libertarian

STATE REPRESENTATIVE

DISTRICT 25

(Vote for One)

Donna Red Wing

Democratic

John Witwer

Republican

DISTRICT ATTORNEY

1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT

(Vote for One)

Mary A. Malatesta

Democratic

Scott Storey

Republican

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT 1

(Vote for One)

Jim Congrove

Republican

Scott Benefield

Democratic

Steven Gallant

Libertarian

Tanya Ishikawa

Green

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT 2

(Vote for One)

J. Kevin McCasky

Republican

Guy Asher Stocking

Democratic

COUNTY SHERIFF

(Vote for One)

Charles W. Carter

Democratic

Ted B. Mink

Republican

COURT OF APPEALS

Shall Judge James S. Casebolt of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Dennis A. Graham of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Arthur P. Roy of the Colorado Court of

Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Daniel Marc Taubman of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge John R. Webb of the Colorado Court of

Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

DISTRICT JUDGE

1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Shall Judge Stephen M. Munsinger of the 1st

Judicial District be retained in office?

YES

NO

COUNTY JUDGE, JEFFERSON

Shall Judge Judy Archuleta of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge James C. Demlow of the Jefferson

County Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Tina L. Olsen of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Roy Olson of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

"Ballot issues referred by the general assembly

or any political subdivision are listed by letter,

and ballot issues initiated by the people are

listed numerically. A 'yes' vote on any ballot

issue is a vote in favor of changing current law

or existing circumstances, and a 'no' vote on

any ballot issue is a vote against changing

current law or existing circumstances."

AMENDMENT 34

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution

concerning recovery of damages relating to construction of real

property improvements, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting

laws that limit or impair a property owner's right to recover damages

caused by a failure to construct an improvement in a good and

workmanlike manner; defining "good and workmanlike manner" to

include construction that is suitable for its intended purposes; and

permitting exceptions for laws that limit punitive damages, afford

governmental immunity, or impose time limits of specified minimum

lengths on filing lawsuits?

YES

NO

AMENDMENT 35

SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED $175 MILLION ANNUALLY

THROUGH ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAXES IMPOSED FOR

HEALTH RELATED PURPOSES, AND, IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH, AMENDING THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION TO

INCREASE STATEWIDE TAXES ON THE SALE OF CIGARETTES

BY WHOLESALERS OF THREE AND TWO-TENTHS CENTS PER

CIGARETTE AND ON THE SALE, USE, CONSUMPTION,

HANDLING, OR DISTRIBUTION OF OTHER TOBACCO

PRODUCTS BY DISTRIBUTORS AT THE RATE OF TWENTY

PERCENT OF THE MANUFACTURER'S LIST PRICE; INCREASING

SUCH TOBACCO TAXES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2005;

REQUIRING ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS OF SPECIFIED

PERCENTAGES OF THE ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES TO EXPAND ELIGIBILITY FOR AND INCREASE

ENROLLMENT IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC HEALTH PLAN, TO

FUND COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE THROUGH

CERTAIN COLORADO QUALIFIED PROVIDERS, TOBACCO

EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND PREVENTION, EARLY

DETECTION, AND TREATMENT OF CANCER AND

CARDIOVASCULAR AND PULMONARY DISEASES, TO

COMPENSATE THE STATE GENERAL FUND, THE OLD AGE

PENSION FUND, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR TOBACCO

TAX LOSSES RESULTING FROM REDUCED SALES OF

CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS; SPECIFYING THAT

THE APPROPRIATIONS OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO AND NOT SUBSTITUTED

FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUCH PROGRAMS ON JANUARY

1, 2005; ALLOWING THE USE OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES FOR ANY HEALTH RELATED PURPOSE AND TO

SERVE POPULATIONS ENROLLED IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC

HEALTH PLAN AND THE COLORADO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

PROGRAM AS OF JANUARY 1, 2005, UPON A DECLARATION OF

A STATE FISCAL EMERGENCY BY TWO-THIRDS OF THE

MEMBERS OF EACH HOUSE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND

THE GOVERNOR; 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

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 vice-president 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

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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

rule-making 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

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

REFERENDUM 4A

SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT TAXES BE

INCREASED $158.34 MILLION ANNUALLY AND BY WHATEVER

ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER

BY INCREASING THE RATE OF SALES TAX LEVIED BY THE

DISTRICT BY FOUR-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT, FROM THE

CURRENT SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT TO ONE PERCENT

COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2005 AND, IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH, SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

DEBT BE INCREASED $3.477 BILLION, WITH A REPAYMENT

COST OF $7.129 BILLION WITH ALL PROCEEDS OF DEBT AND

TAXES TO BE USED AND SPENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION

AND OPERATION OF A FIXED GUIDE WAY MASS TRANSIT

SYSTEM, THE CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL PARK-N-RIDE

LOTS, THE EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING

PARK-N-RIDE LOTS, AND INCREASED BUS SERVICE,

INCLUDING THE USE OF SMALLER BUSES AND VANS AND

ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES AS APPROPRIATE, AS

SPECIFIED IN THE TRANSIT EXPANSION PLAN ADOPTED BY

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DISTRICT ON OR BEFORE

APRIL 22, 2004 AND SHALL DEBT BE EVIDENCED BY BONDS,

NOTES, OR OTHER MULTIPLE-FISCAL YEAR OBLIGATIONS

INCLUDING REFUNDING BONDS THAT MAY BE ISSUED AS A

LOWER OR HIGHER RATE OF INTEREST AND INCLUDING DEBT

THAT MAY HAVE A REDEMPTION PRIOR TO MATURITY WITH

OR WITHOUT PAYMENT OF A PREMIUM, PAYABLE FROM ALL

REVENUES GENERATED BY SAID TAX INCREASE, FEDERAL

FUNDS, INVESTMENT INCOME, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE

CONTRIBUTIONS, AND OTHER REVENUES AS THE BOARD MAY

DETERMINE, AND WITH SUCH REVENUES RAISED BY THE

SALES TAX RATE INCREASE AND THE PROCEEDS OF DEBT

OBLIGATIONS AND ANY INVESTMENT INCOME ON SUCH

REVENUES AND PROCEEDS BEING EXEMPT FROM THE

REVENUE AND SPENDING RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN

SECTION 20 0F ARTICLE X OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION

UNTIL SUCH TIME AS ALL DEBT IS REPAID WHEN THE RATE OF

TAX WILL BE DECREASED TO THAT AMOUNT NECESSARY FOR

THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM BUT NOT LESS

THAN SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT?

YES

NO

SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES DISTRICT

REFERENDUM 4B

SHALL THERE BE AN EXTENSION UNTIL JUNE 30, 2018, OF THE

AGGREGATE 0.1 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAXES

CURRENTLY LEVIED AND COLLECTED BY THE DENVER

METROPOLITAN SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES

DISTRICT THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE ON JUNE 30,

2006, FOR ASSISTING SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES

WITHIN THE DISTRICT WHILE AUTHORIZING THE DISTRICT TO

CONTINUE TO COLLECT, RETAIN, AND SPEND ALL REVENUE

GENERATED BY SUCH TAX IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITATION

PROVIDED IN ARTICLE X OF SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION AND WHILE MODIFYING THE RATES OF THE

THREE INDIVIDUAL SALES AND USE TAXES COLLECTED BY

THE DISTRICT AS FOLLOWS: INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT

SALES AND USE TAX TO .0655 PERCENT; DECREASING THE

.028 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .021 PERCENT; AND

INCREASING THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .0135

PERCENT; EXCEPT THAT, FOR TOTAL ANNUAL REVENUES

COLLECTED BY THE DISTRICT THAT EXCEED THIRTY-EIGHT

MILLION DOLLARS, INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT SALES

AND USE TAX TO .064 PERCENT; DECREASING THE .028

PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .022 PERCENT; AND

INCREASING THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .014

PERCENT?

YES

NO

JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT

ISSUE 3A

"SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1'S TAXES

BE INCREASED $38.5 MILLION ANNUALLY, OR SUCH LESSER

AMOUNT AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY ANNUALLY

DETERMINE, BY THE COLLECTION OF AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE 2004-2005 BUDGET YEAR AND

EACH BUDGET YEAR THEREAFTER FOR DEPOSIT IN THE

DISTRICT'S GENERAL FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES,

INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

* REDUCE AND MAINTAIN CLASS SIZE AND

STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS

ARE ACADEMICALLY PREPARED;

* MEET THE INCREASED COSTS INCURRED BY THE DISTRICT

TO CONTINUE THE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO ACADEMIC

EXCELLENCE AND TO PROVIDE AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY;

* MAINTAIN HIGH SCHOOL ELECTIVES SUCH AS MUSIC, ART

AND WORLD LANGUAGES WHILE IMPLEMENTING THE NEW

COLLEGE ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS; AND

* ATTRACT AND RETAIN HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS AND

SUPPORT STAFF;

WITH SUCH TAXES TO BE IN EXCESS OF PROPERTY TAX

REVENUES THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED BY THE GENERAL

FUND MILL LEVY PERMITTED UNDER STATE LAW WITHOUT

SUCH INCREASE AND, TOGETHER WITH REVENUES FROM

SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND

THE EARNINGS ON SUCH TAXES AND REVENUES, TO

CONSTITUTE A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE AND SPENDING

CHANGE UNDER, TO BE COLLECTED AND SPENT EACH YEAR

WITHOUT LIMITATION BY THE REVENUE AND SPENDING

LIMITS OF, AND WITHOUT AFFECTING THE DISTRICT'S ABILITY

TO COLLECT AND SPEND OTHER REVENUES OR FUNDS

UNDER, ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?"

YES

NO

JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT

ISSUE 3B

"SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1'S DEBT

BE INCREASED $323.8 MILLION WITH A REPAYMENT COST OF

$680.5 MILLION OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE

NECESSARY, AND SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL

DISTRICT R-1'S TAXES BE INCREASED $48.8 MILLION

ANNUALLY OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE

NECESSARY FOR THE PAYMENT OF SUCH DEBT, ALL FOR THE

FOLLOWING PURPOSES:

* CONSTRUCTING ADDITIONS, NEW CLASSROOM SPACE AND

REPLACEMENTS FOR 9 DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS, SOME OF

WHICH ARE APPROACHING 50 YEARS OLD;

* CONSTRUCTING ONE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND

REPLACING ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL;

* RENOVATING AND REPAIRING ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE

SCHOOL BUILDINGS;

* MAKING LIFE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS IN DISTRICT

BUILDINGS BY RENOVATING, REPAIRING AND/OR REPLACING

PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, LIGHTING AND MECHANICAL

SYSTEMS AND ROOFS, UPGRADING SECURITY AND

IMPROVING SITE CONDITIONS;

AND OTHERWISE EQUIPPING, IMPROVING, EXPANDING,

REPAIRING AND FURNISHING CHARTER SCHOOL AND

DISTRICT FACILITIES AND GROUNDS AS PERMITTED BY LAW;

WITH SUCH DEBT TO BE IN THE FORM OF GENERAL

OBLIGATION BONDS, WHICH BONDS SHALL BEAR INTEREST

AT A MAXIMUM NET EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE NOT TO

EXCEED 6.50% AND MATURE, BE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION,

WITH OR WITHOUT PREMIUM, AND BE ISSUED, DATED AND

SOLD AT, ABOVE OR BELOW PAR, AND AT SUCH TIME OR

TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS,

NOT INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE BOARD OF

EDUCATION MAY DETERMINE; AND IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH (I) TO INCREASE THE DISTRICT'S AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES IN ANY YEAR IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT

TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON SUCH BONDS,

AND (II) TO COLLECT AND SPEND THE PROCEEDS OF THE

BONDS AND THE REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES AND THE

SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND

ANY EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF 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, SECTION 20 OF

THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?"

YES

NO

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OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION SAMPLE BALLOT

STATE OF COLORADO

JEFFERSON COUNTY

GENERAL ELECTION

November 2, 2004

To vote, BLACKEN ( ) the oval to the left of any candidate. Do not vote for more than the authorized

number of candidates. Please use a Black or Blue pen to mark your ballot.

Ballot Style: 8

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS

(Vote for One Pair)

George W. Bush

Dick Cheney Republican

John F. Kerry

John Edwards Democratic

Michael Badnarik

Richard V. Campagna Libertarian

David Cobb

Patricia LaMarche Green

Ralph Nader

Peter Miguel Camejo Colorado Reform

Michael Anthony Peroutka

Chuck Baldwin American Constitution

Gene Amondson

Leroy Pletten Concerns of People

Stanford E. Andress (Andy)

Irene M. Deasy Unaffiliated

Walter F. Brown

Mary Cal Hollis Socialist

Earl F. Dodge

Howard L. Lydick Prohibition

James E. Harris

Margaret Trowe Socialist Workers

Bill Van Auken

Jim Lawrence Socialist Equality

Write-in

UNITED STATES SENATOR

(Vote for One)

Pete Coors

Republican

Ken Salazar

Democratic

Victor Good

Colorado Reform

Douglas "Dayhorse" Campbell

American Constitution

Richard Randall

Libertarian

John R. Harris

Independent

Finn Gotaas

Unaffiliated

Write-in

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE 109th UNITED

STATES CONGRESS

DISTRICT 6

(Vote for One)

Tom Tancredo

Republican

Joanna L. Conti

Democratic

Jack J. Woehr

Libertarian

Peter Shevchuk

American Constitution

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 6

(Vote for One)

Randy DeHoff

Republican

Susan Marinelli

Democratic

REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF

COLORADO AT LARGE

(Vote for One)

Jennifer Mello

Democratic

Steve Bosley

Republican

Daniel Ong

Libertarian

STATE REPRESENTATIVE

DISTRICT 25

(Vote for One)

Donna Red Wing

Democratic

John Witwer

Republican

DISTRICT ATTORNEY

1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT

(Vote for One)

Mary A. Malatesta

Democratic

Scott Storey

Republican

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT 1

(Vote for One)

Jim Congrove

Republican

Scott Benefield

Democratic

Steven Gallant

Libertarian

Tanya Ishikawa

Green

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT 2

(Vote for One)

J. Kevin McCasky

Republican

Guy Asher Stocking

Democratic

COUNTY SHERIFF

(Vote for One)

Charles W. Carter

Democratic

Ted B. Mink

Republican

PROPOSED HIGHLAND RESCUE TEAM

AMBULANCE DISTRICT

FOUR (4) YEAR TERMS EACH

VOTE FOR THREE (3)

Patrick John Smith

Pamela Jill Turner (PJ Turner)

Peggy Layton

PROPOSED HIGHLAND RESCUE TEAM

AMBULANCE DISTRICT

TWO (2) YEAR TERMS EACH

VOTE FOR TWO (2)

William A. Easterling

Annette Calvi

COURT OF APPEALS

Shall Judge James S. Casebolt of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Dennis A. Graham of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Arthur P. Roy of the Colorado Court of

Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Daniel Marc Taubman of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge John R. Webb of the Colorado Court of

Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

DISTRICT JUDGE

1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Shall Judge Stephen M. Munsinger of the 1st

Judicial District be retained in office?

YES

NO

COUNTY JUDGE, JEFFERSON

Shall Judge Judy Archuleta of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge James C. Demlow of the Jefferson

County Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Tina L. Olsen of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Roy Olson of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

"Ballot issues referred by the general assembly

or any political subdivision are listed by letter,

and ballot issues initiated by the people are

listed numerically. A 'yes' vote on any ballot

issue is a vote in favor of changing current law

or existing circumstances, and a 'no' vote on

any ballot issue is a vote against changing

current law or existing circumstances."

AMENDMENT 34

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution

concerning recovery of damages relating to construction of real

property improvements, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting

laws that limit or impair a property owner's right to recover damages

caused by a failure to construct an improvement in a good and

workmanlike manner; defining "good and workmanlike manner" to

include construction that is suitable for its intended purposes; and

permitting exceptions for laws that limit punitive damages, afford

governmental immunity, or impose time limits of specified minimum

lengths on filing lawsuits?

YES

NO

AMENDMENT 35

SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED $175 MILLION ANNUALLY

THROUGH ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAXES IMPOSED FOR

HEALTH RELATED PURPOSES, AND, IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH, AMENDING THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION TO

INCREASE STATEWIDE TAXES ON THE SALE OF CIGARETTES

BY WHOLESALERS OF THREE AND TWO-TENTHS CENTS PER

CIGARETTE AND ON THE SALE, USE, CONSUMPTION,

HANDLING, OR DISTRIBUTION OF OTHER TOBACCO

PRODUCTS BY DISTRIBUTORS AT THE RATE OF TWENTY

PERCENT OF THE MANUFACTURER'S LIST PRICE; INCREASING

SUCH TOBACCO TAXES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2005;

REQUIRING ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS OF SPECIFIED

PERCENTAGES OF THE ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES TO EXPAND ELIGIBILITY FOR AND INCREASE

ENROLLMENT IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC HEALTH PLAN, TO

FUND COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE THROUGH

CERTAIN COLORADO QUALIFIED PROVIDERS, TOBACCO

EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND PREVENTION, EARLY

DETECTION, AND TREATMENT OF CANCER AND

CARDIOVASCULAR AND PULMONARY DISEASES, TO

COMPENSATE THE STATE GENERAL FUND, THE OLD AGE

PENSION FUND, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR TOBACCO

TAX LOSSES RESULTING FROM REDUCED SALES OF

CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS; SPECIFYING THAT

THE APPROPRIATIONS OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO AND NOT SUBSTITUTED

FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUCH PROGRAMS ON JANUARY

1, 2005; ALLOWING THE USE OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES FOR ANY HEALTH RELATED PURPOSE AND TO

SERVE POPULATIONS ENROLLED IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC

HEALTH PLAN AND THE COLORADO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

PROGRAM AS OF JANUARY 1, 2005, UPON A DECLARATION OF

A STATE FISCAL EMERGENCY BY TWO-THIRDS OF THE

MEMBERS OF EACH HOUSE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND

THE GOVERNOR; 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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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 vice-president 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

rule-making 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

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

REFERENDUM 4A

SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT TAXES BE

INCREASED $158.34 MILLION ANNUALLY AND BY WHATEVER

ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER

BY INCREASING THE RATE OF SALES TAX LEVIED BY THE

DISTRICT BY FOUR-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT, FROM THE

CURRENT SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT TO ONE PERCENT

COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2005 AND, IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH, SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

DEBT BE INCREASED $3.477 BILLION, WITH A REPAYMENT

COST OF $7.129 BILLION WITH ALL PROCEEDS OF DEBT AND

TAXES TO BE USED AND SPENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION

AND OPERATION OF A FIXED GUIDE WAY MASS TRANSIT

SYSTEM, THE CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL PARK-N-RIDE

LOTS, THE EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING

PARK-N-RIDE LOTS, AND INCREASED BUS SERVICE,

INCLUDING THE USE OF SMALLER BUSES AND VANS AND

ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES AS APPROPRIATE, AS

SPECIFIED IN THE TRANSIT EXPANSION PLAN ADOPTED BY

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DISTRICT ON OR BEFORE

APRIL 22, 2004 AND SHALL DEBT BE EVIDENCED BY BONDS,

NOTES, OR OTHER MULTIPLE-FISCAL YEAR OBLIGATIONS

INCLUDING REFUNDING BONDS THAT MAY BE ISSUED AS A

LOWER OR HIGHER RATE OF INTEREST AND INCLUDING DEBT

THAT MAY HAVE A REDEMPTION PRIOR TO MATURITY WITH

OR WITHOUT PAYMENT OF A PREMIUM, PAYABLE FROM ALL

REVENUES GENERATED BY SAID TAX INCREASE, FEDERAL

FUNDS, INVESTMENT INCOME, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE

CONTRIBUTIONS, AND OTHER REVENUES AS THE BOARD MAY

DETERMINE, AND WITH SUCH REVENUES RAISED BY THE

SALES TAX RATE INCREASE AND THE PROCEEDS OF DEBT

OBLIGATIONS AND ANY INVESTMENT INCOME ON SUCH

REVENUES AND PROCEEDS BEING EXEMPT FROM THE

REVENUE AND SPENDING RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN

SECTION 20 0F ARTICLE X OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION

UNTIL SUCH TIME AS ALL DEBT IS REPAID WHEN THE RATE OF

TAX WILL BE DECREASED TO THAT AMOUNT NECESSARY FOR

THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM BUT NOT LESS

THAN SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT?

YES

NO

SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES DISTRICT

REFERENDUM 4B

SHALL THERE BE AN EXTENSION UNTIL JUNE 30, 2018, OF THE

AGGREGATE 0.1 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAXES

CURRENTLY LEVIED AND COLLECTED BY THE DENVER

METROPOLITAN SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES

DISTRICT THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE ON JUNE 30,

2006, FOR ASSISTING SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES

WITHIN THE DISTRICT WHILE AUTHORIZING THE DISTRICT TO

CONTINUE TO COLLECT, RETAIN, AND SPEND ALL REVENUE

GENERATED BY SUCH TAX IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITATION

PROVIDED IN ARTICLE X OF SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION AND WHILE MODIFYING THE RATES OF THE

THREE INDIVIDUAL SALES AND USE TAXES COLLECTED BY

THE DISTRICT AS FOLLOWS: INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT

SALES AND USE TAX TO .0655 PERCENT; DECREASING THE

.028 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .021 PERCENT; AND

INCREASING THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .0135

PERCENT; EXCEPT THAT, FOR TOTAL ANNUAL REVENUES

COLLECTED BY THE DISTRICT THAT EXCEED THIRTY-EIGHT

MILLION DOLLARS, INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT SALES

AND USE TAX TO .064 PERCENT; DECREASING THE .028

PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .022 PERCENT; AND

INCREASING THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .014

PERCENT?

YES

NO

JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT

ISSUE 3A

"SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1'S TAXES

BE INCREASED $38.5 MILLION ANNUALLY, OR SUCH LESSER

AMOUNT AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY ANNUALLY

DETERMINE, BY THE COLLECTION OF AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE 2004-2005 BUDGET YEAR AND

EACH BUDGET YEAR THEREAFTER FOR DEPOSIT IN THE

DISTRICT'S GENERAL FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES,

INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

* REDUCE AND MAINTAIN CLASS SIZE AND

STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS

ARE ACADEMICALLY PREPARED;

* MEET THE INCREASED COSTS INCURRED BY THE DISTRICT

TO CONTINUE THE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO ACADEMIC

EXCELLENCE AND TO PROVIDE AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY;

* MAINTAIN HIGH SCHOOL ELECTIVES SUCH AS MUSIC, ART

AND WORLD LANGUAGES WHILE IMPLEMENTING THE NEW

COLLEGE ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS; AND

* ATTRACT AND RETAIN HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS AND

SUPPORT STAFF;

WITH SUCH TAXES TO BE IN EXCESS OF PROPERTY TAX

REVENUES THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED BY THE GENERAL

FUND MILL LEVY PERMITTED UNDER STATE LAW WITHOUT

SUCH INCREASE AND, TOGETHER WITH REVENUES FROM

SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND

THE EARNINGS ON SUCH TAXES AND REVENUES, TO

CONSTITUTE A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE AND SPENDING

CHANGE UNDER, TO BE COLLECTED AND SPENT EACH YEAR

WITHOUT LIMITATION BY THE REVENUE AND SPENDING

LIMITS OF, AND WITHOUT AFFECTING THE DISTRICT'S ABILITY

TO COLLECT AND SPEND OTHER REVENUES OR FUNDS

UNDER, ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?"

YES

NO

JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT

ISSUE 3B

"SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1'S DEBT

BE INCREASED $323.8 MILLION WITH A REPAYMENT COST OF

$680.5 MILLION OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE

NECESSARY, AND SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL

DISTRICT R-1'S TAXES BE INCREASED $48.8 MILLION

ANNUALLY OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE

NECESSARY FOR THE PAYMENT OF SUCH DEBT, ALL FOR THE

FOLLOWING PURPOSES:

* CONSTRUCTING ADDITIONS, NEW CLASSROOM SPACE AND

REPLACEMENTS FOR 9 DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS, SOME OF

WHICH ARE APPROACHING 50 YEARS OLD;

* CONSTRUCTING ONE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND

REPLACING ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL;

* RENOVATING AND REPAIRING ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE

SCHOOL BUILDINGS;

* MAKING LIFE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS IN DISTRICT

BUILDINGS BY RENOVATING, REPAIRING AND/OR REPLACING

PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, LIGHTING AND MECHANICAL

SYSTEMS AND ROOFS, UPGRADING SECURITY AND

IMPROVING SITE CONDITIONS;

AND OTHERWISE EQUIPPING, IMPROVING, EXPANDING,

REPAIRING AND FURNISHING CHARTER SCHOOL AND

DISTRICT FACILITIES AND GROUNDS AS PERMITTED BY LAW;

WITH SUCH DEBT TO BE IN THE FORM OF GENERAL

OBLIGATION BONDS, WHICH BONDS SHALL BEAR INTEREST

AT A MAXIMUM NET EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE NOT TO

EXCEED 6.50% AND MATURE, BE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION,

WITH OR WITHOUT PREMIUM, AND BE ISSUED, DATED AND

SOLD AT, ABOVE OR BELOW PAR, AND AT SUCH TIME OR

TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS,

NOT INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE BOARD OF

EDUCATION MAY DETERMINE; AND IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH (I) TO INCREASE THE DISTRICT'S AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES IN ANY YEAR IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT

TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON SUCH BONDS,

AND (II) TO COLLECT AND SPEND THE PROCEEDS OF THE

BONDS AND THE REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES AND THE

SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND

ANY EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF 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, SECTION 20 OF

THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?"

YES

NO

PROPOSED HIGHLAND RESCUE TEAM AMBULANCE DISTRICT

QUESTION 5A

SHALL THE PROPOSED HIGHLAND RESCUE TEAM

AMBULANCE DISTRICT BE ORGANIZED AS A SPECIAL

DISTRICT PURSUANT TO ITS APPROVED SERVICE PLAN ON

THE CONDITION THAT ITS INITIAL REAL PROPERTY TAX MILL

LEVY IS APPROVED IN THIS ELECTION?

YES

NO

QUESTION 5B

SHALL THE PROPOSED HIGHLAND RESCUE TEAM

AMBULANCE DISTRICT TAXES BE INCREASED UP TO

$275,000.00 ANNUALLY IN THE FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR AND

BY WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY

THEREAFTER THROUGH THE IMPOSITION OF A TWO (2) MILL

TAX ON REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE DISTRICT FOR THE

PURPOSES OF MAINTAINING ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT

AMBULANCE SERVICE OPERATIONS, AND SHALL THE

DISTRICT BE AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT, KEEP AND EXPEND

ALL REVENUES FROM SUCH TAX IN 2006 AND EACH YEAR

THEREAFTER AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE

FOR EACH YEAR AND WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY

EXPENDITURE, REVENUE-RAISING OR OTHER LIMITATION

CONTAINED IN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW.

YES

NO

QUESTION 5C

SHALL THE PROPOSED HIGHLAND RESCUE TEAM

AMBULANCE DISTRICT BE AUTHORIZED TO RETAIN ALL

REVENUE FROM ITS MILL LEVY AND FROM ALL OTHER

SOURCES IN 2006 AND SUBSEQUENT YEARS; PROVIDED THAT

THE DISTRICT'S PROPERTY TAX RATE SHALL NOT BE

CHANGED WITHOUT VOTER APPROVAL; AND SHALL SUCH

REVENUES BE COLLECTED AND SPENT BY THE DISTRICT AS A

VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE FOR EACH YEAR

WITHOUT REGARD TO AND AS AN EXCEPTION TO THE

EXPENDITURE, REVENUE-RAISING OR OTHER LIMITATIONS

CONTAINED WITHIN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE

COLORADO CONSTITUTION, SECTION 29-1-301, C.R.S., OR ANY

OTHER LAW?

YES

NO

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OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION SAMPLE BALLOT

STATE OF COLORADO

JEFFERSON COUNTY

GENERAL ELECTION

November 2, 2004

To vote, BLACKEN ( ) the oval to the left of any candidate. Do not vote for more than the authorized

number of candidates. Please use a Black or Blue pen to mark your ballot.

Ballot Style: 9

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS

(Vote for One Pair)

George W. Bush

Dick Cheney Republican

John F. Kerry

John Edwards Democratic

Michael Badnarik

Richard V. Campagna Libertarian

David Cobb

Patricia LaMarche Green

Ralph Nader

Peter Miguel Camejo Colorado Reform

Michael Anthony Peroutka

Chuck Baldwin American Constitution

Gene Amondson

Leroy Pletten Concerns of People

Stanford E. Andress (Andy)

Irene M. Deasy Unaffiliated

Walter F. Brown

Mary Cal Hollis Socialist

Earl F. Dodge

Howard L. Lydick Prohibition

James E. Harris

Margaret Trowe Socialist Workers

Bill Van Auken

Jim Lawrence Socialist Equality

Write-in

UNITED STATES SENATOR

(Vote for One)

Pete Coors

Republican

Ken Salazar

Democratic

Victor Good

Colorado Reform

Douglas "Dayhorse" Campbell

American Constitution

Richard Randall

Libertarian

John R. Harris

Independent

Finn Gotaas

Unaffiliated

Write-in

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE 109th UNITED

STATES CONGRESS

DISTRICT 6

(Vote for One)

Tom Tancredo

Republican

Joanna L. Conti

Democratic

Jack J. Woehr

Libertarian

Peter Shevchuk

American Constitution

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 6

(Vote for One)

Randy DeHoff

Republican

Susan Marinelli

Democratic

REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF

COLORADO AT LARGE

(Vote for One)

Jennifer Mello

Democratic

Steve Bosley

Republican

Daniel Ong

Libertarian

STATE REPRESENTATIVE

DISTRICT 25

(Vote for One)

Donna Red Wing

Democratic

John Witwer

Republican

DISTRICT ATTORNEY

1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT

(Vote for One)

Mary A. Malatesta

Democratic

Scott Storey

Republican

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT 1

(Vote for One)

Jim Congrove

Republican

Scott Benefield

Democratic

Steven Gallant

Libertarian

Tanya Ishikawa

Green

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT 2

(Vote for One)

J. Kevin McCasky

Republican

Guy Asher Stocking

Democratic

COUNTY SHERIFF

(Vote for One)

Charles W. Carter

Democratic

Ted B. Mink

Republican

PROPOSED HIGHLAND RESCUE TEAM

AMBULANCE DISTRICT

FOUR (4) YEAR TERMS EACH

VOTE FOR THREE (3)

Patrick John Smith

Pamela Jill Turner (PJ Turner)

Peggy Layton

PROPOSED HIGHLAND RESCUE TEAM

AMBULANCE DISTRICT

TWO (2) YEAR TERMS EACH

VOTE FOR TWO (2)

William A. Easterling

Annette Calvi

COURT OF APPEALS

Shall Judge James S. Casebolt of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Dennis A. Graham of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Arthur P. Roy of the Colorado Court of

Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Daniel Marc Taubman of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge John R. Webb of the Colorado Court of

Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

DISTRICT JUDGE

1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Shall Judge Stephen M. Munsinger of the 1st

Judicial District be retained in office?

YES

NO

COUNTY JUDGE, JEFFERSON

Shall Judge Judy Archuleta of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge James C. Demlow of the Jefferson

County Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Tina L. Olsen of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Roy Olson of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

"Ballot issues referred by the general assembly

or any political subdivision are listed by letter,

and ballot issues initiated by the people are

listed numerically. A 'yes' vote on any ballot

issue is a vote in favor of changing current law

or existing circumstances, and a 'no' vote on

any ballot issue is a vote against changing

current law or existing circumstances."

AMENDMENT 34

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution

concerning recovery of damages relating to construction of real

property improvements, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting

laws that limit or impair a property owner's right to recover damages

caused by a failure to construct an improvement in a good and

workmanlike manner; defining "good and workmanlike manner" to

include construction that is suitable for its intended purposes; and

permitting exceptions for laws that limit punitive damages, afford

governmental immunity, or impose time limits of specified minimum

lengths on filing lawsuits?

YES

NO

AMENDMENT 35

SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED $175 MILLION ANNUALLY

THROUGH ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAXES IMPOSED FOR

HEALTH RELATED PURPOSES, AND, IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH, AMENDING THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION TO

INCREASE STATEWIDE TAXES ON THE SALE OF CIGARETTES

BY WHOLESALERS OF THREE AND TWO-TENTHS CENTS PER

CIGARETTE AND ON THE SALE, USE, CONSUMPTION,

HANDLING, OR DISTRIBUTION OF OTHER TOBACCO

PRODUCTS BY DISTRIBUTORS AT THE RATE OF TWENTY

PERCENT OF THE MANUFACTURER'S LIST PRICE; INCREASING

SUCH TOBACCO TAXES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2005;

REQUIRING ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS OF SPECIFIED

PERCENTAGES OF THE ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES TO EXPAND ELIGIBILITY FOR AND INCREASE

ENROLLMENT IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC HEALTH PLAN, TO

FUND COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE THROUGH

CERTAIN COLORADO QUALIFIED PROVIDERS, TOBACCO

EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND PREVENTION, EARLY

DETECTION, AND TREATMENT OF CANCER AND

CARDIOVASCULAR AND PULMONARY DISEASES, TO

COMPENSATE THE STATE GENERAL FUND, THE OLD AGE

PENSION FUND, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR TOBACCO

TAX LOSSES RESULTING FROM REDUCED SALES OF

CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS; SPECIFYING THAT

THE APPROPRIATIONS OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO AND NOT SUBSTITUTED

FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUCH PROGRAMS ON JANUARY

1, 2005; ALLOWING THE USE OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES FOR ANY HEALTH RELATED PURPOSE AND TO

SERVE POPULATIONS ENROLLED IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC

HEALTH PLAN AND THE COLORADO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

PROGRAM AS OF JANUARY 1, 2005, UPON A DECLARATION OF

A STATE FISCAL EMERGENCY BY TWO-THIRDS OF THE

MEMBERS OF EACH HOUSE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND

THE GOVERNOR; 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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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 vice-president 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

rule-making 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

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

REFERENDUM 4A

SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT TAXES BE

INCREASED $158.34 MILLION ANNUALLY AND BY WHATEVER

ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER

BY INCREASING THE RATE OF SALES TAX LEVIED BY THE

DISTRICT BY FOUR-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT, FROM THE

CURRENT SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT TO ONE PERCENT

COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2005 AND, IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH, SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

DEBT BE INCREASED $3.477 BILLION, WITH A REPAYMENT

COST OF $7.129 BILLION WITH ALL PROCEEDS OF DEBT AND

TAXES TO BE USED AND SPENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION

AND OPERATION OF A FIXED GUIDE WAY MASS TRANSIT

SYSTEM, THE CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL PARK-N-RIDE

LOTS, THE EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING

PARK-N-RIDE LOTS, AND INCREASED BUS SERVICE,

INCLUDING THE USE OF SMALLER BUSES AND VANS AND

ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES AS APPROPRIATE, AS

SPECIFIED IN THE TRANSIT EXPANSION PLAN ADOPTED BY

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DISTRICT ON OR BEFORE

APRIL 22, 2004 AND SHALL DEBT BE EVIDENCED BY BONDS,

NOTES, OR OTHER MULTIPLE-FISCAL YEAR OBLIGATIONS

INCLUDING REFUNDING BONDS THAT MAY BE ISSUED AS A

LOWER OR HIGHER RATE OF INTEREST AND INCLUDING DEBT

THAT MAY HAVE A REDEMPTION PRIOR TO MATURITY WITH

OR WITHOUT PAYMENT OF A PREMIUM, PAYABLE FROM ALL

REVENUES GENERATED BY SAID TAX INCREASE, FEDERAL

FUNDS, INVESTMENT INCOME, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE

CONTRIBUTIONS, AND OTHER REVENUES AS THE BOARD MAY

DETERMINE, AND WITH SUCH REVENUES RAISED BY THE

SALES TAX RATE INCREASE AND THE PROCEEDS OF DEBT

OBLIGATIONS AND ANY INVESTMENT INCOME ON SUCH

REVENUES AND PROCEEDS BEING EXEMPT FROM THE

REVENUE AND SPENDING RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN

SECTION 20 0F ARTICLE X OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION

UNTIL SUCH TIME AS ALL DEBT IS REPAID WHEN THE RATE OF

TAX WILL BE DECREASED TO THAT AMOUNT NECESSARY FOR

THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM BUT NOT LESS

THAN SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT?

YES

NO

SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES DISTRICT

REFERENDUM 4B

SHALL THERE BE AN EXTENSION UNTIL JUNE 30, 2018, OF THE

AGGREGATE 0.1 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAXES

CURRENTLY LEVIED AND COLLECTED BY THE DENVER

METROPOLITAN SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES

DISTRICT THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE ON JUNE 30,

2006, FOR ASSISTING SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES

WITHIN THE DISTRICT WHILE AUTHORIZING THE DISTRICT TO

CONTINUE TO COLLECT, RETAIN, AND SPEND ALL REVENUE

GENERATED BY SUCH TAX IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITATION

PROVIDED IN ARTICLE X OF SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION AND WHILE MODIFYING THE RATES OF THE

THREE INDIVIDUAL SALES AND USE TAXES COLLECTED BY

THE DISTRICT AS FOLLOWS: INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT

SALES AND USE TAX TO .0655 PERCENT; DECREASING THE

.028 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .021 PERCENT; AND

INCREASING THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .0135

PERCENT; EXCEPT THAT, FOR TOTAL ANNUAL REVENUES

COLLECTED BY THE DISTRICT THAT EXCEED THIRTY-EIGHT

MILLION DOLLARS, INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT SALES

AND USE TAX TO .064 PERCENT; DECREASING THE .028

PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .022 PERCENT; AND

INCREASING THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .014

PERCENT?

YES

NO

JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT

ISSUE 3A

"SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1'S TAXES

BE INCREASED $38.5 MILLION ANNUALLY, OR SUCH LESSER

AMOUNT AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY ANNUALLY

DETERMINE, BY THE COLLECTION OF AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE 2004-2005 BUDGET YEAR AND

EACH BUDGET YEAR THEREAFTER FOR DEPOSIT IN THE

DISTRICT'S GENERAL FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES,

INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

* REDUCE AND MAINTAIN CLASS SIZE AND

STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS

ARE ACADEMICALLY PREPARED;

* MEET THE INCREASED COSTS INCURRED BY THE DISTRICT

TO CONTINUE THE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO ACADEMIC

EXCELLENCE AND TO PROVIDE AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY;

* MAINTAIN HIGH SCHOOL ELECTIVES SUCH AS MUSIC, ART

AND WORLD LANGUAGES WHILE IMPLEMENTING THE NEW

COLLEGE ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS; AND

* ATTRACT AND RETAIN HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS AND

SUPPORT STAFF;

WITH SUCH TAXES TO BE IN EXCESS OF PROPERTY TAX

REVENUES THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED BY THE GENERAL

FUND MILL LEVY PERMITTED UNDER STATE LAW WITHOUT

SUCH INCREASE AND, TOGETHER WITH REVENUES FROM

SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND

THE EARNINGS ON SUCH TAXES AND REVENUES, TO

CONSTITUTE A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE AND SPENDING

CHANGE UNDER, TO BE COLLECTED AND SPENT EACH YEAR

WITHOUT LIMITATION BY THE REVENUE AND SPENDING

LIMITS OF, AND WITHOUT AFFECTING THE DISTRICT'S ABILITY

TO COLLECT AND SPEND OTHER REVENUES OR FUNDS

UNDER, ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?"

YES

NO

JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT

ISSUE 3B

"SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1'S DEBT

BE INCREASED $323.8 MILLION WITH A REPAYMENT COST OF

$680.5 MILLION OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE

NECESSARY, AND SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL

DISTRICT R-1'S TAXES BE INCREASED $48.8 MILLION

ANNUALLY OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE

NECESSARY FOR THE PAYMENT OF SUCH DEBT, ALL FOR THE

FOLLOWING PURPOSES:

* CONSTRUCTING ADDITIONS, NEW CLASSROOM SPACE AND

REPLACEMENTS FOR 9 DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS, SOME OF

WHICH ARE APPROACHING 50 YEARS OLD;

* CONSTRUCTING ONE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND

REPLACING ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL;

* RENOVATING AND REPAIRING ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE

SCHOOL BUILDINGS;

* MAKING LIFE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS IN DISTRICT

BUILDINGS BY RENOVATING, REPAIRING AND/OR REPLACING

PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, LIGHTING AND MECHANICAL

SYSTEMS AND ROOFS, UPGRADING SECURITY AND

IMPROVING SITE CONDITIONS;

AND OTHERWISE EQUIPPING, IMPROVING, EXPANDING,

REPAIRING AND FURNISHING CHARTER SCHOOL AND

DISTRICT FACILITIES AND GROUNDS AS PERMITTED BY LAW;

WITH SUCH DEBT TO BE IN THE FORM OF GENERAL

OBLIGATION BONDS, WHICH BONDS SHALL BEAR INTEREST

AT A MAXIMUM NET EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE NOT TO

EXCEED 6.50% AND MATURE, BE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION,

WITH OR WITHOUT PREMIUM, AND BE ISSUED, DATED AND

SOLD AT, ABOVE OR BELOW PAR, AND AT SUCH TIME OR

TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS,

NOT INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE BOARD OF

EDUCATION MAY DETERMINE; AND IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH (I) TO INCREASE THE DISTRICT'S AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES IN ANY YEAR IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT

TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON SUCH BONDS,

AND (II) TO COLLECT AND SPEND THE PROCEEDS OF THE

BONDS AND THE REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES AND THE

SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND

ANY EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF 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, SECTION 20 OF

THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?"

YES

NO

PROPOSED HIGHLAND RESCUE TEAM AMBULANCE DISTRICT

QUESTION 5A

SHALL THE PROPOSED HIGHLAND RESCUE TEAM

AMBULANCE DISTRICT BE ORGANIZED AS A SPECIAL

DISTRICT PURSUANT TO ITS APPROVED SERVICE PLAN ON

THE CONDITION THAT ITS INITIAL REAL PROPERTY TAX MILL

LEVY IS APPROVED IN THIS ELECTION?

YES

NO

QUESTION 5B

SHALL THE PROPOSED HIGHLAND RESCUE TEAM

AMBULANCE DISTRICT TAXES BE INCREASED UP TO

$275,000.00 ANNUALLY IN THE FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR AND

BY WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY

THEREAFTER THROUGH THE IMPOSITION OF A TWO (2) MILL

TAX ON REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE DISTRICT FOR THE

PURPOSES OF MAINTAINING ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT

AMBULANCE SERVICE OPERATIONS, AND SHALL THE

DISTRICT BE AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT, KEEP AND EXPEND

ALL REVENUES FROM SUCH TAX IN 2006 AND EACH YEAR

THEREAFTER AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE

FOR EACH YEAR AND WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY

EXPENDITURE, REVENUE-RAISING OR OTHER LIMITATION

CONTAINED IN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW.

YES

NO

QUESTION 5C

SHALL THE PROPOSED HIGHLAND RESCUE TEAM

AMBULANCE DISTRICT BE AUTHORIZED TO RETAIN ALL

REVENUE FROM ITS MILL LEVY AND FROM ALL OTHER

SOURCES IN 2006 AND SUBSEQUENT YEARS; PROVIDED THAT

THE DISTRICT'S PROPERTY TAX RATE SHALL NOT BE

CHANGED WITHOUT VOTER APPROVAL; AND SHALL SUCH

REVENUES BE COLLECTED AND SPENT BY THE DISTRICT AS A

VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE FOR EACH YEAR

WITHOUT REGARD TO AND AS AN EXCEPTION TO THE

EXPENDITURE, REVENUE-RAISING OR OTHER LIMITATIONS

CONTAINED WITHIN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE

COLORADO CONSTITUTION, SECTION 29-1-301, C.R.S., OR ANY

OTHER LAW?

YES

NO

LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN WATER DISTRICT

ISSUE 5D

SHALL THE LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN WATER DISTRICT TAXES BE

INCREASED BY $115,500.00 IN THE FIRST YEAR AND BY

WHATEVER AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER,

FROM AN INCREASE IN THE DISTRICT'S MILL LEVY FROM

12.200 MILLS TO 17.700 MILLS, COMMENCING TAX YEAR 2004,

AND CONTINUING THEREAFTER, IN ORDER TO DEFRAY THE

GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, AVOID IMMEDIATE WATER

RATE INCREASES, AND PROVIDE FOR CAPITAL

IMPROVEMENTS, AND SHALL THE DISTRICT BE AUTHORIZED

TO COLLECT AND SPEND THE PROCEEDS OF SAID TAX

INCREASE, ALONG WITH ALL REVENUE RECEIVED FROM ANY

OTHER SOURCE, AS AN EXCEPTION TO AND WITHOUT

REGARD TO ANY EXPENDITURE, REVENUE-RAISING, DEBT

SERVICE CHANGE REQUIREMENTS, OR OTHER LIMITATION

CONTAINED WITHIN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE

COLORADO CONSTITUTION, SECTION 29-1-301, COLORADO

REVISED STATUTES, OR ANY OTHER LAW?

YES

NO

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OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION SAMPLE BALLOT

STATE OF COLORADO

JEFFERSON COUNTY

GENERAL ELECTION

November 2, 2004

To vote, BLACKEN ( ) the oval to the left of any candidate. Do not vote for more than the authorized

number of candidates. Please use a Black or Blue pen to mark your ballot.

Ballot Style: 10

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS

(Vote for One Pair)

George W. Bush

Dick Cheney Republican

John F. Kerry

John Edwards Democratic

Michael Badnarik

Richard V. Campagna Libertarian

David Cobb

Patricia LaMarche Green

Ralph Nader

Peter Miguel Camejo Colorado Reform

Michael Anthony Peroutka

Chuck Baldwin American Constitution

Gene Amondson

Leroy Pletten Concerns of People

Stanford E. Andress (Andy)

Irene M. Deasy Unaffiliated

Walter F. Brown

Mary Cal Hollis Socialist

Earl F. Dodge

Howard L. Lydick Prohibition

James E. Harris

Margaret Trowe Socialist Workers

Bill Van Auken

Jim Lawrence Socialist Equality

Write-in

UNITED STATES SENATOR

(Vote for One)

Pete Coors

Republican

Ken Salazar

Democratic

Victor Good

Colorado Reform

Douglas "Dayhorse" Campbell

American Constitution

Richard Randall

Libertarian

John R. Harris

Independent

Finn Gotaas

Unaffiliated

Write-in

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE 109th UNITED

STATES CONGRESS

DISTRICT 6

(Vote for One)

Tom Tancredo

Republican

Joanna L. Conti

Democratic

Jack J. Woehr

Libertarian

Peter Shevchuk

American Constitution

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 6

(Vote for One)

Randy DeHoff

Republican

Susan Marinelli

Democratic

REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF

COLORADO AT LARGE

(Vote for One)

Jennifer Mello

Democratic

Steve Bosley

Republican

Daniel Ong

Libertarian

STATE REPRESENTATIVE

DISTRICT 25

(Vote for One)

Donna Red Wing

Democratic

John Witwer

Republican

DISTRICT ATTORNEY

1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT

(Vote for One)

Mary A. Malatesta

Democratic

Scott Storey

Republican

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT 1

(Vote for One)

Jim Congrove

Republican

Scott Benefield

Democratic

Steven Gallant

Libertarian

Tanya Ishikawa

Green

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT 2

(Vote for One)

J. Kevin McCasky

Republican

Guy Asher Stocking

Democratic

COUNTY SHERIFF

(Vote for One)

Charles W. Carter

Democratic

Ted B. Mink

Republican

COURT OF APPEALS

Shall Judge James S. Casebolt of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Dennis A. Graham of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Arthur P. Roy of the Colorado Court of

Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Daniel Marc Taubman of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge John R. Webb of the Colorado Court of

Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

DISTRICT JUDGE

1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Shall Judge Stephen M. Munsinger of the 1st

Judicial District be retained in office?

YES

NO

COUNTY JUDGE, JEFFERSON

Shall Judge Judy Archuleta of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge James C. Demlow of the Jefferson

County Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Tina L. Olsen of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Roy Olson of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

"Ballot issues referred by the general assembly

or any political subdivision are listed by letter,

and ballot issues initiated by the people are

listed numerically. A 'yes' vote on any ballot

issue is a vote in favor of changing current law

or existing circumstances, and a 'no' vote on

any ballot issue is a vote against changing

current law or existing circumstances."

AMENDMENT 34

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution

concerning recovery of damages relating to construction of real

property improvements, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting

laws that limit or impair a property owner's right to recover damages

caused by a failure to construct an improvement in a good and

workmanlike manner; defining "good and workmanlike manner" to

include construction that is suitable for its intended purposes; and

permitting exceptions for laws that limit punitive damages, afford

governmental immunity, or impose time limits of specified minimum

lengths on filing lawsuits?

YES

NO

AMENDMENT 35

SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED $175 MILLION ANNUALLY

THROUGH ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAXES IMPOSED FOR

HEALTH RELATED PURPOSES, AND, IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH, AMENDING THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION TO

INCREASE STATEWIDE TAXES ON THE SALE OF CIGARETTES

BY WHOLESALERS OF THREE AND TWO-TENTHS CENTS PER

CIGARETTE AND ON THE SALE, USE, CONSUMPTION,

HANDLING, OR DISTRIBUTION OF OTHER TOBACCO

PRODUCTS BY DISTRIBUTORS AT THE RATE OF TWENTY

PERCENT OF THE MANUFACTURER'S LIST PRICE; INCREASING

SUCH TOBACCO TAXES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2005;

REQUIRING ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS OF SPECIFIED

PERCENTAGES OF THE ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES TO EXPAND ELIGIBILITY FOR AND INCREASE

ENROLLMENT IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC HEALTH PLAN, TO

FUND COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE THROUGH

CERTAIN COLORADO QUALIFIED PROVIDERS, TOBACCO

EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND PREVENTION, EARLY

DETECTION, AND TREATMENT OF CANCER AND

CARDIOVASCULAR AND PULMONARY DISEASES, TO

COMPENSATE THE STATE GENERAL FUND, THE OLD AGE

PENSION FUND, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR TOBACCO

TAX LOSSES RESULTING FROM REDUCED SALES OF

CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS; SPECIFYING THAT

THE APPROPRIATIONS OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO AND NOT SUBSTITUTED

FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUCH PROGRAMS ON JANUARY

1, 2005; ALLOWING THE USE OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES FOR ANY HEALTH RELATED PURPOSE AND TO

SERVE POPULATIONS ENROLLED IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC

HEALTH PLAN AND THE COLORADO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

PROGRAM AS OF JANUARY 1, 2005, UPON A DECLARATION OF

A STATE FISCAL EMERGENCY BY TWO-THIRDS OF THE

MEMBERS OF EACH HOUSE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND

THE GOVERNOR; 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

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 vice-president 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

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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

rule-making 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

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

REFERENDUM 4A

SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT TAXES BE

INCREASED $158.34 MILLION ANNUALLY AND BY WHATEVER

ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER

BY INCREASING THE RATE OF SALES TAX LEVIED BY THE

DISTRICT BY FOUR-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT, FROM THE

CURRENT SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT TO ONE PERCENT

COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2005 AND, IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH, SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

DEBT BE INCREASED $3.477 BILLION, WITH A REPAYMENT

COST OF $7.129 BILLION WITH ALL PROCEEDS OF DEBT AND

TAXES TO BE USED AND SPENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION

AND OPERATION OF A FIXED GUIDE WAY MASS TRANSIT

SYSTEM, THE CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL PARK-N-RIDE

LOTS, THE EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING

PARK-N-RIDE LOTS, AND INCREASED BUS SERVICE,

INCLUDING THE USE OF SMALLER BUSES AND VANS AND

ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES AS APPROPRIATE, AS

SPECIFIED IN THE TRANSIT EXPANSION PLAN ADOPTED BY

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DISTRICT ON OR BEFORE

APRIL 22, 2004 AND SHALL DEBT BE EVIDENCED BY BONDS,

NOTES, OR OTHER MULTIPLE-FISCAL YEAR OBLIGATIONS

INCLUDING REFUNDING BONDS THAT MAY BE ISSUED AS A

LOWER OR HIGHER RATE OF INTEREST AND INCLUDING DEBT

THAT MAY HAVE A REDEMPTION PRIOR TO MATURITY WITH

OR WITHOUT PAYMENT OF A PREMIUM, PAYABLE FROM ALL

REVENUES GENERATED BY SAID TAX INCREASE, FEDERAL

FUNDS, INVESTMENT INCOME, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE

CONTRIBUTIONS, AND OTHER REVENUES AS THE BOARD MAY

DETERMINE, AND WITH SUCH REVENUES RAISED BY THE

SALES TAX RATE INCREASE AND THE PROCEEDS OF DEBT

OBLIGATIONS AND ANY INVESTMENT INCOME ON SUCH

REVENUES AND PROCEEDS BEING EXEMPT FROM THE

REVENUE AND SPENDING RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN

SECTION 20 0F ARTICLE X OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION

UNTIL SUCH TIME AS ALL DEBT IS REPAID WHEN THE RATE OF

TAX WILL BE DECREASED TO THAT AMOUNT NECESSARY FOR

THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM BUT NOT LESS

THAN SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT?

YES

NO

SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES DISTRICT

REFERENDUM 4B

SHALL THERE BE AN EXTENSION UNTIL JUNE 30, 2018, OF THE

AGGREGATE 0.1 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAXES

CURRENTLY LEVIED AND COLLECTED BY THE DENVER

METROPOLITAN SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES

DISTRICT THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE ON JUNE 30,

2006, FOR ASSISTING SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES

WITHIN THE DISTRICT WHILE AUTHORIZING THE DISTRICT TO

CONTINUE TO COLLECT, RETAIN, AND SPEND ALL REVENUE

GENERATED BY SUCH TAX IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITATION

PROVIDED IN ARTICLE X OF SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION AND WHILE MODIFYING THE RATES OF THE

THREE INDIVIDUAL SALES AND USE TAXES COLLECTED BY

THE DISTRICT AS FOLLOWS: INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT

SALES AND USE TAX TO .0655 PERCENT; DECREASING THE

.028 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .021 PERCENT; AND

INCREASING THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .0135

PERCENT; EXCEPT THAT, FOR TOTAL ANNUAL REVENUES

COLLECTED BY THE DISTRICT THAT EXCEED THIRTY-EIGHT

MILLION DOLLARS, INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT SALES

AND USE TAX TO .064 PERCENT; DECREASING THE .028

PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .022 PERCENT; AND

INCREASING THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .014

PERCENT?

YES

NO

JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT

ISSUE 3A

"SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1'S TAXES

BE INCREASED $38.5 MILLION ANNUALLY, OR SUCH LESSER

AMOUNT AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY ANNUALLY

DETERMINE, BY THE COLLECTION OF AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE 2004-2005 BUDGET YEAR AND

EACH BUDGET YEAR THEREAFTER FOR DEPOSIT IN THE

DISTRICT'S GENERAL FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES,

INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

* REDUCE AND MAINTAIN CLASS SIZE AND

STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS

ARE ACADEMICALLY PREPARED;

* MEET THE INCREASED COSTS INCURRED BY THE DISTRICT

TO CONTINUE THE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO ACADEMIC

EXCELLENCE AND TO PROVIDE AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY;

* MAINTAIN HIGH SCHOOL ELECTIVES SUCH AS MUSIC, ART

AND WORLD LANGUAGES WHILE IMPLEMENTING THE NEW

COLLEGE ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS; AND

* ATTRACT AND RETAIN HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS AND

SUPPORT STAFF;

WITH SUCH TAXES TO BE IN EXCESS OF PROPERTY TAX

REVENUES THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED BY THE GENERAL

FUND MILL LEVY PERMITTED UNDER STATE LAW WITHOUT

SUCH INCREASE AND, TOGETHER WITH REVENUES FROM

SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND

THE EARNINGS ON SUCH TAXES AND REVENUES, TO

CONSTITUTE A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE AND SPENDING

CHANGE UNDER, TO BE COLLECTED AND SPENT EACH YEAR

WITHOUT LIMITATION BY THE REVENUE AND SPENDING

LIMITS OF, AND WITHOUT AFFECTING THE DISTRICT'S ABILITY

TO COLLECT AND SPEND OTHER REVENUES OR FUNDS

UNDER, ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?"

YES

NO

JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT

ISSUE 3B

"SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1'S DEBT

BE INCREASED $323.8 MILLION WITH A REPAYMENT COST OF

$680.5 MILLION OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE

NECESSARY, AND SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL

DISTRICT R-1'S TAXES BE INCREASED $48.8 MILLION

ANNUALLY OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE

NECESSARY FOR THE PAYMENT OF SUCH DEBT, ALL FOR THE

FOLLOWING PURPOSES:

* CONSTRUCTING ADDITIONS, NEW CLASSROOM SPACE AND

REPLACEMENTS FOR 9 DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS, SOME OF

WHICH ARE APPROACHING 50 YEARS OLD;

* CONSTRUCTING ONE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND

REPLACING ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL;

* RENOVATING AND REPAIRING ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE

SCHOOL BUILDINGS;

* MAKING LIFE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS IN DISTRICT

BUILDINGS BY RENOVATING, REPAIRING AND/OR REPLACING

PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, LIGHTING AND MECHANICAL

SYSTEMS AND ROOFS, UPGRADING SECURITY AND

IMPROVING SITE CONDITIONS;

AND OTHERWISE EQUIPPING, IMPROVING, EXPANDING,

REPAIRING AND FURNISHING CHARTER SCHOOL AND

DISTRICT FACILITIES AND GROUNDS AS PERMITTED BY LAW;

WITH SUCH DEBT TO BE IN THE FORM OF GENERAL

OBLIGATION BONDS, WHICH BONDS SHALL BEAR INTEREST

AT A MAXIMUM NET EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE NOT TO

EXCEED 6.50% AND MATURE, BE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION,

WITH OR WITHOUT PREMIUM, AND BE ISSUED, DATED AND

SOLD AT, ABOVE OR BELOW PAR, AND AT SUCH TIME OR

TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS,

NOT INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE BOARD OF

EDUCATION MAY DETERMINE; AND IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH (I) TO INCREASE THE DISTRICT'S AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES IN ANY YEAR IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT

TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON SUCH BONDS,

AND (II) TO COLLECT AND SPEND THE PROCEEDS OF THE

BONDS AND THE REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES AND THE

SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND

ANY EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF 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, SECTION 20 OF

THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?"

YES

NO

LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN WATER DISTRICT

ISSUE 5D

SHALL THE LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN WATER DISTRICT TAXES BE

INCREASED BY $115,500.00 IN THE FIRST YEAR AND BY

WHATEVER AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER,

FROM AN INCREASE IN THE DISTRICT'S MILL LEVY FROM

12.200 MILLS TO 17.700 MILLS, COMMENCING TAX YEAR 2004,

AND CONTINUING THEREAFTER, IN ORDER TO DEFRAY THE

GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, AVOID IMMEDIATE WATER

RATE INCREASES, AND PROVIDE FOR CAPITAL

IMPROVEMENTS, AND SHALL THE DISTRICT BE AUTHORIZED

TO COLLECT AND SPEND THE PROCEEDS OF SAID TAX

INCREASE, ALONG WITH ALL REVENUE RECEIVED FROM ANY

OTHER SOURCE, AS AN EXCEPTION TO AND WITHOUT

REGARD TO ANY EXPENDITURE, REVENUE-RAISING, DEBT

SERVICE CHANGE REQUIREMENTS, OR OTHER LIMITATION

CONTAINED WITHIN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE

COLORADO CONSTITUTION, SECTION 29-1-301, COLORADO

REVISED STATUTES, OR ANY OTHER LAW?

YES

NO

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OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION SAMPLE BALLOT

STATE OF COLORADO

JEFFERSON COUNTY

GENERAL ELECTION

November 2, 2004

To vote, BLACKEN ( ) the oval to the left of any candidate. Do not vote for more than the authorized

number of candidates. Please use a Black or Blue pen to mark your ballot.

Ballot Style: 11

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS

(Vote for One Pair)

George W. Bush

Dick Cheney Republican

John F. Kerry

John Edwards Democratic

Michael Badnarik

Richard V. Campagna Libertarian

David Cobb

Patricia LaMarche Green

Ralph Nader

Peter Miguel Camejo Colorado Reform

Michael Anthony Peroutka

Chuck Baldwin American Constitution

Gene Amondson

Leroy Pletten Concerns of People

Stanford E. Andress (Andy)

Irene M. Deasy Unaffiliated

Walter F. Brown

Mary Cal Hollis Socialist

Earl F. Dodge

Howard L. Lydick Prohibition

James E. Harris

Margaret Trowe Socialist Workers

Bill Van Auken

Jim Lawrence Socialist Equality

Write-in

UNITED STATES SENATOR

(Vote for One)

Pete Coors

Republican

Ken Salazar

Democratic

Victor Good

Colorado Reform

Douglas "Dayhorse" Campbell

American Constitution

Richard Randall

Libertarian

John R. Harris

Independent

Finn Gotaas

Unaffiliated

Write-in

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE 109th UNITED

STATES CONGRESS

DISTRICT 6

(Vote for One)

Tom Tancredo

Republican

Joanna L. Conti

Democratic

Jack J. Woehr

Libertarian

Peter Shevchuk

American Constitution

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 6

(Vote for One)

Randy DeHoff

Republican

Susan Marinelli

Democratic

REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF

COLORADO AT LARGE

(Vote for One)

Jennifer Mello

Democratic

Steve Bosley

Republican

Daniel Ong

Libertarian

STATE REPRESENTATIVE

DISTRICT 25

(Vote for One)

Donna Red Wing

Democratic

John Witwer

Republican

DISTRICT ATTORNEY

1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT

(Vote for One)

Mary A. Malatesta

Democratic

Scott Storey

Republican

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT 1

(Vote for One)

Jim Congrove

Republican

Scott Benefield

Democratic

Steven Gallant

Libertarian

Tanya Ishikawa

Green

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT 2

(Vote for One)

J. Kevin McCasky

Republican

Guy Asher Stocking

Democratic

COUNTY SHERIFF

(Vote for One)

Charles W. Carter

Democratic

Ted B. Mink

Republican

COURT OF APPEALS

Shall Judge James S. Casebolt of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Dennis A. Graham of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Arthur P. Roy of the Colorado Court of

Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Daniel Marc Taubman of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge John R. Webb of the Colorado Court of

Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

DISTRICT JUDGE

1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Shall Judge Stephen M. Munsinger of the 1st

Judicial District be retained in office?

YES

NO

COUNTY JUDGE, JEFFERSON

Shall Judge Judy Archuleta of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge James C. Demlow of the Jefferson

County Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Tina L. Olsen of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Roy Olson of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

"Ballot issues referred by the general assembly

or any political subdivision are listed by letter,

and ballot issues initiated by the people are

listed numerically. A 'yes' vote on any ballot

issue is a vote in favor of changing current law

or existing circumstances, and a 'no' vote on

any ballot issue is a vote against changing

current law or existing circumstances."

AMENDMENT 34

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution

concerning recovery of damages relating to construction of real

property improvements, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting

laws that limit or impair a property owner's right to recover damages

caused by a failure to construct an improvement in a good and

workmanlike manner; defining "good and workmanlike manner" to

include construction that is suitable for its intended purposes; and

permitting exceptions for laws that limit punitive damages, afford

governmental immunity, or impose time limits of specified minimum

lengths on filing lawsuits?

YES

NO

AMENDMENT 35

SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED $175 MILLION ANNUALLY

THROUGH ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAXES IMPOSED FOR

HEALTH RELATED PURPOSES, AND, IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH, AMENDING THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION TO

INCREASE STATEWIDE TAXES ON THE SALE OF CIGARETTES

BY WHOLESALERS OF THREE AND TWO-TENTHS CENTS PER

CIGARETTE AND ON THE SALE, USE, CONSUMPTION,

HANDLING, OR DISTRIBUTION OF OTHER TOBACCO

PRODUCTS BY DISTRIBUTORS AT THE RATE OF TWENTY

PERCENT OF THE MANUFACTURER'S LIST PRICE; INCREASING

SUCH TOBACCO TAXES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2005;

REQUIRING ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS OF SPECIFIED

PERCENTAGES OF THE ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES TO EXPAND ELIGIBILITY FOR AND INCREASE

ENROLLMENT IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC HEALTH PLAN, TO

FUND COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE THROUGH

CERTAIN COLORADO QUALIFIED PROVIDERS, TOBACCO

EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND PREVENTION, EARLY

DETECTION, AND TREATMENT OF CANCER AND

CARDIOVASCULAR AND PULMONARY DISEASES, TO

COMPENSATE THE STATE GENERAL FUND, THE OLD AGE

PENSION FUND, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR TOBACCO

TAX LOSSES RESULTING FROM REDUCED SALES OF

CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS; SPECIFYING THAT

THE APPROPRIATIONS OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO AND NOT SUBSTITUTED

FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUCH PROGRAMS ON JANUARY

1, 2005; ALLOWING THE USE OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES FOR ANY HEALTH RELATED PURPOSE AND TO

SERVE POPULATIONS ENROLLED IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC

HEALTH PLAN AND THE COLORADO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

PROGRAM AS OF JANUARY 1, 2005, UPON A DECLARATION OF

A STATE FISCAL EMERGENCY BY TWO-THIRDS OF THE

MEMBERS OF EACH HOUSE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND

THE GOVERNOR; 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

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 vice-president 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

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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

rule-making 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

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

REFERENDUM 4A

SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT TAXES BE

INCREASED $158.34 MILLION ANNUALLY AND BY WHATEVER

ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER

BY INCREASING THE RATE OF SALES TAX LEVIED BY THE

DISTRICT BY FOUR-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT, FROM THE

CURRENT SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT TO ONE PERCENT

COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2005 AND, IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH, SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

DEBT BE INCREASED $3.477 BILLION, WITH A REPAYMENT

COST OF $7.129 BILLION WITH ALL PROCEEDS OF DEBT AND

TAXES TO BE USED AND SPENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION

AND OPERATION OF A FIXED GUIDE WAY MASS TRANSIT

SYSTEM, THE CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL PARK-N-RIDE

LOTS, THE EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING

PARK-N-RIDE LOTS, AND INCREASED BUS SERVICE,

INCLUDING THE USE OF SMALLER BUSES AND VANS AND

ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES AS APPROPRIATE, AS

SPECIFIED IN THE TRANSIT EXPANSION PLAN ADOPTED BY

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DISTRICT ON OR BEFORE

APRIL 22, 2004 AND SHALL DEBT BE EVIDENCED BY BONDS,

NOTES, OR OTHER MULTIPLE-FISCAL YEAR OBLIGATIONS

INCLUDING REFUNDING BONDS THAT MAY BE ISSUED AS A

LOWER OR HIGHER RATE OF INTEREST AND INCLUDING DEBT

THAT MAY HAVE A REDEMPTION PRIOR TO MATURITY WITH

OR WITHOUT PAYMENT OF A PREMIUM, PAYABLE FROM ALL

REVENUES GENERATED BY SAID TAX INCREASE, FEDERAL

FUNDS, INVESTMENT INCOME, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE

CONTRIBUTIONS, AND OTHER REVENUES AS THE BOARD MAY

DETERMINE, AND WITH SUCH REVENUES RAISED BY THE

SALES TAX RATE INCREASE AND THE PROCEEDS OF DEBT

OBLIGATIONS AND ANY INVESTMENT INCOME ON SUCH

REVENUES AND PROCEEDS BEING EXEMPT FROM THE

REVENUE AND SPENDING RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN

SECTION 20 0F ARTICLE X OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION

UNTIL SUCH TIME AS ALL DEBT IS REPAID WHEN THE RATE OF

TAX WILL BE DECREASED TO THAT AMOUNT NECESSARY FOR

THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM BUT NOT LESS

THAN SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT?

YES

NO

SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES DISTRICT

REFERENDUM 4B

SHALL THERE BE AN EXTENSION UNTIL JUNE 30, 2018, OF THE

AGGREGATE 0.1 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAXES

CURRENTLY LEVIED AND COLLECTED BY THE DENVER

METROPOLITAN SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES

DISTRICT THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE ON JUNE 30,

2006, FOR ASSISTING SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES

WITHIN THE DISTRICT WHILE AUTHORIZING THE DISTRICT TO

CONTINUE TO COLLECT, RETAIN, AND SPEND ALL REVENUE

GENERATED BY SUCH TAX IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITATION

PROVIDED IN ARTICLE X OF SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION AND WHILE MODIFYING THE RATES OF THE

THREE INDIVIDUAL SALES AND USE TAXES COLLECTED BY

THE DISTRICT AS FOLLOWS: INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT

SALES AND USE TAX TO .0655 PERCENT; DECREASING THE

.028 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .021 PERCENT; AND

INCREASING THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .0135

PERCENT; EXCEPT THAT, FOR TOTAL ANNUAL REVENUES

COLLECTED BY THE DISTRICT THAT EXCEED THIRTY-EIGHT

MILLION DOLLARS, INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT SALES

AND USE TAX TO .064 PERCENT; DECREASING THE .028

PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .022 PERCENT; AND

INCREASING THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .014

PERCENT?

YES

NO

JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT

ISSUE 3A

"SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1'S TAXES

BE INCREASED $38.5 MILLION ANNUALLY, OR SUCH LESSER

AMOUNT AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY ANNUALLY

DETERMINE, BY THE COLLECTION OF AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE 2004-2005 BUDGET YEAR AND

EACH BUDGET YEAR THEREAFTER FOR DEPOSIT IN THE

DISTRICT'S GENERAL FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES,

INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

* REDUCE AND MAINTAIN CLASS SIZE AND

STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS

ARE ACADEMICALLY PREPARED;

* MEET THE INCREASED COSTS INCURRED BY THE DISTRICT

TO CONTINUE THE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO ACADEMIC

EXCELLENCE AND TO PROVIDE AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY;

* MAINTAIN HIGH SCHOOL ELECTIVES SUCH AS MUSIC, ART

AND WORLD LANGUAGES WHILE IMPLEMENTING THE NEW

COLLEGE ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS; AND

* ATTRACT AND RETAIN HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS AND

SUPPORT STAFF;

WITH SUCH TAXES TO BE IN EXCESS OF PROPERTY TAX

REVENUES THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED BY THE GENERAL

FUND MILL LEVY PERMITTED UNDER STATE LAW WITHOUT

SUCH INCREASE AND, TOGETHER WITH REVENUES FROM

SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND

THE EARNINGS ON SUCH TAXES AND REVENUES, TO

CONSTITUTE A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE AND SPENDING

CHANGE UNDER, TO BE COLLECTED AND SPENT EACH YEAR

WITHOUT LIMITATION BY THE REVENUE AND SPENDING

LIMITS OF, AND WITHOUT AFFECTING THE DISTRICT'S ABILITY

TO COLLECT AND SPEND OTHER REVENUES OR FUNDS

UNDER, ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?"

YES

NO

JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT

ISSUE 3B

"SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1'S DEBT

BE INCREASED $323.8 MILLION WITH A REPAYMENT COST OF

$680.5 MILLION OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE

NECESSARY, AND SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL

DISTRICT R-1'S TAXES BE INCREASED $48.8 MILLION

ANNUALLY OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE

NECESSARY FOR THE PAYMENT OF SUCH DEBT, ALL FOR THE

FOLLOWING PURPOSES:

* CONSTRUCTING ADDITIONS, NEW CLASSROOM SPACE AND

REPLACEMENTS FOR 9 DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS, SOME OF

WHICH ARE APPROACHING 50 YEARS OLD;

* CONSTRUCTING ONE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND

REPLACING ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL;

* RENOVATING AND REPAIRING ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE

SCHOOL BUILDINGS;

* MAKING LIFE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS IN DISTRICT

BUILDINGS BY RENOVATING, REPAIRING AND/OR REPLACING

PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, LIGHTING AND MECHANICAL

SYSTEMS AND ROOFS, UPGRADING SECURITY AND

IMPROVING SITE CONDITIONS;

AND OTHERWISE EQUIPPING, IMPROVING, EXPANDING,

REPAIRING AND FURNISHING CHARTER SCHOOL AND

DISTRICT FACILITIES AND GROUNDS AS PERMITTED BY LAW;

WITH SUCH DEBT TO BE IN THE FORM OF GENERAL

OBLIGATION BONDS, WHICH BONDS SHALL BEAR INTEREST

AT A MAXIMUM NET EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE NOT TO

EXCEED 6.50% AND MATURE, BE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION,

WITH OR WITHOUT PREMIUM, AND BE ISSUED, DATED AND

SOLD AT, ABOVE OR BELOW PAR, AND AT SUCH TIME OR

TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS,

NOT INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE BOARD OF

EDUCATION MAY DETERMINE; AND IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH (I) TO INCREASE THE DISTRICT'S AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES IN ANY YEAR IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT

TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON SUCH BONDS,

AND (II) TO COLLECT AND SPEND THE PROCEEDS OF THE

BONDS AND THE REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES AND THE

SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND

ANY EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF 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, SECTION 20 OF

THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?"

YES

NO

FOOTHILLS PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT

QUESTION 5A

SHALL THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED AREA BECOME A PART

OF THE FOOTHILLS PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT. THE

PURPOSE OF SAID INCLUSION INTO FOOTHILLS TO BE TO

PROVIDE PARK AND RECREATION SERVICES TO THE

CONIFER AREA INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PUBLIC

TRAILS; SPORTS AND ATHLETIC FIELDS; AND PROGRAMMING,

MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS TO BEAVER RANCH

COMMUNITY PARK.

CONIFER PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT PARCEL

DESCRIPTION REVISED

THE AREA WITHIN THE DISTRICT, ALL SITUATE WITHIN

JEFFERSON COUNTY COLORADO, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

THAT PORTION OF SECTION 26 LYING WEST OF KEN CARYL

RANCH METRO DISTRICT, THE WEST 1⁄2 OF SECTION 23, AND

SECTIONS 21,22,27,28,32,33,34 AND 35, EXCEPT ANY PORTION

THEREOF LYING WITHIN KEN CARYL RANCH METRO DISTRICT

OR EVERGREEN PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT, ALL IN

TOWNSHIP 5 SOUTH, RANGE 70 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M. AND

EXECPT FOR ANY PARCELS LOCATED IN THE KEN CARYL

RANCH HIGHLANDS SUBDIVISION INCLUDING, KEN CARYL

RANCH HIGHLANDS EX SUR #L3 BLK 2 RECEPTION #83107602;

KEN CARYL RANCH HIGHLANDS EX SUR #4 OR COR S1,

RECEPTION #87016889; KEN CARYL RANCH HIGHLANDS EX

SUR #5, RECEPTION #91003489; KEN CARYL RANCH

HIGHLANDS EX SUR #6 AMD #1, RECEPTION #F0053388; KEN

CARYL RANCH HIGHLANDS L1 B2 EX SUR, RECEPTION

#82031994; KEN CARYL RANCH HIGHLANDS L5 BLK 6 EX SUR,

RECEPTION #80079876; KEN CARYL RANCH HIGHLANDS SUB,

BOOK 43, PAGE 28; KEN CARYL RANCH HIGHANDS SUB AMD

#1, BOOK 53, PAGE 1; KEN CARYL RANCH HIGHLANDS SUB

AMD #2, BOOK 54, PAGE 26; KEN CARYL RANCH HIGHLANDS

SUB AMD #3, BOOK 54, PAGE 6; KEN CARYL RANCH

HIGHLANDS SUB AMD #4 EX SUR 1, RECEPTION #93017255;

KEN CARYL RANCH HIGHLANDS SUB AMD #5, BOOK 57, PAGE

18;

SECTIONS 2 THROUGH 11, INCLUSIVE, SECTION 12, EXCEPT

ANY PORTION THEREOF LYING WITHIN THE KEN CARYL

RANCH METRO DISTRICT, SECTIONS 13 THROUGH 36,

INCLUSIVE, ALL IN TOWNSHIP 6 SOUTH, RANGE 70 WEST OF

THE 6TH P.M.;

SECTIONS 1-12, INCLUSIVE, ALL IN TOWNSHIP 7 SOUTH,

RANGE 70 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M.;

SECTIONS 1-36, INCLUSIVE, ALL IN TOWNSHIP 6 SOUTH,

RANGE 71 WEST, OF THE 6TH P.M.;

SECTIONS 1-12, INCLUSIVE, ALL IN TOWNSHIP 7 SOUTH,

RANGE 71 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M.;

SECTIONS 19, 30, AND 31, ALL IN TOWNSHIP 6 SOUTH, RANGE

69 WEST;

SECTIONS 6 AND 7, IN TOWNSHIP 7 SOUTH, RANGE 69 WEST;

ANY PORTION OF SECTIONS 1,12,13,24,25, AND 36, TOWNSHIP

6 SOUTH, RANGE 72 WEST LYING WITHIN JEFFERSON

COUNTY, AND ANY PORTION OF SECTION 1 AND 12,

TOWNSHIP 7 SOUTH, RANGE 72 WEST LYING WITHIN

JEFFERSON COUNTY.

EXCEPT FOR ANY PARCELS 40 ACRES OR MORE IN SIZE AND

ZONED AGRICULTURAL PER C.R.S. 32-1-207 (1).

YES

NO

QUESTION 5B

SHALL FOOTHILLS PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT

("SUBDISTRICT C") DEBT BE INCREASED UP TO $9,230,000

WITH A MAXIMUM REPAYMENT COST OF UP TO $15,300,000

AND SHALL TAXES BE INCREASED UP TO $850,000 ANNUALLY

SOLELY WITHIN THAT AREA OF THE DISTRICT DESIGNATED

AS "SUBDISTRICT C" DESCRIBED BELOW AND GENERALLY

KNOWN AS THE CONIFER AREA INCLUSION, ONLY IF SAID

INCLUSION IS APPROVED BY VOTERS WITHIN THE INCLUSION

AREA, FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING ALL OR ANY PART

OF THE COSTS OF:

* CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPPING OF A FULL SERVICE

PUBLIC RECREATION CENTER AT A LOCATION WITHIN THE

CONIFER INCLUSION AREA

* CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS TO BEAVER RANCH

COMMUNITY PARK AND FACILITIES AND

* CONSTRUCTION OF GENERAL PURPOSE ATHLETIC FIELDS

AND TRAILS IN THE CONIFER INCLUSION AREA

TOGETHER WITH ALL NECESSARY AND INCIDENTAL

EXPENSES RELATING TO THE ABOVE PURPOSES, BY THE

ISSUANCE AND PAYMENT OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS

WHICH SHALL BEAR INTEREST AT A MAXIMUM NET EFFECTIVE

INTEREST RATE NOT TO EXCEED 5.9% AND MATURE, BE

SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION, WITH OR WITHOUT PREMIUM, AND

BE ISSUED, DATED, AND SOLD AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AT

SUCH PRICES (AT, ABOVE OR BELOW PAR) AND IN SUCH

MANNER AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS NOT INCONSISTENT

HEREWITH AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE

SUBDISTRICT MAY DETERMINE AND SHALL AD VALORUM

PROPERTY TAXES BE LEVIED SOLELY WITHIN "SUBDISTRICT

C" IN ANY YEAR, WITHOUT LIMITATIONS AS TO RATE AND IN

AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF,

PREMIUM, IF ANY, AND INTEREST ON SUCH BONDS (SUCH

TAXES TO BE IN ADDITION TO ANY TAXES OTHERWISE

IMPOSED BY THE DISTRICT OR THE SUBDISTRICT C), AND

SHALL ANY EARNINGS ON THE INVESTMENT OF THE

REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES AND BONDS (REGARDLESS OF

AMOUNT) CONSTITUTE A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE

CHANGE UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION?

CONIFER PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT PARCEL

DESCRIPTION REVISED

THE AREA WITHIN THE DISTRICT, ALL SITUATE WITHIN

JEFFERSON COUNTY COLORADO, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

THAT PORTION OF SECTION 26 LYING WEST OF KEN CARYL

RANCH METRO DISTRICT, THE WEST 1⁄2 OF SECTION 23, AND

SECTIONS 21,22,27,28,32,33,34 AND 35, EXCEPT ANY PORTION

THEREOF LYING WITHIN KEN CARYL RANCH METRO DISTRICT

OR EVERGREEN PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT, ALL IN

TOWNSHIP 5 SOUTH, RANGE 70 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M. AND

EXECPT FOR ANY PARCELS LOCATED IN THE KEN CARYL

RANCH HIGHLANDS SUBDIVISION INCLUDING, KEN CARYL

RANCH HIGHLANDS EX SUR #L3 BLK 2 RECEPTION #83107602;

KEN CARYL RANCH HIGHLANDS EX SUR #4 OR COR S1,

RECEPTION #87016889; KEN CARYL RANCH HIGHLANDS EX

SUR #5, RECEPTION #91003489; KEN CARYL RANCH

HIGHLANDS EX SUR #6 AMD #1, RECEPTION #F0053388; KEN

CARYL RANCH HIGHLANDS L1 B2 EX SUR, RECEPTION

#82031994; KEN CARYL RANCH HIGHLANDS L5 BLK 6 EX SUR,

RECEPTION #80079876; KEN CARYL RANCH HIGHLANDS SUB,

BOOK 43, PAGE 28; KEN CARYL RANCH HIGHANDS SUB AMD

#1, BOOK 53, PAGE 1; KEN CARYL RANCH HIGHLANDS SUB

AMD #2, BOOK 54, PAGE 26; KEN CARYL RANCH HIGHLANDS

SUB AMD #3, BOOK 54, PAGE 6; KEN CARYL RANCH

HIGHLANDS SUB AMD #4 EX SUR 1, RECEPTION #93017255;

KEN CARYL RANCH HIGHLANDS SUB AMD #5, BOOK 57, PAGE

18;

SECTIONS 2 THROUGH 11, INCLUSIVE, SECTION 12, EXCEPT

ANY PORTION THEREOF LYING WITHIN THE KEN CARYL

RANCH METRO DISTRICT, SECTIONS 13 THROUGH 36,

INCLUSIVE, ALL IN TOWNSHIP 6 SOUTH, RANGE 70 WEST OF

THE 6TH P.M.;

SECTIONS 1-12, INCLUSIVE, ALL IN TOWNSHIP 7 SOUTH,

RANGE 70 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M.;

SECTIONS 1-36, INCLUSIVE, ALL IN TOWNSHIP 6 SOUTH,

RANGE 71 WEST, OF THE 6TH P.M.;

SECTIONS 1-12, INCLUSIVE, ALL IN TOWNSHIP 7 SOUTH,

RANGE 71 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M.;

SECTIONS 19, 30, AND 31, ALL IN TOWNSHIP 6 SOUTH, RANGE

69 WEST;

SECTIONS 6 AND 7, IN TOWNSHIP 7 SOUTH, RANGE 69 WEST;

ANY PORTION OF SECTIONS 1,12,13,24,25, AND 36, TOWNSHIP

6 SOUTH, RANGE 72 WEST LYING WITHIN JEFFERSON

COUNTY, AND ANY PORTION OF SECTION 1 AND 12,

TOWNSHIP 7 SOUTH, RANGE 72 WEST LYING WITHIN

JEFFERSON COUNTY.

EXCEPT FOR ANY PARCELS 40 ACRES OR MORE IN SIZE AND

ZONED AGRICULTURAL PER C.R.S. 32-1-207 (1).

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OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION SAMPLE BALLOT

STATE OF COLORADO

JEFFERSON COUNTY

GENERAL ELECTION

November 2, 2004

To vote, BLACKEN ( ) the oval to the left of any candidate. Do not vote for more than the authorized

number of candidates. Please use a Black or Blue pen to mark your ballot.

Ballot Style: 12

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS

(Vote for One Pair)

George W. Bush

Dick Cheney Republican

John F. Kerry

John Edwards Democratic

Michael Badnarik

Richard V. Campagna Libertarian

David Cobb

Patricia LaMarche Green

Ralph Nader

Peter Miguel Camejo Colorado Reform

Michael Anthony Peroutka

Chuck Baldwin American Constitution

Gene Amondson

Leroy Pletten Concerns of People

Stanford E. Andress (Andy)

Irene M. Deasy Unaffiliated

Walter F. Brown

Mary Cal Hollis Socialist

Earl F. Dodge

Howard L. Lydick Prohibition

James E. Harris

Margaret Trowe Socialist Workers

Bill Van Auken

Jim Lawrence Socialist Equality

Write-in

UNITED STATES SENATOR

(Vote for One)

Pete Coors

Republican

Ken Salazar

Democratic

Victor Good

Colorado Reform

Douglas "Dayhorse" Campbell

American Constitution

Richard Randall

Libertarian

John R. Harris

Independent

Finn Gotaas

Unaffiliated

Write-in

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE 109th UNITED

STATES CONGRESS

DISTRICT 6

(Vote for One)

Tom Tancredo

Republican

Joanna L. Conti

Democratic

Jack J. Woehr

Libertarian

Peter Shevchuk

American Constitution

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 6

(Vote for One)

Randy DeHoff

Republican

Susan Marinelli

Democratic

REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF

COLORADO AT LARGE

(Vote for One)

Jennifer Mello

Democratic

Steve Bosley

Republican

Daniel Ong

Libertarian

STATE REPRESENTATIVE

DISTRICT 25

(Vote for One)

Donna Red Wing

Democratic

John Witwer

Republican

DISTRICT ATTORNEY

1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT

(Vote for One)

Mary A. Malatesta

Democratic

Scott Storey

Republican

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT 1

(Vote for One)

Jim Congrove

Republican

Scott Benefield

Democratic

Steven Gallant

Libertarian

Tanya Ishikawa

Green

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT 2

(Vote for One)

J. Kevin McCasky

Republican

Guy Asher Stocking

Democratic

COUNTY SHERIFF

(Vote for One)

Charles W. Carter

Democratic

Ted B. Mink

Republican

COURT OF APPEALS

Shall Judge James S. Casebolt of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Dennis A. Graham of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Arthur P. Roy of the Colorado Court of

Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Daniel Marc Taubman of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge John R. Webb of the Colorado Court of

Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

DISTRICT JUDGE

1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Shall Judge Stephen M. Munsinger of the 1st

Judicial District be retained in office?

YES

NO

COUNTY JUDGE, JEFFERSON

Shall Judge Judy Archuleta of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge James C. Demlow of the Jefferson

County Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Tina L. Olsen of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Roy Olson of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

"Ballot issues referred by the general assembly

or any political subdivision are listed by letter,

and ballot issues initiated by the people are

listed numerically. A 'yes' vote on any ballot

issue is a vote in favor of changing current law

or existing circumstances, and a 'no' vote on

any ballot issue is a vote against changing

current law or existing circumstances."

AMENDMENT 34

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution

concerning recovery of damages relating to construction of real

property improvements, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting

laws that limit or impair a property owner's right to recover damages

caused by a failure to construct an improvement in a good and

workmanlike manner; defining "good and workmanlike manner" to

include construction that is suitable for its intended purposes; and

permitting exceptions for laws that limit punitive damages, afford

governmental immunity, or impose time limits of specified minimum

lengths on filing lawsuits?

YES

NO

AMENDMENT 35

SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED $175 MILLION ANNUALLY

THROUGH ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAXES IMPOSED FOR

HEALTH RELATED PURPOSES, AND, IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH, AMENDING THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION TO

INCREASE STATEWIDE TAXES ON THE SALE OF CIGARETTES

BY WHOLESALERS OF THREE AND TWO-TENTHS CENTS PER

CIGARETTE AND ON THE SALE, USE, CONSUMPTION,

HANDLING, OR DISTRIBUTION OF OTHER TOBACCO

PRODUCTS BY DISTRIBUTORS AT THE RATE OF TWENTY

PERCENT OF THE MANUFACTURER'S LIST PRICE; INCREASING

SUCH TOBACCO TAXES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2005;

REQUIRING ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS OF SPECIFIED

PERCENTAGES OF THE ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES TO EXPAND ELIGIBILITY FOR AND INCREASE

ENROLLMENT IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC HEALTH PLAN, TO

FUND COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE THROUGH

CERTAIN COLORADO QUALIFIED PROVIDERS, TOBACCO

EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND PREVENTION, EARLY

DETECTION, AND TREATMENT OF CANCER AND

CARDIOVASCULAR AND PULMONARY DISEASES, TO

COMPENSATE THE STATE GENERAL FUND, THE OLD AGE

PENSION FUND, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR TOBACCO

TAX LOSSES RESULTING FROM REDUCED SALES OF

CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS; SPECIFYING THAT

THE APPROPRIATIONS OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO AND NOT SUBSTITUTED

FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUCH PROGRAMS ON JANUARY

1, 2005; ALLOWING THE USE OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES FOR ANY HEALTH RELATED PURPOSE AND TO

SERVE POPULATIONS ENROLLED IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC

HEALTH PLAN AND THE COLORADO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

PROGRAM AS OF JANUARY 1, 2005, UPON A DECLARATION OF

A STATE FISCAL EMERGENCY BY TWO-THIRDS OF THE

MEMBERS OF EACH HOUSE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND

THE GOVERNOR; 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

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 vice-president 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

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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

rule-making 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

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

REFERENDUM 4A

SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT TAXES BE

INCREASED $158.34 MILLION ANNUALLY AND BY WHATEVER

ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER

BY INCREASING THE RATE OF SALES TAX LEVIED BY THE

DISTRICT BY FOUR-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT, FROM THE

CURRENT SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT TO ONE PERCENT

COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2005 AND, IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH, SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

DEBT BE INCREASED $3.477 BILLION, WITH A REPAYMENT

COST OF $7.129 BILLION WITH ALL PROCEEDS OF DEBT AND

TAXES TO BE USED AND SPENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION

AND OPERATION OF A FIXED GUIDE WAY MASS TRANSIT

SYSTEM, THE CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL PARK-N-RIDE

LOTS, THE EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING

PARK-N-RIDE LOTS, AND INCREASED BUS SERVICE,

INCLUDING THE USE OF SMALLER BUSES AND VANS AND

ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES AS APPROPRIATE, AS

SPECIFIED IN THE TRANSIT EXPANSION PLAN ADOPTED BY

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DISTRICT ON OR BEFORE

APRIL 22, 2004 AND SHALL DEBT BE EVIDENCED BY BONDS,

NOTES, OR OTHER MULTIPLE-FISCAL YEAR OBLIGATIONS

INCLUDING REFUNDING BONDS THAT MAY BE ISSUED AS A

LOWER OR HIGHER RATE OF INTEREST AND INCLUDING DEBT

THAT MAY HAVE A REDEMPTION PRIOR TO MATURITY WITH

OR WITHOUT PAYMENT OF A PREMIUM, PAYABLE FROM ALL

REVENUES GENERATED BY SAID TAX INCREASE, FEDERAL

FUNDS, INVESTMENT INCOME, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE

CONTRIBUTIONS, AND OTHER REVENUES AS THE BOARD MAY

DETERMINE, AND WITH SUCH REVENUES RAISED BY THE

SALES TAX RATE INCREASE AND THE PROCEEDS OF DEBT

OBLIGATIONS AND ANY INVESTMENT INCOME ON SUCH

REVENUES AND PROCEEDS BEING EXEMPT FROM THE

REVENUE AND SPENDING RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN

SECTION 20 0F ARTICLE X OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION

UNTIL SUCH TIME AS ALL DEBT IS REPAID WHEN THE RATE OF

TAX WILL BE DECREASED TO THAT AMOUNT NECESSARY FOR

THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM BUT NOT LESS

THAN SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT?

YES

NO

SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES DISTRICT

REFERENDUM 4B

SHALL THERE BE AN EXTENSION UNTIL JUNE 30, 2018, OF THE

AGGREGATE 0.1 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAXES

CURRENTLY LEVIED AND COLLECTED BY THE DENVER

METROPOLITAN SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES

DISTRICT THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE ON JUNE 30,

2006, FOR ASSISTING SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES

WITHIN THE DISTRICT WHILE AUTHORIZING THE DISTRICT TO

CONTINUE TO COLLECT, RETAIN, AND SPEND ALL REVENUE

GENERATED BY SUCH TAX IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITATION

PROVIDED IN ARTICLE X OF SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION AND WHILE MODIFYING THE RATES OF THE

THREE INDIVIDUAL SALES AND USE TAXES COLLECTED BY

THE DISTRICT AS FOLLOWS: INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT

SALES AND USE TAX TO .0655 PERCENT; DECREASING THE

.028 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .021 PERCENT; AND

INCREASING THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .0135

PERCENT; EXCEPT THAT, FOR TOTAL ANNUAL REVENUES

COLLECTED BY THE DISTRICT THAT EXCEED THIRTY-EIGHT

MILLION DOLLARS, INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT SALES

AND USE TAX TO .064 PERCENT; DECREASING THE .028

PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .022 PERCENT; AND

INCREASING THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .014

PERCENT?

YES

NO

CITY OF GOLDEN

QUESTION 2A

Shall The City Of Golden's Home Rule Charter, Section 4.2 General

Municipal Elections, First Sentence Be Amended To Read "General

Municipal Elections Shall Be Held On The First Tuesday In

November In Each Odd Numbered Year."?

YES

NO

JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT

ISSUE 3A

"SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1'S TAXES

BE INCREASED $38.5 MILLION ANNUALLY, OR SUCH LESSER

AMOUNT AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY ANNUALLY

DETERMINE, BY THE COLLECTION OF AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE 2004-2005 BUDGET YEAR AND

EACH BUDGET YEAR THEREAFTER FOR DEPOSIT IN THE

DISTRICT'S GENERAL FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES,

INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

* REDUCE AND MAINTAIN CLASS SIZE AND

STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS

ARE ACADEMICALLY PREPARED;

* MEET THE INCREASED COSTS INCURRED BY THE DISTRICT

TO CONTINUE THE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO ACADEMIC

EXCELLENCE AND TO PROVIDE AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY;

* MAINTAIN HIGH SCHOOL ELECTIVES SUCH AS MUSIC, ART

AND WORLD LANGUAGES WHILE IMPLEMENTING THE NEW

COLLEGE ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS; AND

* ATTRACT AND RETAIN HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS AND

SUPPORT STAFF;

WITH SUCH TAXES TO BE IN EXCESS OF PROPERTY TAX

REVENUES THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED BY THE GENERAL

FUND MILL LEVY PERMITTED UNDER STATE LAW WITHOUT

SUCH INCREASE AND, TOGETHER WITH REVENUES FROM

SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND

THE EARNINGS ON SUCH TAXES AND REVENUES, TO

CONSTITUTE A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE AND SPENDING

CHANGE UNDER, TO BE COLLECTED AND SPENT EACH YEAR

WITHOUT LIMITATION BY THE REVENUE AND SPENDING

LIMITS OF, AND WITHOUT AFFECTING THE DISTRICT'S ABILITY

TO COLLECT AND SPEND OTHER REVENUES OR FUNDS

UNDER, ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?"

YES

NO

JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT

ISSUE 3B

"SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1'S DEBT

BE INCREASED $323.8 MILLION WITH A REPAYMENT COST OF

$680.5 MILLION OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE

NECESSARY, AND SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL

DISTRICT R-1'S TAXES BE INCREASED $48.8 MILLION

ANNUALLY OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE

NECESSARY FOR THE PAYMENT OF SUCH DEBT, ALL FOR THE

FOLLOWING PURPOSES:

* CONSTRUCTING ADDITIONS, NEW CLASSROOM SPACE AND

REPLACEMENTS FOR 9 DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS, SOME OF

WHICH ARE APPROACHING 50 YEARS OLD;

* CONSTRUCTING ONE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND

REPLACING ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL;

* RENOVATING AND REPAIRING ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE

SCHOOL BUILDINGS;

* MAKING LIFE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS IN DISTRICT

BUILDINGS BY RENOVATING, REPAIRING AND/OR REPLACING

PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, LIGHTING AND MECHANICAL

SYSTEMS AND ROOFS, UPGRADING SECURITY AND

IMPROVING SITE CONDITIONS;

AND OTHERWISE EQUIPPING, IMPROVING, EXPANDING,

REPAIRING AND FURNISHING CHARTER SCHOOL AND

DISTRICT FACILITIES AND GROUNDS AS PERMITTED BY LAW;

WITH SUCH DEBT TO BE IN THE FORM OF GENERAL

OBLIGATION BONDS, WHICH BONDS SHALL BEAR INTEREST

AT A MAXIMUM NET EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE NOT TO

EXCEED 6.50% AND MATURE, BE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION,

WITH OR WITHOUT PREMIUM, AND BE ISSUED, DATED AND

SOLD AT, ABOVE OR BELOW PAR, AND AT SUCH TIME OR

TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS,

NOT INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE BOARD OF

EDUCATION MAY DETERMINE; AND IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH (I) TO INCREASE THE DISTRICT'S AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES IN ANY YEAR IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT

TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON SUCH BONDS,

AND (II) TO COLLECT AND SPEND THE PROCEEDS OF THE

BONDS AND THE REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES AND THE

SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND

ANY EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF 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, SECTION 20 OF

THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?"

YES

NO

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OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION SAMPLE BALLOT

STATE OF COLORADO

JEFFERSON COUNTY

GENERAL ELECTION

November 2, 2004

To vote, BLACKEN ( ) the oval to the left of any candidate. Do not vote for more than the authorized

number of candidates. Please use a Black or Blue pen to mark your ballot.

Ballot Style: 13

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS

(Vote for One Pair)

George W. Bush

Dick Cheney Republican

John F. Kerry

John Edwards Democratic

Michael Badnarik

Richard V. Campagna Libertarian

David Cobb

Patricia LaMarche Green

Ralph Nader

Peter Miguel Camejo Colorado Reform

Michael Anthony Peroutka

Chuck Baldwin American Constitution

Gene Amondson

Leroy Pletten Concerns of People

Stanford E. Andress (Andy)

Irene M. Deasy Unaffiliated

Walter F. Brown

Mary Cal Hollis Socialist

Earl F. Dodge

Howard L. Lydick Prohibition

James E. Harris

Margaret Trowe Socialist Workers

Bill Van Auken

Jim Lawrence Socialist Equality

Write-in

UNITED STATES SENATOR

(Vote for One)

Pete Coors

Republican

Ken Salazar

Democratic

Victor Good

Colorado Reform

Douglas "Dayhorse" Campbell

American Constitution

Richard Randall

Libertarian

John R. Harris

Independent

Finn Gotaas

Unaffiliated

Write-in

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE 109th UNITED

STATES CONGRESS

DISTRICT 6

(Vote for One)

Tom Tancredo

Republican

Joanna L. Conti

Democratic

Jack J. Woehr

Libertarian

Peter Shevchuk

American Constitution

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 6

(Vote for One)

Randy DeHoff

Republican

Susan Marinelli

Democratic

REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF

COLORADO AT LARGE

(Vote for One)

Jennifer Mello

Democratic

Steve Bosley

Republican

Daniel Ong

Libertarian

STATE REPRESENTATIVE

DISTRICT 22

(Vote for One)

Matt Knoedler

Republican

Peter Mazula

Democratic

DISTRICT ATTORNEY

1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT

(Vote for One)

Mary A. Malatesta

Democratic

Scott Storey

Republican

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT 1

(Vote for One)

Jim Congrove

Republican

Scott Benefield

Democratic

Steven Gallant

Libertarian

Tanya Ishikawa

Green

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT 2

(Vote for One)

J. Kevin McCasky

Republican

Guy Asher Stocking

Democratic

COUNTY SHERIFF

(Vote for One)

Charles W. Carter

Democratic

Ted B. Mink

Republican

COURT OF APPEALS

Shall Judge James S. Casebolt of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Dennis A. Graham of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Arthur P. Roy of the Colorado Court of

Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Daniel Marc Taubman of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge John R. Webb of the Colorado Court of

Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

DISTRICT JUDGE

1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Shall Judge Stephen M. Munsinger of the 1st

Judicial District be retained in office?

YES

NO

COUNTY JUDGE, JEFFERSON

Shall Judge Judy Archuleta of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge James C. Demlow of the Jefferson

County Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Tina L. Olsen of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Roy Olson of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

"Ballot issues referred by the general assembly

or any political subdivision are listed by letter,

and ballot issues initiated by the people are

listed numerically. A 'yes' vote on any ballot

issue is a vote in favor of changing current law

or existing circumstances, and a 'no' vote on

any ballot issue is a vote against changing

current law or existing circumstances."

AMENDMENT 34

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution

concerning recovery of damages relating to construction of real

property improvements, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting

laws that limit or impair a property owner's right to recover damages

caused by a failure to construct an improvement in a good and

workmanlike manner; defining "good and workmanlike manner" to

include construction that is suitable for its intended purposes; and

permitting exceptions for laws that limit punitive damages, afford

governmental immunity, or impose time limits of specified minimum

lengths on filing lawsuits?

YES

NO

AMENDMENT 35

SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED $175 MILLION ANNUALLY

THROUGH ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAXES IMPOSED FOR

HEALTH RELATED PURPOSES, AND, IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH, AMENDING THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION TO

INCREASE STATEWIDE TAXES ON THE SALE OF CIGARETTES

BY WHOLESALERS OF THREE AND TWO-TENTHS CENTS PER

CIGARETTE AND ON THE SALE, USE, CONSUMPTION,

HANDLING, OR DISTRIBUTION OF OTHER TOBACCO

PRODUCTS BY DISTRIBUTORS AT THE RATE OF TWENTY

PERCENT OF THE MANUFACTURER'S LIST PRICE; INCREASING

SUCH TOBACCO TAXES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2005;

REQUIRING ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS OF SPECIFIED

PERCENTAGES OF THE ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES TO EXPAND ELIGIBILITY FOR AND INCREASE

ENROLLMENT IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC HEALTH PLAN, TO

FUND COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE THROUGH

CERTAIN COLORADO QUALIFIED PROVIDERS, TOBACCO

EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND PREVENTION, EARLY

DETECTION, AND TREATMENT OF CANCER AND

CARDIOVASCULAR AND PULMONARY DISEASES, TO

COMPENSATE THE STATE GENERAL FUND, THE OLD AGE

PENSION FUND, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR TOBACCO

TAX LOSSES RESULTING FROM REDUCED SALES OF

CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS; SPECIFYING THAT

THE APPROPRIATIONS OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO AND NOT SUBSTITUTED

FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUCH PROGRAMS ON JANUARY

1, 2005; ALLOWING THE USE OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES FOR ANY HEALTH RELATED PURPOSE AND TO

SERVE POPULATIONS ENROLLED IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC

HEALTH PLAN AND THE COLORADO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

PROGRAM AS OF JANUARY 1, 2005, UPON A DECLARATION OF

A STATE FISCAL EMERGENCY BY TWO-THIRDS OF THE

MEMBERS OF EACH HOUSE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND

THE GOVERNOR; 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

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 vice-president 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

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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

rule-making 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

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

REFERENDUM 4A

SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT TAXES BE

INCREASED $158.34 MILLION ANNUALLY AND BY WHATEVER

ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER

BY INCREASING THE RATE OF SALES TAX LEVIED BY THE

DISTRICT BY FOUR-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT, FROM THE

CURRENT SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT TO ONE PERCENT

COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2005 AND, IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH, SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

DEBT BE INCREASED $3.477 BILLION, WITH A REPAYMENT

COST OF $7.129 BILLION WITH ALL PROCEEDS OF DEBT AND

TAXES TO BE USED AND SPENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION

AND OPERATION OF A FIXED GUIDE WAY MASS TRANSIT

SYSTEM, THE CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL PARK-N-RIDE

LOTS, THE EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING

PARK-N-RIDE LOTS, AND INCREASED BUS SERVICE,

INCLUDING THE USE OF SMALLER BUSES AND VANS AND

ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES AS APPROPRIATE, AS

SPECIFIED IN THE TRANSIT EXPANSION PLAN ADOPTED BY

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DISTRICT ON OR BEFORE

APRIL 22, 2004 AND SHALL DEBT BE EVIDENCED BY BONDS,

NOTES, OR OTHER MULTIPLE-FISCAL YEAR OBLIGATIONS

INCLUDING REFUNDING BONDS THAT MAY BE ISSUED AS A

LOWER OR HIGHER RATE OF INTEREST AND INCLUDING DEBT

THAT MAY HAVE A REDEMPTION PRIOR TO MATURITY WITH

OR WITHOUT PAYMENT OF A PREMIUM, PAYABLE FROM ALL

REVENUES GENERATED BY SAID TAX INCREASE, FEDERAL

FUNDS, INVESTMENT INCOME, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE

CONTRIBUTIONS, AND OTHER REVENUES AS THE BOARD MAY

DETERMINE, AND WITH SUCH REVENUES RAISED BY THE

SALES TAX RATE INCREASE AND THE PROCEEDS OF DEBT

OBLIGATIONS AND ANY INVESTMENT INCOME ON SUCH

REVENUES AND PROCEEDS BEING EXEMPT FROM THE

REVENUE AND SPENDING RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN

SECTION 20 0F ARTICLE X OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION

UNTIL SUCH TIME AS ALL DEBT IS REPAID WHEN THE RATE OF

TAX WILL BE DECREASED TO THAT AMOUNT NECESSARY FOR

THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM BUT NOT LESS

THAN SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT?

YES

NO

SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES DISTRICT

REFERENDUM 4B

SHALL THERE BE AN EXTENSION UNTIL JUNE 30, 2018, OF THE

AGGREGATE 0.1 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAXES

CURRENTLY LEVIED AND COLLECTED BY THE DENVER

METROPOLITAN SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES

DISTRICT THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE ON JUNE 30,

2006, FOR ASSISTING SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES

WITHIN THE DISTRICT WHILE AUTHORIZING THE DISTRICT TO

CONTINUE TO COLLECT, RETAIN, AND SPEND ALL REVENUE

GENERATED BY SUCH TAX IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITATION

PROVIDED IN ARTICLE X OF SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION AND WHILE MODIFYING THE RATES OF THE

THREE INDIVIDUAL SALES AND USE TAXES COLLECTED BY

THE DISTRICT AS FOLLOWS: INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT

SALES AND USE TAX TO .0655 PERCENT; DECREASING THE

.028 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .021 PERCENT; AND

INCREASING THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .0135

PERCENT; EXCEPT THAT, FOR TOTAL ANNUAL REVENUES

COLLECTED BY THE DISTRICT THAT EXCEED THIRTY-EIGHT

MILLION DOLLARS, INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT SALES

AND USE TAX TO .064 PERCENT; DECREASING THE .028

PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .022 PERCENT; AND

INCREASING THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .014

PERCENT?

YES

NO

JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT

ISSUE 3A

"SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1'S TAXES

BE INCREASED $38.5 MILLION ANNUALLY, OR SUCH LESSER

AMOUNT AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY ANNUALLY

DETERMINE, BY THE COLLECTION OF AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE 2004-2005 BUDGET YEAR AND

EACH BUDGET YEAR THEREAFTER FOR DEPOSIT IN THE

DISTRICT'S GENERAL FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES,

INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

* REDUCE AND MAINTAIN CLASS SIZE AND

STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS

ARE ACADEMICALLY PREPARED;

* MEET THE INCREASED COSTS INCURRED BY THE DISTRICT

TO CONTINUE THE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO ACADEMIC

EXCELLENCE AND TO PROVIDE AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY;

* MAINTAIN HIGH SCHOOL ELECTIVES SUCH AS MUSIC, ART

AND WORLD LANGUAGES WHILE IMPLEMENTING THE NEW

COLLEGE ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS; AND

* ATTRACT AND RETAIN HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS AND

SUPPORT STAFF;

WITH SUCH TAXES TO BE IN EXCESS OF PROPERTY TAX

REVENUES THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED BY THE GENERAL

FUND MILL LEVY PERMITTED UNDER STATE LAW WITHOUT

SUCH INCREASE AND, TOGETHER WITH REVENUES FROM

SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND

THE EARNINGS ON SUCH TAXES AND REVENUES, TO

CONSTITUTE A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE AND SPENDING

CHANGE UNDER, TO BE COLLECTED AND SPENT EACH YEAR

WITHOUT LIMITATION BY THE REVENUE AND SPENDING

LIMITS OF, AND WITHOUT AFFECTING THE DISTRICT'S ABILITY

TO COLLECT AND SPEND OTHER REVENUES OR FUNDS

UNDER, ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?"

YES

NO

JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT

ISSUE 3B

"SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1'S DEBT

BE INCREASED $323.8 MILLION WITH A REPAYMENT COST OF

$680.5 MILLION OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE

NECESSARY, AND SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL

DISTRICT R-1'S TAXES BE INCREASED $48.8 MILLION

ANNUALLY OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE

NECESSARY FOR THE PAYMENT OF SUCH DEBT, ALL FOR THE

FOLLOWING PURPOSES:

* CONSTRUCTING ADDITIONS, NEW CLASSROOM SPACE AND

REPLACEMENTS FOR 9 DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS, SOME OF

WHICH ARE APPROACHING 50 YEARS OLD;

* CONSTRUCTING ONE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND

REPLACING ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL;

* RENOVATING AND REPAIRING ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE

SCHOOL BUILDINGS;

* MAKING LIFE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS IN DISTRICT

BUILDINGS BY RENOVATING, REPAIRING AND/OR REPLACING

PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, LIGHTING AND MECHANICAL

SYSTEMS AND ROOFS, UPGRADING SECURITY AND

IMPROVING SITE CONDITIONS;

AND OTHERWISE EQUIPPING, IMPROVING, EXPANDING,

REPAIRING AND FURNISHING CHARTER SCHOOL AND

DISTRICT FACILITIES AND GROUNDS AS PERMITTED BY LAW;

WITH SUCH DEBT TO BE IN THE FORM OF GENERAL

OBLIGATION BONDS, WHICH BONDS SHALL BEAR INTEREST

AT A MAXIMUM NET EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE NOT TO

EXCEED 6.50% AND MATURE, BE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION,

WITH OR WITHOUT PREMIUM, AND BE ISSUED, DATED AND

SOLD AT, ABOVE OR BELOW PAR, AND AT SUCH TIME OR

TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS,

NOT INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE BOARD OF

EDUCATION MAY DETERMINE; AND IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH (I) TO INCREASE THE DISTRICT'S AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES IN ANY YEAR IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT

TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON SUCH BONDS,

AND (II) TO COLLECT AND SPEND THE PROCEEDS OF THE

BONDS AND THE REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES AND THE

SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND

ANY EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF 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, SECTION 20 OF

THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?"

YES

NO

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OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION SAMPLE BALLOT

STATE OF COLORADO

JEFFERSON COUNTY

GENERAL ELECTION

November 2, 2004

To vote, BLACKEN ( ) the oval to the left of any candidate. Do not vote for more than the authorized

number of candidates. Please use a Black or Blue pen to mark your ballot.

Ballot Style: 14

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS

(Vote for One Pair)

George W. Bush

Dick Cheney Republican

John F. Kerry

John Edwards Democratic

Michael Badnarik

Richard V. Campagna Libertarian

David Cobb

Patricia LaMarche Green

Ralph Nader

Peter Miguel Camejo Colorado Reform

Michael Anthony Peroutka

Chuck Baldwin American Constitution

Gene Amondson

Leroy Pletten Concerns of People

Stanford E. Andress (Andy)

Irene M. Deasy Unaffiliated

Walter F. Brown

Mary Cal Hollis Socialist

Earl F. Dodge

Howard L. Lydick Prohibition

James E. Harris

Margaret Trowe Socialist Workers

Bill Van Auken

Jim Lawrence Socialist Equality

Write-in

UNITED STATES SENATOR

(Vote for One)

Pete Coors

Republican

Ken Salazar

Democratic

Victor Good

Colorado Reform

Douglas "Dayhorse" Campbell

American Constitution

Richard Randall

Libertarian

John R. Harris

Independent

Finn Gotaas

Unaffiliated

Write-in

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE 109th UNITED

STATES CONGRESS

DISTRICT 6

(Vote for One)

Tom Tancredo

Republican

Joanna L. Conti

Democratic

Jack J. Woehr

Libertarian

Peter Shevchuk

American Constitution

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 6

(Vote for One)

Randy DeHoff

Republican

Susan Marinelli

Democratic

REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF

COLORADO AT LARGE

(Vote for One)

Jennifer Mello

Democratic

Steve Bosley

Republican

Daniel Ong

Libertarian

STATE REPRESENTATIVE

DISTRICT 22

(Vote for One)

Matt Knoedler

Republican

Peter Mazula

Democratic

DISTRICT ATTORNEY

1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT

(Vote for One)

Mary A. Malatesta

Democratic

Scott Storey

Republican

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

DIRECTOR

RTD District D

(Vote for One)

Barbara Brohl

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT 1

(Vote for One)

Jim Congrove

Republican

Scott Benefield

Democratic

Steven Gallant

Libertarian

Tanya Ishikawa

Green

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT 2

(Vote for One)

J. Kevin McCasky

Republican

Guy Asher Stocking

Democratic

COUNTY SHERIFF

(Vote for One)

Charles W. Carter

Democratic

Ted B. Mink

Republican

COURT OF APPEALS

Shall Judge James S. Casebolt of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Dennis A. Graham of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Arthur P. Roy of the Colorado Court of

Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Daniel Marc Taubman of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge John R. Webb of the Colorado Court of

Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

DISTRICT JUDGE

1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Shall Judge Stephen M. Munsinger of the 1st

Judicial District be retained in office?

YES

NO

COUNTY JUDGE, JEFFERSON

Shall Judge Judy Archuleta of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge James C. Demlow of the Jefferson

County Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Tina L. Olsen of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Roy Olson of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

"Ballot issues referred by the general assembly

or any political subdivision are listed by letter,

and ballot issues initiated by the people are

listed numerically. A 'yes' vote on any ballot

issue is a vote in favor of changing current law

or existing circumstances, and a 'no' vote on

any ballot issue is a vote against changing

current law or existing circumstances."

AMENDMENT 34

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution

concerning recovery of damages relating to construction of real

property improvements, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting

laws that limit or impair a property owner's right to recover damages

caused by a failure to construct an improvement in a good and

workmanlike manner; defining "good and workmanlike manner" to

include construction that is suitable for its intended purposes; and

permitting exceptions for laws that limit punitive damages, afford

governmental immunity, or impose time limits of specified minimum

lengths on filing lawsuits?

YES

NO

AMENDMENT 35

SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED $175 MILLION ANNUALLY

THROUGH ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAXES IMPOSED FOR

HEALTH RELATED PURPOSES, AND, IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH, AMENDING THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION TO

INCREASE STATEWIDE TAXES ON THE SALE OF CIGARETTES

BY WHOLESALERS OF THREE AND TWO-TENTHS CENTS PER

CIGARETTE AND ON THE SALE, USE, CONSUMPTION,

HANDLING, OR DISTRIBUTION OF OTHER TOBACCO

PRODUCTS BY DISTRIBUTORS AT THE RATE OF TWENTY

PERCENT OF THE MANUFACTURER'S LIST PRICE; INCREASING

SUCH TOBACCO TAXES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2005;

REQUIRING ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS OF SPECIFIED

PERCENTAGES OF THE ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES TO EXPAND ELIGIBILITY FOR AND INCREASE

ENROLLMENT IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC HEALTH PLAN, TO

FUND COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE THROUGH

CERTAIN COLORADO QUALIFIED PROVIDERS, TOBACCO

EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND PREVENTION, EARLY

DETECTION, AND TREATMENT OF CANCER AND

CARDIOVASCULAR AND PULMONARY DISEASES, TO

COMPENSATE THE STATE GENERAL FUND, THE OLD AGE

PENSION FUND, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR TOBACCO

TAX LOSSES RESULTING FROM REDUCED SALES OF

CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS; SPECIFYING THAT

THE APPROPRIATIONS OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO AND NOT SUBSTITUTED

FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUCH PROGRAMS ON JANUARY

1, 2005; ALLOWING THE USE OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES FOR ANY HEALTH RELATED PURPOSE AND TO

SERVE POPULATIONS ENROLLED IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC

HEALTH PLAN AND THE COLORADO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

PROGRAM AS OF JANUARY 1, 2005, UPON A DECLARATION OF

A STATE FISCAL EMERGENCY BY TWO-THIRDS OF THE

MEMBERS OF EACH HOUSE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND

THE GOVERNOR; 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

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 vice-president 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

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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

rule-making 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

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

REFERENDUM 4A

SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT TAXES BE

INCREASED $158.34 MILLION ANNUALLY AND BY WHATEVER

ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER

BY INCREASING THE RATE OF SALES TAX LEVIED BY THE

DISTRICT BY FOUR-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT, FROM THE

CURRENT SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT TO ONE PERCENT

COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2005 AND, IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH, SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

DEBT BE INCREASED $3.477 BILLION, WITH A REPAYMENT

COST OF $7.129 BILLION WITH ALL PROCEEDS OF DEBT AND

TAXES TO BE USED AND SPENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION

AND OPERATION OF A FIXED GUIDE WAY MASS TRANSIT

SYSTEM, THE CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL PARK-N-RIDE

LOTS, THE EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING

PARK-N-RIDE LOTS, AND INCREASED BUS SERVICE,

INCLUDING THE USE OF SMALLER BUSES AND VANS AND

ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES AS APPROPRIATE, AS

SPECIFIED IN THE TRANSIT EXPANSION PLAN ADOPTED BY

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DISTRICT ON OR BEFORE

APRIL 22, 2004 AND SHALL DEBT BE EVIDENCED BY BONDS,

NOTES, OR OTHER MULTIPLE-FISCAL YEAR OBLIGATIONS

INCLUDING REFUNDING BONDS THAT MAY BE ISSUED AS A

LOWER OR HIGHER RATE OF INTEREST AND INCLUDING DEBT

THAT MAY HAVE A REDEMPTION PRIOR TO MATURITY WITH

OR WITHOUT PAYMENT OF A PREMIUM, PAYABLE FROM ALL

REVENUES GENERATED BY SAID TAX INCREASE, FEDERAL

FUNDS, INVESTMENT INCOME, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE

CONTRIBUTIONS, AND OTHER REVENUES AS THE BOARD MAY

DETERMINE, AND WITH SUCH REVENUES RAISED BY THE

SALES TAX RATE INCREASE AND THE PROCEEDS OF DEBT

OBLIGATIONS AND ANY INVESTMENT INCOME ON SUCH

REVENUES AND PROCEEDS BEING EXEMPT FROM THE

REVENUE AND SPENDING RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN

SECTION 20 0F ARTICLE X OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION

UNTIL SUCH TIME AS ALL DEBT IS REPAID WHEN THE RATE OF

TAX WILL BE DECREASED TO THAT AMOUNT NECESSARY FOR

THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM BUT NOT LESS

THAN SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT?

YES

NO

SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES DISTRICT

REFERENDUM 4B

SHALL THERE BE AN EXTENSION UNTIL JUNE 30, 2018, OF THE

AGGREGATE 0.1 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAXES

CURRENTLY LEVIED AND COLLECTED BY THE DENVER

METROPOLITAN SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES

DISTRICT THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE ON JUNE 30,

2006, FOR ASSISTING SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES

WITHIN THE DISTRICT WHILE AUTHORIZING THE DISTRICT TO

CONTINUE TO COLLECT, RETAIN, AND SPEND ALL REVENUE

GENERATED BY SUCH TAX IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITATION

PROVIDED IN ARTICLE X OF SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION AND WHILE MODIFYING THE RATES OF THE

THREE INDIVIDUAL SALES AND USE TAXES COLLECTED BY

THE DISTRICT AS FOLLOWS: INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT

SALES AND USE TAX TO .0655 PERCENT; DECREASING THE

.028 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .021 PERCENT; AND

INCREASING THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .0135

PERCENT; EXCEPT THAT, FOR TOTAL ANNUAL REVENUES

COLLECTED BY THE DISTRICT THAT EXCEED THIRTY-EIGHT

MILLION DOLLARS, INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT SALES

AND USE TAX TO .064 PERCENT; DECREASING THE .028

PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .022 PERCENT; AND

INCREASING THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .014

PERCENT?

YES

NO

JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT

ISSUE 3A

"SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1'S TAXES

BE INCREASED $38.5 MILLION ANNUALLY, OR SUCH LESSER

AMOUNT AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY ANNUALLY

DETERMINE, BY THE COLLECTION OF AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE 2004-2005 BUDGET YEAR AND

EACH BUDGET YEAR THEREAFTER FOR DEPOSIT IN THE

DISTRICT'S GENERAL FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES,

INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

* REDUCE AND MAINTAIN CLASS SIZE AND

STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS

ARE ACADEMICALLY PREPARED;

* MEET THE INCREASED COSTS INCURRED BY THE DISTRICT

TO CONTINUE THE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO ACADEMIC

EXCELLENCE AND TO PROVIDE AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY;

* MAINTAIN HIGH SCHOOL ELECTIVES SUCH AS MUSIC, ART

AND WORLD LANGUAGES WHILE IMPLEMENTING THE NEW

COLLEGE ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS; AND

* ATTRACT AND RETAIN HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS AND

SUPPORT STAFF;

WITH SUCH TAXES TO BE IN EXCESS OF PROPERTY TAX

REVENUES THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED BY THE GENERAL

FUND MILL LEVY PERMITTED UNDER STATE LAW WITHOUT

SUCH INCREASE AND, TOGETHER WITH REVENUES FROM

SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND

THE EARNINGS ON SUCH TAXES AND REVENUES, TO

CONSTITUTE A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE AND SPENDING

CHANGE UNDER, TO BE COLLECTED AND SPENT EACH YEAR

WITHOUT LIMITATION BY THE REVENUE AND SPENDING

LIMITS OF, AND WITHOUT AFFECTING THE DISTRICT'S ABILITY

TO COLLECT AND SPEND OTHER REVENUES OR FUNDS

UNDER, ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?"

YES

NO

JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT

ISSUE 3B

"SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1'S DEBT

BE INCREASED $323.8 MILLION WITH A REPAYMENT COST OF

$680.5 MILLION OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE

NECESSARY, AND SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL

DISTRICT R-1'S TAXES BE INCREASED $48.8 MILLION

ANNUALLY OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE

NECESSARY FOR THE PAYMENT OF SUCH DEBT, ALL FOR THE

FOLLOWING PURPOSES:

* CONSTRUCTING ADDITIONS, NEW CLASSROOM SPACE AND

REPLACEMENTS FOR 9 DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS, SOME OF

WHICH ARE APPROACHING 50 YEARS OLD;

* CONSTRUCTING ONE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND

REPLACING ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL;

* RENOVATING AND REPAIRING ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE

SCHOOL BUILDINGS;

* MAKING LIFE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS IN DISTRICT

BUILDINGS BY RENOVATING, REPAIRING AND/OR REPLACING

PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, LIGHTING AND MECHANICAL

SYSTEMS AND ROOFS, UPGRADING SECURITY AND

IMPROVING SITE CONDITIONS;

AND OTHERWISE EQUIPPING, IMPROVING, EXPANDING,

REPAIRING AND FURNISHING CHARTER SCHOOL AND

DISTRICT FACILITIES AND GROUNDS AS PERMITTED BY LAW;

WITH SUCH DEBT TO BE IN THE FORM OF GENERAL

OBLIGATION BONDS, WHICH BONDS SHALL BEAR INTEREST

AT A MAXIMUM NET EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE NOT TO

EXCEED 6.50% AND MATURE, BE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION,

WITH OR WITHOUT PREMIUM, AND BE ISSUED, DATED AND

SOLD AT, ABOVE OR BELOW PAR, AND AT SUCH TIME OR

TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS,

NOT INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE BOARD OF

EDUCATION MAY DETERMINE; AND IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH (I) TO INCREASE THE DISTRICT'S AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES IN ANY YEAR IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT

TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON SUCH BONDS,

AND (II) TO COLLECT AND SPEND THE PROCEEDS OF THE

BONDS AND THE REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES AND THE

SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND

ANY EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF 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, SECTION 20 OF

THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?"

YES

NO

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STATE OF COLORADO

JEFFERSON COUNTY

GENERAL ELECTION

November 2, 2004

To vote, BLACKEN ( ) the oval to the left of any candidate. Do not vote for more than the authorized

number of candidates. Please use a Black or Blue pen to mark your ballot.

Ballot Style: 15

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS

(Vote for One Pair)

George W. Bush

Dick Cheney Republican

John F. Kerry

John Edwards Democratic

Michael Badnarik

Richard V. Campagna Libertarian

David Cobb

Patricia LaMarche Green

Ralph Nader

Peter Miguel Camejo Colorado Reform

Michael Anthony Peroutka

Chuck Baldwin American Constitution

Gene Amondson

Leroy Pletten Concerns of People

Stanford E. Andress (Andy)

Irene M. Deasy Unaffiliated

Walter F. Brown

Mary Cal Hollis Socialist

Earl F. Dodge

Howard L. Lydick Prohibition

James E. Harris

Margaret Trowe Socialist Workers

Bill Van Auken

Jim Lawrence Socialist Equality

Write-in

UNITED STATES SENATOR

(Vote for One)

Pete Coors

Republican

Ken Salazar

Democratic

Victor Good

Colorado Reform

Douglas "Dayhorse" Campbell

American Constitution

Richard Randall

Libertarian

John R. Harris

Independent

Finn Gotaas

Unaffiliated

Write-in

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE 109th UNITED

STATES CONGRESS

DISTRICT 6

(Vote for One)

Tom Tancredo

Republican

Joanna L. Conti

Democratic

Jack J. Woehr

Libertarian

Peter Shevchuk

American Constitution

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 6

(Vote for One)

Randy DeHoff

Republican

Susan Marinelli

Democratic

REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF

COLORADO AT LARGE

(Vote for One)

Jennifer Mello

Democratic

Steve Bosley

Republican

Daniel Ong

Libertarian

STATE REPRESENTATIVE

DISTRICT 25

(Vote for One)

Donna Red Wing

Democratic

John Witwer

Republican

DISTRICT ATTORNEY

1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT

(Vote for One)

Mary A. Malatesta

Democratic

Scott Storey

Republican

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT 1

(Vote for One)

Jim Congrove

Republican

Scott Benefield

Democratic

Steven Gallant

Libertarian

Tanya Ishikawa

Green

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT 2

(Vote for One)

J. Kevin McCasky

Republican

Guy Asher Stocking

Democratic

COUNTY SHERIFF

(Vote for One)

Charles W. Carter

Democratic

Ted B. Mink

Republican

COURT OF APPEALS

Shall Judge James S. Casebolt of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Dennis A. Graham of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Arthur P. Roy of the Colorado Court of

Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Daniel Marc Taubman of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge John R. Webb of the Colorado Court of

Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

DISTRICT JUDGE

1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Shall Judge Stephen M. Munsinger of the 1st

Judicial District be retained in office?

YES

NO

COUNTY JUDGE, JEFFERSON

Shall Judge Judy Archuleta of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge James C. Demlow of the Jefferson

County Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Tina L. Olsen of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Roy Olson of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

"Ballot issues referred by the general assembly

or any political subdivision are listed by letter,

and ballot issues initiated by the people are

listed numerically. A 'yes' vote on any ballot

issue is a vote in favor of changing current law

or existing circumstances, and a 'no' vote on

any ballot issue is a vote against changing

current law or existing circumstances."

AMENDMENT 34

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution

concerning recovery of damages relating to construction of real

property improvements, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting

laws that limit or impair a property owner's right to recover damages

caused by a failure to construct an improvement in a good and

workmanlike manner; defining "good and workmanlike manner" to

include construction that is suitable for its intended purposes; and

permitting exceptions for laws that limit punitive damages, afford

governmental immunity, or impose time limits of specified minimum

lengths on filing lawsuits?

YES

NO

AMENDMENT 35

SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED $175 MILLION ANNUALLY

THROUGH ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAXES IMPOSED FOR

HEALTH RELATED PURPOSES, AND, IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH, AMENDING THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION TO

INCREASE STATEWIDE TAXES ON THE SALE OF CIGARETTES

BY WHOLESALERS OF THREE AND TWO-TENTHS CENTS PER

CIGARETTE AND ON THE SALE, USE, CONSUMPTION,

HANDLING, OR DISTRIBUTION OF OTHER TOBACCO

PRODUCTS BY DISTRIBUTORS AT THE RATE OF TWENTY

PERCENT OF THE MANUFACTURER'S LIST PRICE; INCREASING

SUCH TOBACCO TAXES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2005;

REQUIRING ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS OF SPECIFIED

PERCENTAGES OF THE ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES TO EXPAND ELIGIBILITY FOR AND INCREASE

ENROLLMENT IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC HEALTH PLAN, TO

FUND COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE THROUGH

CERTAIN COLORADO QUALIFIED PROVIDERS, TOBACCO

EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND PREVENTION, EARLY

DETECTION, AND TREATMENT OF CANCER AND

CARDIOVASCULAR AND PULMONARY DISEASES, TO

COMPENSATE THE STATE GENERAL FUND, THE OLD AGE

PENSION FUND, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR TOBACCO

TAX LOSSES RESULTING FROM REDUCED SALES OF

CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS; SPECIFYING THAT

THE APPROPRIATIONS OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO AND NOT SUBSTITUTED

FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUCH PROGRAMS ON JANUARY

1, 2005; ALLOWING THE USE OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES FOR ANY HEALTH RELATED PURPOSE AND TO

SERVE POPULATIONS ENROLLED IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC

HEALTH PLAN AND THE COLORADO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

PROGRAM AS OF JANUARY 1, 2005, UPON A DECLARATION OF

A STATE FISCAL EMERGENCY BY TWO-THIRDS OF THE

MEMBERS OF EACH HOUSE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND

THE GOVERNOR; 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

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 vice-president 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

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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

rule-making 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

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

REFERENDUM 4A

SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT TAXES BE

INCREASED $158.34 MILLION ANNUALLY AND BY WHATEVER

ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER

BY INCREASING THE RATE OF SALES TAX LEVIED BY THE

DISTRICT BY FOUR-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT, FROM THE

CURRENT SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT TO ONE PERCENT

COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2005 AND, IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH, SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

DEBT BE INCREASED $3.477 BILLION, WITH A REPAYMENT

COST OF $7.129 BILLION WITH ALL PROCEEDS OF DEBT AND

TAXES TO BE USED AND SPENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION

AND OPERATION OF A FIXED GUIDE WAY MASS TRANSIT

SYSTEM, THE CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL PARK-N-RIDE

LOTS, THE EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING

PARK-N-RIDE LOTS, AND INCREASED BUS SERVICE,

INCLUDING THE USE OF SMALLER BUSES AND VANS AND

ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES AS APPROPRIATE, AS

SPECIFIED IN THE TRANSIT EXPANSION PLAN ADOPTED BY

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DISTRICT ON OR BEFORE

APRIL 22, 2004 AND SHALL DEBT BE EVIDENCED BY BONDS,

NOTES, OR OTHER MULTIPLE-FISCAL YEAR OBLIGATIONS

INCLUDING REFUNDING BONDS THAT MAY BE ISSUED AS A

LOWER OR HIGHER RATE OF INTEREST AND INCLUDING DEBT

THAT MAY HAVE A REDEMPTION PRIOR TO MATURITY WITH

OR WITHOUT PAYMENT OF A PREMIUM, PAYABLE FROM ALL

REVENUES GENERATED BY SAID TAX INCREASE, FEDERAL

FUNDS, INVESTMENT INCOME, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE

CONTRIBUTIONS, AND OTHER REVENUES AS THE BOARD MAY

DETERMINE, AND WITH SUCH REVENUES RAISED BY THE

SALES TAX RATE INCREASE AND THE PROCEEDS OF DEBT

OBLIGATIONS AND ANY INVESTMENT INCOME ON SUCH

REVENUES AND PROCEEDS BEING EXEMPT FROM THE

REVENUE AND SPENDING RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN

SECTION 20 0F ARTICLE X OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION

UNTIL SUCH TIME AS ALL DEBT IS REPAID WHEN THE RATE OF

TAX WILL BE DECREASED TO THAT AMOUNT NECESSARY FOR

THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM BUT NOT LESS

THAN SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT?

YES

NO

SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES DISTRICT

REFERENDUM 4B

SHALL THERE BE AN EXTENSION UNTIL JUNE 30, 2018, OF THE

AGGREGATE 0.1 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAXES

CURRENTLY LEVIED AND COLLECTED BY THE DENVER

METROPOLITAN SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES

DISTRICT THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE ON JUNE 30,

2006, FOR ASSISTING SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES

WITHIN THE DISTRICT WHILE AUTHORIZING THE DISTRICT TO

CONTINUE TO COLLECT, RETAIN, AND SPEND ALL REVENUE

GENERATED BY SUCH TAX IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITATION

PROVIDED IN ARTICLE X OF SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION AND WHILE MODIFYING THE RATES OF THE

THREE INDIVIDUAL SALES AND USE TAXES COLLECTED BY

THE DISTRICT AS FOLLOWS: INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT

SALES AND USE TAX TO .0655 PERCENT; DECREASING THE

.028 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .021 PERCENT; AND

INCREASING THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .0135

PERCENT; EXCEPT THAT, FOR TOTAL ANNUAL REVENUES

COLLECTED BY THE DISTRICT THAT EXCEED THIRTY-EIGHT

MILLION DOLLARS, INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT SALES

AND USE TAX TO .064 PERCENT; DECREASING THE .028

PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .022 PERCENT; AND

INCREASING THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .014

PERCENT?

YES

NO

JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT

ISSUE 3A

"SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1'S TAXES

BE INCREASED $38.5 MILLION ANNUALLY, OR SUCH LESSER

AMOUNT AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY ANNUALLY

DETERMINE, BY THE COLLECTION OF AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE 2004-2005 BUDGET YEAR AND

EACH BUDGET YEAR THEREAFTER FOR DEPOSIT IN THE

DISTRICT'S GENERAL FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES,

INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

* REDUCE AND MAINTAIN CLASS SIZE AND

STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS

ARE ACADEMICALLY PREPARED;

* MEET THE INCREASED COSTS INCURRED BY THE DISTRICT

TO CONTINUE THE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO ACADEMIC

EXCELLENCE AND TO PROVIDE AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY;

* MAINTAIN HIGH SCHOOL ELECTIVES SUCH AS MUSIC, ART

AND WORLD LANGUAGES WHILE IMPLEMENTING THE NEW

COLLEGE ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS; AND

* ATTRACT AND RETAIN HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS AND

SUPPORT STAFF;

WITH SUCH TAXES TO BE IN EXCESS OF PROPERTY TAX

REVENUES THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED BY THE GENERAL

FUND MILL LEVY PERMITTED UNDER STATE LAW WITHOUT

SUCH INCREASE AND, TOGETHER WITH REVENUES FROM

SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND

THE EARNINGS ON SUCH TAXES AND REVENUES, TO

CONSTITUTE A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE AND SPENDING

CHANGE UNDER, TO BE COLLECTED AND SPENT EACH YEAR

WITHOUT LIMITATION BY THE REVENUE AND SPENDING

LIMITS OF, AND WITHOUT AFFECTING THE DISTRICT'S ABILITY

TO COLLECT AND SPEND OTHER REVENUES OR FUNDS

UNDER, ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?"

YES

NO

JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT

ISSUE 3B

"SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1'S DEBT

BE INCREASED $323.8 MILLION WITH A REPAYMENT COST OF

$680.5 MILLION OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE

NECESSARY, AND SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL

DISTRICT R-1'S TAXES BE INCREASED $48.8 MILLION

ANNUALLY OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE

NECESSARY FOR THE PAYMENT OF SUCH DEBT, ALL FOR THE

FOLLOWING PURPOSES:

* CONSTRUCTING ADDITIONS, NEW CLASSROOM SPACE AND

REPLACEMENTS FOR 9 DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS, SOME OF

WHICH ARE APPROACHING 50 YEARS OLD;

* CONSTRUCTING ONE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND

REPLACING ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL;

* RENOVATING AND REPAIRING ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE

SCHOOL BUILDINGS;

* MAKING LIFE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS IN DISTRICT

BUILDINGS BY RENOVATING, REPAIRING AND/OR REPLACING

PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, LIGHTING AND MECHANICAL

SYSTEMS AND ROOFS, UPGRADING SECURITY AND

IMPROVING SITE CONDITIONS;

AND OTHERWISE EQUIPPING, IMPROVING, EXPANDING,

REPAIRING AND FURNISHING CHARTER SCHOOL AND

DISTRICT FACILITIES AND GROUNDS AS PERMITTED BY LAW;

WITH SUCH DEBT TO BE IN THE FORM OF GENERAL

OBLIGATION BONDS, WHICH BONDS SHALL BEAR INTEREST

AT A MAXIMUM NET EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE NOT TO

EXCEED 6.50% AND MATURE, BE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION,

WITH OR WITHOUT PREMIUM, AND BE ISSUED, DATED AND

SOLD AT, ABOVE OR BELOW PAR, AND AT SUCH TIME OR

TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS,

NOT INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE BOARD OF

EDUCATION MAY DETERMINE; AND IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH (I) TO INCREASE THE DISTRICT'S AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES IN ANY YEAR IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT

TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON SUCH BONDS,

AND (II) TO COLLECT AND SPEND THE PROCEEDS OF THE

BONDS AND THE REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES AND THE

SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND

ANY EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF 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, SECTION 20 OF

THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?"

YES

NO

NORTH FORK FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT

QUESTION 4C

SHALL THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED AREA BECOME PART OF

THE NORTH FORK FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT EFFECTIVE

DECEMBER 1, 2004, UPON THE FOLLOWING CONDITION?

DESCRIPTION OF AREA:

That portion of the property currently serviced by the Trumbull

Volunteer Fire Department located in Jefferson and Douglas

Counties, Colorado, described in the Public Notice, Amended Notice

of Inclusion, published in the High Timber Times on August 26, 2004

along with that area described in the High Timber Times on

September 9, 2004.

CONDITION:

THE TAXES FOR THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED ABOVE SHALL

BE INCREASED BY A MAXIMUM OF $27,805 IN THE FIRST YEAR,

AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, COMMENCING IN THE TAX

YEAR 2005, WITH A MAXIMUM MILL LEVY OF 12.00 MILLS

WHICH SHALL BE USED TO PROVIDE IMPROVED FIRE

PROTECTION, FIRE SUPPRESSION, AND EMERGENCY

MEDICAL SERVICES IN THE AREA, SUCH INCREASE TO BE

SPENT AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE AND AN

EXCEPTION TO THE EXPENDITURE, REVENUE RAISING

LIMITATIONS CONTAINED IN THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION,

AND COLORADO STATUTES.

YES

NO

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OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION SAMPLE BALLOT

STATE OF COLORADO

JEFFERSON COUNTY

GENERAL ELECTION

November 2, 2004

To vote, BLACKEN ( ) the oval to the left of any candidate. Do not vote for more than the authorized

number of candidates. Please use a Black or Blue pen to mark your ballot.

Ballot Style: 16

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS

(Vote for One Pair)

George W. Bush

Dick Cheney Republican

John F. Kerry

John Edwards Democratic

Michael Badnarik

Richard V. Campagna Libertarian

David Cobb

Patricia LaMarche Green

Ralph Nader

Peter Miguel Camejo Colorado Reform

Michael Anthony Peroutka

Chuck Baldwin American Constitution

Gene Amondson

Leroy Pletten Concerns of People

Stanford E. Andress (Andy)

Irene M. Deasy Unaffiliated

Walter F. Brown

Mary Cal Hollis Socialist

Earl F. Dodge

Howard L. Lydick Prohibition

James E. Harris

Margaret Trowe Socialist Workers

Bill Van Auken

Jim Lawrence Socialist Equality

Write-in

UNITED STATES SENATOR

(Vote for One)

Pete Coors

Republican

Ken Salazar

Democratic

Victor Good

Colorado Reform

Douglas "Dayhorse" Campbell

American Constitution

Richard Randall

Libertarian

John R. Harris

Independent

Finn Gotaas

Unaffiliated

Write-in

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE 109th UNITED

STATES CONGRESS

DISTRICT 6

(Vote for One)

Tom Tancredo

Republican

Joanna L. Conti

Democratic

Jack J. Woehr

Libertarian

Peter Shevchuk

American Constitution

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 6

(Vote for One)

Randy DeHoff

Republican

Susan Marinelli

Democratic

REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF

COLORADO AT LARGE

(Vote for One)

Jennifer Mello

Democratic

Steve Bosley

Republican

Daniel Ong

Libertarian

STATE REPRESENTATIVE

DISTRICT 25

(Vote for One)

Donna Red Wing

Democratic

John Witwer

Republican

DISTRICT ATTORNEY

1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT

(Vote for One)

Mary A. Malatesta

Democratic

Scott Storey

Republican

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT 1

(Vote for One)

Jim Congrove

Republican

Scott Benefield

Democratic

Steven Gallant

Libertarian

Tanya Ishikawa

Green

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT 2

(Vote for One)

J. Kevin McCasky

Republican

Guy Asher Stocking

Democratic

COUNTY SHERIFF

(Vote for One)

Charles W. Carter

Democratic

Ted B. Mink

Republican

COURT OF APPEALS

Shall Judge James S. Casebolt of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Dennis A. Graham of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Arthur P. Roy of the Colorado Court of

Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Daniel Marc Taubman of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge John R. Webb of the Colorado Court of

Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

DISTRICT JUDGE

1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Shall Judge Stephen M. Munsinger of the 1st

Judicial District be retained in office?

YES

NO

COUNTY JUDGE, JEFFERSON

Shall Judge Judy Archuleta of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge James C. Demlow of the Jefferson

County Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Tina L. Olsen of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Roy Olson of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

"Ballot issues referred by the general assembly

or any political subdivision are listed by letter,

and ballot issues initiated by the people are

listed numerically. A 'yes' vote on any ballot

issue is a vote in favor of changing current law

or existing circumstances, and a 'no' vote on

any ballot issue is a vote against changing

current law or existing circumstances."

AMENDMENT 34

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution

concerning recovery of damages relating to construction of real

property improvements, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting

laws that limit or impair a property owner's right to recover damages

caused by a failure to construct an improvement in a good and

workmanlike manner; defining "good and workmanlike manner" to

include construction that is suitable for its intended purposes; and

permitting exceptions for laws that limit punitive damages, afford

governmental immunity, or impose time limits of specified minimum

lengths on filing lawsuits?

YES

NO

AMENDMENT 35

SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED $175 MILLION ANNUALLY

THROUGH ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAXES IMPOSED FOR

HEALTH RELATED PURPOSES, AND, IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH, AMENDING THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION TO

INCREASE STATEWIDE TAXES ON THE SALE OF CIGARETTES

BY WHOLESALERS OF THREE AND TWO-TENTHS CENTS PER

CIGARETTE AND ON THE SALE, USE, CONSUMPTION,

HANDLING, OR DISTRIBUTION OF OTHER TOBACCO

PRODUCTS BY DISTRIBUTORS AT THE RATE OF TWENTY

PERCENT OF THE MANUFACTURER'S LIST PRICE; INCREASING

SUCH TOBACCO TAXES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2005;

REQUIRING ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS OF SPECIFIED

PERCENTAGES OF THE ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES TO EXPAND ELIGIBILITY FOR AND INCREASE

ENROLLMENT IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC HEALTH PLAN, TO

FUND COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE THROUGH

CERTAIN COLORADO QUALIFIED PROVIDERS, TOBACCO

EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND PREVENTION, EARLY

DETECTION, AND TREATMENT OF CANCER AND

CARDIOVASCULAR AND PULMONARY DISEASES, TO

COMPENSATE THE STATE GENERAL FUND, THE OLD AGE

PENSION FUND, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR TOBACCO

TAX LOSSES RESULTING FROM REDUCED SALES OF

CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS; SPECIFYING THAT

THE APPROPRIATIONS OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO AND NOT SUBSTITUTED

FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUCH PROGRAMS ON JANUARY

1, 2005; ALLOWING THE USE OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES FOR ANY HEALTH RELATED PURPOSE AND TO

SERVE POPULATIONS ENROLLED IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC

HEALTH PLAN AND THE COLORADO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

PROGRAM AS OF JANUARY 1, 2005, UPON A DECLARATION OF

A STATE FISCAL EMERGENCY BY TWO-THIRDS OF THE

MEMBERS OF EACH HOUSE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND

THE GOVERNOR; 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

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 vice-president 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

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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

rule-making 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

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

REFERENDUM 4A

SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT TAXES BE

INCREASED $158.34 MILLION ANNUALLY AND BY WHATEVER

ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER

BY INCREASING THE RATE OF SALES TAX LEVIED BY THE

DISTRICT BY FOUR-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT, FROM THE

CURRENT SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT TO ONE PERCENT

COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2005 AND, IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH, SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

DEBT BE INCREASED $3.477 BILLION, WITH A REPAYMENT

COST OF $7.129 BILLION WITH ALL PROCEEDS OF DEBT AND

TAXES TO BE USED AND SPENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION

AND OPERATION OF A FIXED GUIDE WAY MASS TRANSIT

SYSTEM, THE CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL PARK-N-RIDE

LOTS, THE EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING

PARK-N-RIDE LOTS, AND INCREASED BUS SERVICE,

INCLUDING THE USE OF SMALLER BUSES AND VANS AND

ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES AS APPROPRIATE, AS

SPECIFIED IN THE TRANSIT EXPANSION PLAN ADOPTED BY

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DISTRICT ON OR BEFORE

APRIL 22, 2004 AND SHALL DEBT BE EVIDENCED BY BONDS,

NOTES, OR OTHER MULTIPLE-FISCAL YEAR OBLIGATIONS

INCLUDING REFUNDING BONDS THAT MAY BE ISSUED AS A

LOWER OR HIGHER RATE OF INTEREST AND INCLUDING DEBT

THAT MAY HAVE A REDEMPTION PRIOR TO MATURITY WITH

OR WITHOUT PAYMENT OF A PREMIUM, PAYABLE FROM ALL

REVENUES GENERATED BY SAID TAX INCREASE, FEDERAL

FUNDS, INVESTMENT INCOME, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE

CONTRIBUTIONS, AND OTHER REVENUES AS THE BOARD MAY

DETERMINE, AND WITH SUCH REVENUES RAISED BY THE

SALES TAX RATE INCREASE AND THE PROCEEDS OF DEBT

OBLIGATIONS AND ANY INVESTMENT INCOME ON SUCH

REVENUES AND PROCEEDS BEING EXEMPT FROM THE

REVENUE AND SPENDING RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN

SECTION 20 0F ARTICLE X OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION

UNTIL SUCH TIME AS ALL DEBT IS REPAID WHEN THE RATE OF

TAX WILL BE DECREASED TO THAT AMOUNT NECESSARY FOR

THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM BUT NOT LESS

THAN SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT?

YES

NO

SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES DISTRICT

REFERENDUM 4B

SHALL THERE BE AN EXTENSION UNTIL JUNE 30, 2018, OF THE

AGGREGATE 0.1 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAXES

CURRENTLY LEVIED AND COLLECTED BY THE DENVER

METROPOLITAN SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES

DISTRICT THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE ON JUNE 30,

2006, FOR ASSISTING SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES

WITHIN THE DISTRICT WHILE AUTHORIZING THE DISTRICT TO

CONTINUE TO COLLECT, RETAIN, AND SPEND ALL REVENUE

GENERATED BY SUCH TAX IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITATION

PROVIDED IN ARTICLE X OF SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION AND WHILE MODIFYING THE RATES OF THE

THREE INDIVIDUAL SALES AND USE TAXES COLLECTED BY

THE DISTRICT AS FOLLOWS: INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT

SALES AND USE TAX TO .0655 PERCENT; DECREASING THE

.028 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .021 PERCENT; AND

INCREASING THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .0135

PERCENT; EXCEPT THAT, FOR TOTAL ANNUAL REVENUES

COLLECTED BY THE DISTRICT THAT EXCEED THIRTY-EIGHT

MILLION DOLLARS, INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT SALES

AND USE TAX TO .064 PERCENT; DECREASING THE .028

PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .022 PERCENT; AND

INCREASING THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .014

PERCENT?

YES

NO

CITY OF LITTLETON

ISSUE 2A

SHALL CITY OF LITTLETON DEBT BE INCREASED UP TO

$15,000,000 WITH A REPAYMENT COST OF UP TO $24,072,750

(SUCH AMOUNT BEING THE MAXIMUM TOTAL PRINCIPAL AND

INTEREST PAYABLE OVER THE LIFE OF SAID DEBT) BY THE

ISSUANCE AND PAYMENT OF BONDS OF THE CITY FOR THE

PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING A NEW BUILDING TO BE USED

TO HOUSE THE OP ERATIONS OF THE LITTLETON POLICE

DEPARTMENT. SUCH BONDS TO BE PAYABLE BY A PLEDGE

OF THE FULL FAITH AND CREDIT OF THE CITY AS

AUTHORIZED IN THE CITY'S CHARTER, WHICH

AUTHORIZATION SHALL INCLUDE AUTHORIZATION TO

REFUND SUCH BONDS AND REFUNDING BONDS WITHOUT

ADDITIONAL VOTER APPROVAL; AND IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH (I) SHALL CITY OF LITTLETON AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES BE INCREASED IN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT

OF $1,205,500 ANNUALLY TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND

INTEREST ON SUCH BONDS AND REFUNDING BONDS WHEN

DUE, WITHOUT LIMITATION OR ANY OTHER CONDITION

EXCEPT AS STATED ABOVE, AND (II) SHALL THE PROCEEDS

OF SUCH BONDS AND REFUNDING BONDS AND THE

REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES AND ANY EARNINGS FROM

THE INVESTMENT OF SUCH PROCEEDS AND REVENUES BE

COLLECTED AND SPENT WITHOUT LIMITATION OR CONDITION

UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?

YES

NO

QUESTION 2B

Shall Section 12 of the City Charter of the City of Littleton, Colorado,

entitled "Municipal Election," be amended to read:

Sec.12. Municipal Elections. A general municipal election shall be

held on the first Tuesday in November in odd numbered years.

Special municipal elections shall be held in accordance with the

provisions of this Charter. City elections shall generally be conducted

as mail ballot elections provided, however, the City Council may

determine, from time to time, to conduct required City elections at

polling places, when polling place elections are conducted, polling

places shall be open from seven A.M. to seven P.M. election days.

YES

NO

QUESTION 2C

Shall the first sentence of Section 58 of the City Charter of the City of

Littleton, Colorado, entitled "Establishment; Appointment,

Qualifications, Term, etc., of Judge," be amended to read:

There shall be a Municipal Court vested with exclusive original

jurisdiction of all violations of the Charter and the ordinances of the

City.

YES

NO

JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT

ISSUE 3A

"SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1'S TAXES

BE INCREASED $38.5 MILLION ANNUALLY, OR SUCH LESSER

AMOUNT AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY ANNUALLY

DETERMINE, BY THE COLLECTION OF AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE 2004-2005 BUDGET YEAR AND

EACH BUDGET YEAR THEREAFTER FOR DEPOSIT IN THE

DISTRICT'S GENERAL FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES,

INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

* REDUCE AND MAINTAIN CLASS SIZE AND

STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS

ARE ACADEMICALLY PREPARED;

* MEET THE INCREASED COSTS INCURRED BY THE DISTRICT

TO CONTINUE THE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO ACADEMIC

EXCELLENCE AND TO PROVIDE AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY;

* MAINTAIN HIGH SCHOOL ELECTIVES SUCH AS MUSIC, ART

AND WORLD LANGUAGES WHILE IMPLEMENTING THE NEW

COLLEGE ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS; AND

* ATTRACT AND RETAIN HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS AND

SUPPORT STAFF;

WITH SUCH TAXES TO BE IN EXCESS OF PROPERTY TAX

REVENUES THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED BY THE GENERAL

FUND MILL LEVY PERMITTED UNDER STATE LAW WITHOUT

SUCH INCREASE AND, TOGETHER WITH REVENUES FROM

SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND

THE EARNINGS ON SUCH TAXES AND REVENUES, TO

CONSTITUTE A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE AND SPENDING

CHANGE UNDER, TO BE COLLECTED AND SPENT EACH YEAR

WITHOUT LIMITATION BY THE REVENUE AND SPENDING

LIMITS OF, AND WITHOUT AFFECTING THE DISTRICT'S ABILITY

TO COLLECT AND SPEND OTHER REVENUES OR FUNDS

UNDER, ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?"

YES

NO

JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT

ISSUE 3B

"SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1'S DEBT

BE INCREASED $323.8 MILLION WITH A REPAYMENT COST OF

$680.5 MILLION OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE

NECESSARY, AND SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL

DISTRICT R-1'S TAXES BE INCREASED $48.8 MILLION

ANNUALLY OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE

NECESSARY FOR THE PAYMENT OF SUCH DEBT, ALL FOR THE

FOLLOWING PURPOSES:

* CONSTRUCTING ADDITIONS, NEW CLASSROOM SPACE AND

REPLACEMENTS FOR 9 DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS, SOME OF

WHICH ARE APPROACHING 50 YEARS OLD;

* CONSTRUCTING ONE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND

REPLACING ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL;

* RENOVATING AND REPAIRING ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE

SCHOOL BUILDINGS;

* MAKING LIFE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS IN DISTRICT

BUILDINGS BY RENOVATING, REPAIRING AND/OR REPLACING

PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, LIGHTING AND MECHANICAL

SYSTEMS AND ROOFS, UPGRADING SECURITY AND

IMPROVING SITE CONDITIONS;

AND OTHERWISE EQUIPPING, IMPROVING, EXPANDING,

REPAIRING AND FURNISHING CHARTER SCHOOL AND

DISTRICT FACILITIES AND GROUNDS AS PERMITTED BY LAW;

WITH SUCH DEBT TO BE IN THE FORM OF GENERAL

OBLIGATION BONDS, WHICH BONDS SHALL BEAR INTEREST

AT A MAXIMUM NET EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE NOT TO

EXCEED 6.50% AND MATURE, BE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION,

WITH OR WITHOUT PREMIUM, AND BE ISSUED, DATED AND

SOLD AT, ABOVE OR BELOW PAR, AND AT SUCH TIME OR

TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS,

NOT INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE BOARD OF

EDUCATION MAY DETERMINE; AND IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH (I) TO INCREASE THE DISTRICT'S AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES IN ANY YEAR IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT

TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON SUCH BONDS,

AND (II) TO COLLECT AND SPEND THE PROCEEDS OF THE

BONDS AND THE REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES AND THE

SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND

ANY EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF 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, SECTION 20 OF

THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?"

YES

NO

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OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION SAMPLE BALLOT

STATE OF COLORADO

JEFFERSON COUNTY

GENERAL ELECTION

November 2, 2004

To vote, BLACKEN ( ) the oval to the left of any candidate. Do not vote for more than the authorized

number of candidates. Please use a Black or Blue pen to mark your ballot.

Ballot Style: 17

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS

(Vote for One Pair)

George W. Bush

Dick Cheney Republican

John F. Kerry

John Edwards Democratic

Michael Badnarik

Richard V. Campagna Libertarian

David Cobb

Patricia LaMarche Green

Ralph Nader

Peter Miguel Camejo Colorado Reform

Michael Anthony Peroutka

Chuck Baldwin American Constitution

Gene Amondson

Leroy Pletten Concerns of People

Stanford E. Andress (Andy)

Irene M. Deasy Unaffiliated

Walter F. Brown

Mary Cal Hollis Socialist

Earl F. Dodge

Howard L. Lydick Prohibition

James E. Harris

Margaret Trowe Socialist Workers

Bill Van Auken

Jim Lawrence Socialist Equality

Write-in

UNITED STATES SENATOR

(Vote for One)

Pete Coors

Republican

Ken Salazar

Democratic

Victor Good

Colorado Reform

Douglas "Dayhorse" Campbell

American Constitution

Richard Randall

Libertarian

John R. Harris

Independent

Finn Gotaas

Unaffiliated

Write-in

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE 109th UNITED

STATES CONGRESS

DISTRICT 6

(Vote for One)

Tom Tancredo

Republican

Joanna L. Conti

Democratic

Jack J. Woehr

Libertarian

Peter Shevchuk

American Constitution

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 6

(Vote for One)

Randy DeHoff

Republican

Susan Marinelli

Democratic

REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF

COLORADO AT LARGE

(Vote for One)

Jennifer Mello

Democratic

Steve Bosley

Republican

Daniel Ong

Libertarian

STATE REPRESENTATIVE

DISTRICT 28

(Vote for One)

Thomas Dittemore

Democratic

Don Lee

Republican

DISTRICT ATTORNEY

1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT

(Vote for One)

Mary A. Malatesta

Democratic

Scott Storey

Republican

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT 1

(Vote for One)

Jim Congrove

Republican

Scott Benefield

Democratic

Steven Gallant

Libertarian

Tanya Ishikawa

Green

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT 2

(Vote for One)

J. Kevin McCasky

Republican

Guy Asher Stocking

Democratic

COUNTY SHERIFF

(Vote for One)

Charles W. Carter

Democratic

Ted B. Mink

Republican

COURT OF APPEALS

Shall Judge James S. Casebolt of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Dennis A. Graham of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Arthur P. Roy of the Colorado Court of

Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Daniel Marc Taubman of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge John R. Webb of the Colorado Court of

Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

DISTRICT JUDGE

1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Shall Judge Stephen M. Munsinger of the 1st

Judicial District be retained in office?

YES

NO

COUNTY JUDGE, JEFFERSON

Shall Judge Judy Archuleta of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge James C. Demlow of the Jefferson

County Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Tina L. Olsen of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Roy Olson of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

"Ballot issues referred by the general assembly

or any political subdivision are listed by letter,

and ballot issues initiated by the people are

listed numerically. A 'yes' vote on any ballot

issue is a vote in favor of changing current law

or existing circumstances, and a 'no' vote on

any ballot issue is a vote against changing

current law or existing circumstances."

AMENDMENT 34

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution

concerning recovery of damages relating to construction of real

property improvements, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting

laws that limit or impair a property owner's right to recover damages

caused by a failure to construct an improvement in a good and

workmanlike manner; defining "good and workmanlike manner" to

include construction that is suitable for its intended purposes; and

permitting exceptions for laws that limit punitive damages, afford

governmental immunity, or impose time limits of specified minimum

lengths on filing lawsuits?

YES

NO

AMENDMENT 35

SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED $175 MILLION ANNUALLY

THROUGH ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAXES IMPOSED FOR

HEALTH RELATED PURPOSES, AND, IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH, AMENDING THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION TO

INCREASE STATEWIDE TAXES ON THE SALE OF CIGARETTES

BY WHOLESALERS OF THREE AND TWO-TENTHS CENTS PER

CIGARETTE AND ON THE SALE, USE, CONSUMPTION,

HANDLING, OR DISTRIBUTION OF OTHER TOBACCO

PRODUCTS BY DISTRIBUTORS AT THE RATE OF TWENTY

PERCENT OF THE MANUFACTURER'S LIST PRICE; INCREASING

SUCH TOBACCO TAXES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2005;

REQUIRING ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS OF SPECIFIED

PERCENTAGES OF THE ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES TO EXPAND ELIGIBILITY FOR AND INCREASE

ENROLLMENT IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC HEALTH PLAN, TO

FUND COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE THROUGH

CERTAIN COLORADO QUALIFIED PROVIDERS, TOBACCO

EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND PREVENTION, EARLY

DETECTION, AND TREATMENT OF CANCER AND

CARDIOVASCULAR AND PULMONARY DISEASES, TO

COMPENSATE THE STATE GENERAL FUND, THE OLD AGE

PENSION FUND, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR TOBACCO

TAX LOSSES RESULTING FROM REDUCED SALES OF

CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS; SPECIFYING THAT

THE APPROPRIATIONS OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO AND NOT SUBSTITUTED

FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUCH PROGRAMS ON JANUARY

1, 2005; ALLOWING THE USE OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES FOR ANY HEALTH RELATED PURPOSE AND TO

SERVE POPULATIONS ENROLLED IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC

HEALTH PLAN AND THE COLORADO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

PROGRAM AS OF JANUARY 1, 2005, UPON A DECLARATION OF

A STATE FISCAL EMERGENCY BY TWO-THIRDS OF THE

MEMBERS OF EACH HOUSE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND

THE GOVERNOR; 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

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 vice-president 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

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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

rule-making 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

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

REFERENDUM 4A

SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT TAXES BE

INCREASED $158.34 MILLION ANNUALLY AND BY WHATEVER

ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER

BY INCREASING THE RATE OF SALES TAX LEVIED BY THE

DISTRICT BY FOUR-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT, FROM THE

CURRENT SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT TO ONE PERCENT

COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2005 AND, IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH, SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

DEBT BE INCREASED $3.477 BILLION, WITH A REPAYMENT

COST OF $7.129 BILLION WITH ALL PROCEEDS OF DEBT AND

TAXES TO BE USED AND SPENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION

AND OPERATION OF A FIXED GUIDE WAY MASS TRANSIT

SYSTEM, THE CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL PARK-N-RIDE

LOTS, THE EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING

PARK-N-RIDE LOTS, AND INCREASED BUS SERVICE,

INCLUDING THE USE OF SMALLER BUSES AND VANS AND

ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES AS APPROPRIATE, AS

SPECIFIED IN THE TRANSIT EXPANSION PLAN ADOPTED BY

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DISTRICT ON OR BEFORE

APRIL 22, 2004 AND SHALL DEBT BE EVIDENCED BY BONDS,

NOTES, OR OTHER MULTIPLE-FISCAL YEAR OBLIGATIONS

INCLUDING REFUNDING BONDS THAT MAY BE ISSUED AS A

LOWER OR HIGHER RATE OF INTEREST AND INCLUDING DEBT

THAT MAY HAVE A REDEMPTION PRIOR TO MATURITY WITH

OR WITHOUT PAYMENT OF A PREMIUM, PAYABLE FROM ALL

REVENUES GENERATED BY SAID TAX INCREASE, FEDERAL

FUNDS, INVESTMENT INCOME, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE

CONTRIBUTIONS, AND OTHER REVENUES AS THE BOARD MAY

DETERMINE, AND WITH SUCH REVENUES RAISED BY THE

SALES TAX RATE INCREASE AND THE PROCEEDS OF DEBT

OBLIGATIONS AND ANY INVESTMENT INCOME ON SUCH

REVENUES AND PROCEEDS BEING EXEMPT FROM THE

REVENUE AND SPENDING RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN

SECTION 20 0F ARTICLE X OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION

UNTIL SUCH TIME AS ALL DEBT IS REPAID WHEN THE RATE OF

TAX WILL BE DECREASED TO THAT AMOUNT NECESSARY FOR

THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM BUT NOT LESS

THAN SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT?

YES

NO

SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES DISTRICT

REFERENDUM 4B

SHALL THERE BE AN EXTENSION UNTIL JUNE 30, 2018, OF THE

AGGREGATE 0.1 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAXES

CURRENTLY LEVIED AND COLLECTED BY THE DENVER

METROPOLITAN SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES

DISTRICT THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE ON JUNE 30,

2006, FOR ASSISTING SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES

WITHIN THE DISTRICT WHILE AUTHORIZING THE DISTRICT TO

CONTINUE TO COLLECT, RETAIN, AND SPEND ALL REVENUE

GENERATED BY SUCH TAX IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITATION

PROVIDED IN ARTICLE X OF SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION AND WHILE MODIFYING THE RATES OF THE

THREE INDIVIDUAL SALES AND USE TAXES COLLECTED BY

THE DISTRICT AS FOLLOWS: INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT

SALES AND USE TAX TO .0655 PERCENT; DECREASING THE

.028 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .021 PERCENT; AND

INCREASING THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .0135

PERCENT; EXCEPT THAT, FOR TOTAL ANNUAL REVENUES

COLLECTED BY THE DISTRICT THAT EXCEED THIRTY-EIGHT

MILLION DOLLARS, INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT SALES

AND USE TAX TO .064 PERCENT; DECREASING THE .028

PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .022 PERCENT; AND

INCREASING THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .014

PERCENT?

YES

NO

JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT

ISSUE 3A

"SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1'S TAXES

BE INCREASED $38.5 MILLION ANNUALLY, OR SUCH LESSER

AMOUNT AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY ANNUALLY

DETERMINE, BY THE COLLECTION OF AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE 2004-2005 BUDGET YEAR AND

EACH BUDGET YEAR THEREAFTER FOR DEPOSIT IN THE

DISTRICT'S GENERAL FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES,

INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

* REDUCE AND MAINTAIN CLASS SIZE AND

STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS

ARE ACADEMICALLY PREPARED;

* MEET THE INCREASED COSTS INCURRED BY THE DISTRICT

TO CONTINUE THE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO ACADEMIC

EXCELLENCE AND TO PROVIDE AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY;

* MAINTAIN HIGH SCHOOL ELECTIVES SUCH AS MUSIC, ART

AND WORLD LANGUAGES WHILE IMPLEMENTING THE NEW

COLLEGE ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS; AND

* ATTRACT AND RETAIN HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS AND

SUPPORT STAFF;

WITH SUCH TAXES TO BE IN EXCESS OF PROPERTY TAX

REVENUES THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED BY THE GENERAL

FUND MILL LEVY PERMITTED UNDER STATE LAW WITHOUT

SUCH INCREASE AND, TOGETHER WITH REVENUES FROM

SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND

THE EARNINGS ON SUCH TAXES AND REVENUES, TO

CONSTITUTE A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE AND SPENDING

CHANGE UNDER, TO BE COLLECTED AND SPENT EACH YEAR

WITHOUT LIMITATION BY THE REVENUE AND SPENDING

LIMITS OF, AND WITHOUT AFFECTING THE DISTRICT'S ABILITY

TO COLLECT AND SPEND OTHER REVENUES OR FUNDS

UNDER, ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?"

YES

NO

JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT

ISSUE 3B

"SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1'S DEBT

BE INCREASED $323.8 MILLION WITH A REPAYMENT COST OF

$680.5 MILLION OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE

NECESSARY, AND SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL

DISTRICT R-1'S TAXES BE INCREASED $48.8 MILLION

ANNUALLY OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE

NECESSARY FOR THE PAYMENT OF SUCH DEBT, ALL FOR THE

FOLLOWING PURPOSES:

* CONSTRUCTING ADDITIONS, NEW CLASSROOM SPACE AND

REPLACEMENTS FOR 9 DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS, SOME OF

WHICH ARE APPROACHING 50 YEARS OLD;

* CONSTRUCTING ONE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND

REPLACING ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL;

* RENOVATING AND REPAIRING ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE

SCHOOL BUILDINGS;

* MAKING LIFE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS IN DISTRICT

BUILDINGS BY RENOVATING, REPAIRING AND/OR REPLACING

PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, LIGHTING AND MECHANICAL

SYSTEMS AND ROOFS, UPGRADING SECURITY AND

IMPROVING SITE CONDITIONS;

AND OTHERWISE EQUIPPING, IMPROVING, EXPANDING,

REPAIRING AND FURNISHING CHARTER SCHOOL AND

DISTRICT FACILITIES AND GROUNDS AS PERMITTED BY LAW;

WITH SUCH DEBT TO BE IN THE FORM OF GENERAL

OBLIGATION BONDS, WHICH BONDS SHALL BEAR INTEREST

AT A MAXIMUM NET EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE NOT TO

EXCEED 6.50% AND MATURE, BE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION,

WITH OR WITHOUT PREMIUM, AND BE ISSUED, DATED AND

SOLD AT, ABOVE OR BELOW PAR, AND AT SUCH TIME OR

TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS,

NOT INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE BOARD OF

EDUCATION MAY DETERMINE; AND IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH (I) TO INCREASE THE DISTRICT'S AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES IN ANY YEAR IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT

TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON SUCH BONDS,

AND (II) TO COLLECT AND SPEND THE PROCEEDS OF THE

BONDS AND THE REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES AND THE

SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND

ANY EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF 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, SECTION 20 OF

THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?"

YES

NO

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OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION SAMPLE BALLOT

STATE OF COLORADO

JEFFERSON COUNTY

GENERAL ELECTION

November 2, 2004

To vote, BLACKEN ( ) the oval to the left of any candidate. Do not vote for more than the authorized

number of candidates. Please use a Black or Blue pen to mark your ballot.

Ballot Style: 18

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS

(Vote for One Pair)

George W. Bush

Dick Cheney Republican

John F. Kerry

John Edwards Democratic

Michael Badnarik

Richard V. Campagna Libertarian

David Cobb

Patricia LaMarche Green

Ralph Nader

Peter Miguel Camejo Colorado Reform

Michael Anthony Peroutka

Chuck Baldwin American Constitution

Gene Amondson

Leroy Pletten Concerns of People

Stanford E. Andress (Andy)

Irene M. Deasy Unaffiliated

Walter F. Brown

Mary Cal Hollis Socialist

Earl F. Dodge

Howard L. Lydick Prohibition

James E. Harris

Margaret Trowe Socialist Workers

Bill Van Auken

Jim Lawrence Socialist Equality

Write-in

UNITED STATES SENATOR

(Vote for One)

Pete Coors

Republican

Ken Salazar

Democratic

Victor Good

Colorado Reform

Douglas "Dayhorse" Campbell

American Constitution

Richard Randall

Libertarian

John R. Harris

Independent

Finn Gotaas

Unaffiliated

Write-in

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE 109th UNITED

STATES CONGRESS

DISTRICT 6

(Vote for One)

Tom Tancredo

Republican

Joanna L. Conti

Democratic

Jack J. Woehr

Libertarian

Peter Shevchuk

American Constitution

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 6

(Vote for One)

Randy DeHoff

Republican

Susan Marinelli

Democratic

REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF

COLORADO AT LARGE

(Vote for One)

Jennifer Mello

Democratic

Steve Bosley

Republican

Daniel Ong

Libertarian

STATE SENATE

DISTRICT 26

(Vote for One)

Jared B. Ingwalson

Democratic

Jim Dyer

Republican

STATE REPRESENTATIVE

DISTRICT 38

(Vote for One)

Joe Stengel

Republican

Glen L. Emerson

Democratic

Frank Atwood

Libertarian

DISTRICT ATTORNEY

1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT

(Vote for One)

Mary A. Malatesta

Democratic

Scott Storey

Republican

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

DIRECTOR

RTD District D

(Vote for One)

Barbara Brohl

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT 1

(Vote for One)

Jim Congrove

Republican

Scott Benefield

Democratic

Steven Gallant

Libertarian

Tanya Ishikawa

Green

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT 2

(Vote for One)

J. Kevin McCasky

Republican

Guy Asher Stocking

Democratic

COUNTY SHERIFF

(Vote for One)

Charles W. Carter

Democratic

Ted B. Mink

Republican

COURT OF APPEALS

Shall Judge James S. Casebolt of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Dennis A. Graham of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Arthur P. Roy of the Colorado Court of

Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Daniel Marc Taubman of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge John R. Webb of the Colorado Court of

Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

DISTRICT JUDGE

1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Shall Judge Stephen M. Munsinger of the 1st

Judicial District be retained in office?

YES

NO

COUNTY JUDGE, JEFFERSON

Shall Judge Judy Archuleta of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge James C. Demlow of the Jefferson

County Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Tina L. Olsen of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Roy Olson of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

"Ballot issues referred by the general assembly

or any political subdivision are listed by letter,

and ballot issues initiated by the people are

listed numerically. A 'yes' vote on any ballot

issue is a vote in favor of changing current law

or existing circumstances, and a 'no' vote on

any ballot issue is a vote against changing

current law or existing circumstances."

AMENDMENT 34

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution

concerning recovery of damages relating to construction of real

property improvements, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting

laws that limit or impair a property owner's right to recover damages

caused by a failure to construct an improvement in a good and

workmanlike manner; defining "good and workmanlike manner" to

include construction that is suitable for its intended purposes; and

permitting exceptions for laws that limit punitive damages, afford

governmental immunity, or impose time limits of specified minimum

lengths on filing lawsuits?

YES

NO

AMENDMENT 35

SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED $175 MILLION ANNUALLY

THROUGH ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAXES IMPOSED FOR

HEALTH RELATED PURPOSES, AND, IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH, AMENDING THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION TO

INCREASE STATEWIDE TAXES ON THE SALE OF CIGARETTES

BY WHOLESALERS OF THREE AND TWO-TENTHS CENTS PER

CIGARETTE AND ON THE SALE, USE, CONSUMPTION,

HANDLING, OR DISTRIBUTION OF OTHER TOBACCO

PRODUCTS BY DISTRIBUTORS AT THE RATE OF TWENTY

PERCENT OF THE MANUFACTURER'S LIST PRICE; INCREASING

SUCH TOBACCO TAXES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2005;

REQUIRING ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS OF SPECIFIED

PERCENTAGES OF THE ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES TO EXPAND ELIGIBILITY FOR AND INCREASE

ENROLLMENT IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC HEALTH PLAN, TO

FUND COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE THROUGH

CERTAIN COLORADO QUALIFIED PROVIDERS, TOBACCO

EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND PREVENTION, EARLY

DETECTION, AND TREATMENT OF CANCER AND

CARDIOVASCULAR AND PULMONARY DISEASES, TO

COMPENSATE THE STATE GENERAL FUND, THE OLD AGE

PENSION FUND, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR TOBACCO

TAX LOSSES RESULTING FROM REDUCED SALES OF

CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS; SPECIFYING THAT

THE APPROPRIATIONS OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO AND NOT SUBSTITUTED

FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUCH PROGRAMS ON JANUARY

1, 2005; ALLOWING THE USE OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES FOR ANY HEALTH RELATED PURPOSE AND TO

SERVE POPULATIONS ENROLLED IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC

HEALTH PLAN AND THE COLORADO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

PROGRAM AS OF JANUARY 1, 2005, UPON A DECLARATION OF

A STATE FISCAL EMERGENCY BY TWO-THIRDS OF THE

MEMBERS OF EACH HOUSE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND

THE GOVERNOR; 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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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 vice-president 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

rule-making 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

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

REFERENDUM 4A

SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT TAXES BE

INCREASED $158.34 MILLION ANNUALLY AND BY WHATEVER

ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER

BY INCREASING THE RATE OF SALES TAX LEVIED BY THE

DISTRICT BY FOUR-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT, FROM THE

CURRENT SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT TO ONE PERCENT

COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2005 AND, IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH, SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

DEBT BE INCREASED $3.477 BILLION, WITH A REPAYMENT

COST OF $7.129 BILLION WITH ALL PROCEEDS OF DEBT AND

TAXES TO BE USED AND SPENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION

AND OPERATION OF A FIXED GUIDE WAY MASS TRANSIT

SYSTEM, THE CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL PARK-N-RIDE

LOTS, THE EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING

PARK-N-RIDE LOTS, AND INCREASED BUS SERVICE,

INCLUDING THE USE OF SMALLER BUSES AND VANS AND

ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES AS APPROPRIATE, AS

SPECIFIED IN THE TRANSIT EXPANSION PLAN ADOPTED BY

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DISTRICT ON OR BEFORE

APRIL 22, 2004 AND SHALL DEBT BE EVIDENCED BY BONDS,

NOTES, OR OTHER MULTIPLE-FISCAL YEAR OBLIGATIONS

INCLUDING REFUNDING BONDS THAT MAY BE ISSUED AS A

LOWER OR HIGHER RATE OF INTEREST AND INCLUDING DEBT

THAT MAY HAVE A REDEMPTION PRIOR TO MATURITY WITH

OR WITHOUT PAYMENT OF A PREMIUM, PAYABLE FROM ALL

REVENUES GENERATED BY SAID TAX INCREASE, FEDERAL

FUNDS, INVESTMENT INCOME, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE

CONTRIBUTIONS, AND OTHER REVENUES AS THE BOARD MAY

DETERMINE, AND WITH SUCH REVENUES RAISED BY THE

SALES TAX RATE INCREASE AND THE PROCEEDS OF DEBT

OBLIGATIONS AND ANY INVESTMENT INCOME ON SUCH

REVENUES AND PROCEEDS BEING EXEMPT FROM THE

REVENUE AND SPENDING RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN

SECTION 20 0F ARTICLE X OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION

UNTIL SUCH TIME AS ALL DEBT IS REPAID WHEN THE RATE OF

TAX WILL BE DECREASED TO THAT AMOUNT NECESSARY FOR

THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM BUT NOT LESS

THAN SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT?

YES

NO

SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES DISTRICT

REFERENDUM 4B

SHALL THERE BE AN EXTENSION UNTIL JUNE 30, 2018, OF THE

AGGREGATE 0.1 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAXES

CURRENTLY LEVIED AND COLLECTED BY THE DENVER

METROPOLITAN SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES

DISTRICT THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE ON JUNE 30,

2006, FOR ASSISTING SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES

WITHIN THE DISTRICT WHILE AUTHORIZING THE DISTRICT TO

CONTINUE TO COLLECT, RETAIN, AND SPEND ALL REVENUE

GENERATED BY SUCH TAX IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITATION

PROVIDED IN ARTICLE X OF SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION AND WHILE MODIFYING THE RATES OF THE

THREE INDIVIDUAL SALES AND USE TAXES COLLECTED BY

THE DISTRICT AS FOLLOWS: INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT

SALES AND USE TAX TO .0655 PERCENT; DECREASING THE

.028 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .021 PERCENT; AND

INCREASING THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .0135

PERCENT; EXCEPT THAT, FOR TOTAL ANNUAL REVENUES

COLLECTED BY THE DISTRICT THAT EXCEED THIRTY-EIGHT

MILLION DOLLARS, INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT SALES

AND USE TAX TO .064 PERCENT; DECREASING THE .028

PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .022 PERCENT; AND

INCREASING THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .014

PERCENT?

YES

NO

JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT

ISSUE 3A

"SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1'S TAXES

BE INCREASED $38.5 MILLION ANNUALLY, OR SUCH LESSER

AMOUNT AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY ANNUALLY

DETERMINE, BY THE COLLECTION OF AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE 2004-2005 BUDGET YEAR AND

EACH BUDGET YEAR THEREAFTER FOR DEPOSIT IN THE

DISTRICT'S GENERAL FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES,

INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

* REDUCE AND MAINTAIN CLASS SIZE AND

STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS

ARE ACADEMICALLY PREPARED;

* MEET THE INCREASED COSTS INCURRED BY THE DISTRICT

TO CONTINUE THE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO ACADEMIC

EXCELLENCE AND TO PROVIDE AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY;

* MAINTAIN HIGH SCHOOL ELECTIVES SUCH AS MUSIC, ART

AND WORLD LANGUAGES WHILE IMPLEMENTING THE NEW

COLLEGE ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS; AND

* ATTRACT AND RETAIN HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS AND

SUPPORT STAFF;

WITH SUCH TAXES TO BE IN EXCESS OF PROPERTY TAX

REVENUES THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED BY THE GENERAL

FUND MILL LEVY PERMITTED UNDER STATE LAW WITHOUT

SUCH INCREASE AND, TOGETHER WITH REVENUES FROM

SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND

THE EARNINGS ON SUCH TAXES AND REVENUES, TO

CONSTITUTE A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE AND SPENDING

CHANGE UNDER, TO BE COLLECTED AND SPENT EACH YEAR

WITHOUT LIMITATION BY THE REVENUE AND SPENDING

LIMITS OF, AND WITHOUT AFFECTING THE DISTRICT'S ABILITY

TO COLLECT AND SPEND OTHER REVENUES OR FUNDS

UNDER, ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?"

YES

NO

JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT

ISSUE 3B

"SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1'S DEBT

BE INCREASED $323.8 MILLION WITH A REPAYMENT COST OF

$680.5 MILLION OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE

NECESSARY, AND SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL

DISTRICT R-1'S TAXES BE INCREASED $48.8 MILLION

ANNUALLY OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE

NECESSARY FOR THE PAYMENT OF SUCH DEBT, ALL FOR THE

FOLLOWING PURPOSES:

* CONSTRUCTING ADDITIONS, NEW CLASSROOM SPACE AND

REPLACEMENTS FOR 9 DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS, SOME OF

WHICH ARE APPROACHING 50 YEARS OLD;

* CONSTRUCTING ONE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND

REPLACING ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL;

* RENOVATING AND REPAIRING ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE

SCHOOL BUILDINGS;

* MAKING LIFE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS IN DISTRICT

BUILDINGS BY RENOVATING, REPAIRING AND/OR REPLACING

PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, LIGHTING AND MECHANICAL

SYSTEMS AND ROOFS, UPGRADING SECURITY AND

IMPROVING SITE CONDITIONS;

AND OTHERWISE EQUIPPING, IMPROVING, EXPANDING,

REPAIRING AND FURNISHING CHARTER SCHOOL AND

DISTRICT FACILITIES AND GROUNDS AS PERMITTED BY LAW;

WITH SUCH DEBT TO BE IN THE FORM OF GENERAL

OBLIGATION BONDS, WHICH BONDS SHALL BEAR INTEREST

AT A MAXIMUM NET EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE NOT TO

EXCEED 6.50% AND MATURE, BE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION,

WITH OR WITHOUT PREMIUM, AND BE ISSUED, DATED AND

SOLD AT, ABOVE OR BELOW PAR, AND AT SUCH TIME OR

TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS,

NOT INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE BOARD OF

EDUCATION MAY DETERMINE; AND IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH (I) TO INCREASE THE DISTRICT'S AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES IN ANY YEAR IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT

TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON SUCH BONDS,

AND (II) TO COLLECT AND SPEND THE PROCEEDS OF THE

BONDS AND THE REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES AND THE

SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND

ANY EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF 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, SECTION 20 OF

THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?"

YES

NO

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OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION SAMPLE BALLOT

STATE OF COLORADO

JEFFERSON COUNTY

GENERAL ELECTION

November 2, 2004

To vote, BLACKEN ( ) the oval to the left of any candidate. Do not vote for more than the authorized

number of candidates. Please use a Black or Blue pen to mark your ballot.

Ballot Style: 19

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS

(Vote for One Pair)

George W. Bush

Dick Cheney Republican

John F. Kerry

John Edwards Democratic

Michael Badnarik

Richard V. Campagna Libertarian

David Cobb

Patricia LaMarche Green

Ralph Nader

Peter Miguel Camejo Colorado Reform

Michael Anthony Peroutka

Chuck Baldwin American Constitution

Gene Amondson

Leroy Pletten Concerns of People

Stanford E. Andress (Andy)

Irene M. Deasy Unaffiliated

Walter F. Brown

Mary Cal Hollis Socialist

Earl F. Dodge

Howard L. Lydick Prohibition

James E. Harris

Margaret Trowe Socialist Workers

Bill Van Auken

Jim Lawrence Socialist Equality

Write-in

UNITED STATES SENATOR

(Vote for One)

Pete Coors

Republican

Ken Salazar

Democratic

Victor Good

Colorado Reform

Douglas "Dayhorse" Campbell

American Constitution

Richard Randall

Libertarian

John R. Harris

Independent

Finn Gotaas

Unaffiliated

Write-in

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE 109th UNITED

STATES CONGRESS

DISTRICT 7

(Vote for One)

Bob Beauprez

Republican

Dave Thomas

Democratic

Clyde J. Harkins

American Constitution

REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF

COLORADO AT LARGE

(Vote for One)

Jennifer Mello

Democratic

Steve Bosley

Republican

Daniel Ong

Libertarian

STATE REPRESENTATIVE

DISTRICT 23

(Vote for One)

Ramey Johnson

Republican

Gwyn Green

Democratic

Michael T. McKinzie

Libertarian

DISTRICT ATTORNEY

1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT

(Vote for One)

Mary A. Malatesta

Democratic

Scott Storey

Republican

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT 1

(Vote for One)

Jim Congrove

Republican

Scott Benefield

Democratic

Steven Gallant

Libertarian

Tanya Ishikawa

Green

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT 2

(Vote for One)

J. Kevin McCasky

Republican

Guy Asher Stocking

Democratic

COUNTY SHERIFF

(Vote for One)

Charles W. Carter

Democratic

Ted B. Mink

Republican

COURT OF APPEALS

Shall Judge James S. Casebolt of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Dennis A. Graham of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Arthur P. Roy of the Colorado Court of

Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Daniel Marc Taubman of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge John R. Webb of the Colorado Court of

Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

DISTRICT JUDGE

1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Shall Judge Stephen M. Munsinger of the 1st

Judicial District be retained in office?

YES

NO

COUNTY JUDGE, JEFFERSON

Shall Judge Judy Archuleta of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge James C. Demlow of the Jefferson

County Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Tina L. Olsen of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Roy Olson of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

"Ballot issues referred by the general assembly

or any political subdivision are listed by letter,

and ballot issues initiated by the people are

listed numerically. A 'yes' vote on any ballot

issue is a vote in favor of changing current law

or existing circumstances, and a 'no' vote on

any ballot issue is a vote against changing

current law or existing circumstances."

AMENDMENT 34

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution

concerning recovery of damages relating to construction of real

property improvements, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting

laws that limit or impair a property owner's right to recover damages

caused by a failure to construct an improvement in a good and

workmanlike manner; defining "good and workmanlike manner" to

include construction that is suitable for its intended purposes; and

permitting exceptions for laws that limit punitive damages, afford

governmental immunity, or impose time limits of specified minimum

lengths on filing lawsuits?

YES

NO

AMENDMENT 35

SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED $175 MILLION ANNUALLY

THROUGH ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAXES IMPOSED FOR

HEALTH RELATED PURPOSES, AND, IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH, AMENDING THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION TO

INCREASE STATEWIDE TAXES ON THE SALE OF CIGARETTES

BY WHOLESALERS OF THREE AND TWO-TENTHS CENTS PER

CIGARETTE AND ON THE SALE, USE, CONSUMPTION,

HANDLING, OR DISTRIBUTION OF OTHER TOBACCO

PRODUCTS BY DISTRIBUTORS AT THE RATE OF TWENTY

PERCENT OF THE MANUFACTURER'S LIST PRICE; INCREASING

SUCH TOBACCO TAXES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2005;

REQUIRING ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS OF SPECIFIED

PERCENTAGES OF THE ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES TO EXPAND ELIGIBILITY FOR AND INCREASE

ENROLLMENT IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC HEALTH PLAN, TO

FUND COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE THROUGH

CERTAIN COLORADO QUALIFIED PROVIDERS, TOBACCO

EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND PREVENTION, EARLY

DETECTION, AND TREATMENT OF CANCER AND

CARDIOVASCULAR AND PULMONARY DISEASES, TO

COMPENSATE THE STATE GENERAL FUND, THE OLD AGE

PENSION FUND, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR TOBACCO

TAX LOSSES RESULTING FROM REDUCED SALES OF

CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS; SPECIFYING THAT

THE APPROPRIATIONS OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO AND NOT SUBSTITUTED

FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUCH PROGRAMS ON JANUARY

1, 2005; ALLOWING THE USE OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES FOR ANY HEALTH RELATED PURPOSE AND TO

SERVE POPULATIONS ENROLLED IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC

HEALTH PLAN AND THE COLORADO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

PROGRAM AS OF JANUARY 1, 2005, UPON A DECLARATION OF

A STATE FISCAL EMERGENCY BY TWO-THIRDS OF THE

MEMBERS OF EACH HOUSE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND

THE GOVERNOR; 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

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 vice-president 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

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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

rule-making 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

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

REFERENDUM 4A

SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT TAXES BE

INCREASED $158.34 MILLION ANNUALLY AND BY WHATEVER

ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER

BY INCREASING THE RATE OF SALES TAX LEVIED BY THE

DISTRICT BY FOUR-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT, FROM THE

CURRENT SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT TO ONE PERCENT

COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2005 AND, IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH, SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

DEBT BE INCREASED $3.477 BILLION, WITH A REPAYMENT

COST OF $7.129 BILLION WITH ALL PROCEEDS OF DEBT AND

TAXES TO BE USED AND SPENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION

AND OPERATION OF A FIXED GUIDE WAY MASS TRANSIT

SYSTEM, THE CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL PARK-N-RIDE

LOTS, THE EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING

PARK-N-RIDE LOTS, AND INCREASED BUS SERVICE,

INCLUDING THE USE OF SMALLER BUSES AND VANS AND

ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES AS APPROPRIATE, AS

SPECIFIED IN THE TRANSIT EXPANSION PLAN ADOPTED BY

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DISTRICT ON OR BEFORE

APRIL 22, 2004 AND SHALL DEBT BE EVIDENCED BY BONDS,

NOTES, OR OTHER MULTIPLE-FISCAL YEAR OBLIGATIONS

INCLUDING REFUNDING BONDS THAT MAY BE ISSUED AS A

LOWER OR HIGHER RATE OF INTEREST AND INCLUDING DEBT

THAT MAY HAVE A REDEMPTION PRIOR TO MATURITY WITH

OR WITHOUT PAYMENT OF A PREMIUM, PAYABLE FROM ALL

REVENUES GENERATED BY SAID TAX INCREASE, FEDERAL

FUNDS, INVESTMENT INCOME, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE

CONTRIBUTIONS, AND OTHER REVENUES AS THE BOARD MAY

DETERMINE, AND WITH SUCH REVENUES RAISED BY THE

SALES TAX RATE INCREASE AND THE PROCEEDS OF DEBT

OBLIGATIONS AND ANY INVESTMENT INCOME ON SUCH

REVENUES AND PROCEEDS BEING EXEMPT FROM THE

REVENUE AND SPENDING RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN

SECTION 20 0F ARTICLE X OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION

UNTIL SUCH TIME AS ALL DEBT IS REPAID WHEN THE RATE OF

TAX WILL BE DECREASED TO THAT AMOUNT NECESSARY FOR

THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM BUT NOT LESS

THAN SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT?

YES

NO

SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES DISTRICT

REFERENDUM 4B

SHALL THERE BE AN EXTENSION UNTIL JUNE 30, 2018, OF THE

AGGREGATE 0.1 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAXES

CURRENTLY LEVIED AND COLLECTED BY THE DENVER

METROPOLITAN SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES

DISTRICT THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE ON JUNE 30,

2006, FOR ASSISTING SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES

WITHIN THE DISTRICT WHILE AUTHORIZING THE DISTRICT TO

CONTINUE TO COLLECT, RETAIN, AND SPEND ALL REVENUE

GENERATED BY SUCH TAX IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITATION

PROVIDED IN ARTICLE X OF SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION AND WHILE MODIFYING THE RATES OF THE

THREE INDIVIDUAL SALES AND USE TAXES COLLECTED BY

THE DISTRICT AS FOLLOWS: INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT

SALES AND USE TAX TO .0655 PERCENT; DECREASING THE

.028 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .021 PERCENT; AND

INCREASING THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .0135

PERCENT; EXCEPT THAT, FOR TOTAL ANNUAL REVENUES

COLLECTED BY THE DISTRICT THAT EXCEED THIRTY-EIGHT

MILLION DOLLARS, INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT SALES

AND USE TAX TO .064 PERCENT; DECREASING THE .028

PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .022 PERCENT; AND

INCREASING THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .014

PERCENT?

YES

NO

JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT

ISSUE 3A

"SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1'S TAXES

BE INCREASED $38.5 MILLION ANNUALLY, OR SUCH LESSER

AMOUNT AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY ANNUALLY

DETERMINE, BY THE COLLECTION OF AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE 2004-2005 BUDGET YEAR AND

EACH BUDGET YEAR THEREAFTER FOR DEPOSIT IN THE

DISTRICT'S GENERAL FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES,

INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

* REDUCE AND MAINTAIN CLASS SIZE AND

STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS

ARE ACADEMICALLY PREPARED;

* MEET THE INCREASED COSTS INCURRED BY THE DISTRICT

TO CONTINUE THE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO ACADEMIC

EXCELLENCE AND TO PROVIDE AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY;

* MAINTAIN HIGH SCHOOL ELECTIVES SUCH AS MUSIC, ART

AND WORLD LANGUAGES WHILE IMPLEMENTING THE NEW

COLLEGE ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS; AND

* ATTRACT AND RETAIN HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS AND

SUPPORT STAFF;

WITH SUCH TAXES TO BE IN EXCESS OF PROPERTY TAX

REVENUES THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED BY THE GENERAL

FUND MILL LEVY PERMITTED UNDER STATE LAW WITHOUT

SUCH INCREASE AND, TOGETHER WITH REVENUES FROM

SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND

THE EARNINGS ON SUCH TAXES AND REVENUES, TO

CONSTITUTE A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE AND SPENDING

CHANGE UNDER, TO BE COLLECTED AND SPENT EACH YEAR

WITHOUT LIMITATION BY THE REVENUE AND SPENDING

LIMITS OF, AND WITHOUT AFFECTING THE DISTRICT'S ABILITY

TO COLLECT AND SPEND OTHER REVENUES OR FUNDS

UNDER, ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?"

YES

NO

JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT

ISSUE 3B

"SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1'S DEBT

BE INCREASED $323.8 MILLION WITH A REPAYMENT COST OF

$680.5 MILLION OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE

NECESSARY, AND SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL

DISTRICT R-1'S TAXES BE INCREASED $48.8 MILLION

ANNUALLY OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE

NECESSARY FOR THE PAYMENT OF SUCH DEBT, ALL FOR THE

FOLLOWING PURPOSES:

* CONSTRUCTING ADDITIONS, NEW CLASSROOM SPACE AND

REPLACEMENTS FOR 9 DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS, SOME OF

WHICH ARE APPROACHING 50 YEARS OLD;

* CONSTRUCTING ONE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND

REPLACING ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL;

* RENOVATING AND REPAIRING ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE

SCHOOL BUILDINGS;

* MAKING LIFE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS IN DISTRICT

BUILDINGS BY RENOVATING, REPAIRING AND/OR REPLACING

PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, LIGHTING AND MECHANICAL

SYSTEMS AND ROOFS, UPGRADING SECURITY AND

IMPROVING SITE CONDITIONS;

AND OTHERWISE EQUIPPING, IMPROVING, EXPANDING,

REPAIRING AND FURNISHING CHARTER SCHOOL AND

DISTRICT FACILITIES AND GROUNDS AS PERMITTED BY LAW;

WITH SUCH DEBT TO BE IN THE FORM OF GENERAL

OBLIGATION BONDS, WHICH BONDS SHALL BEAR INTEREST

AT A MAXIMUM NET EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE NOT TO

EXCEED 6.50% AND MATURE, BE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION,

WITH OR WITHOUT PREMIUM, AND BE ISSUED, DATED AND

SOLD AT, ABOVE OR BELOW PAR, AND AT SUCH TIME OR

TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS,

NOT INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE BOARD OF

EDUCATION MAY DETERMINE; AND IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH (I) TO INCREASE THE DISTRICT'S AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES IN ANY YEAR IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT

TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON SUCH BONDS,

AND (II) TO COLLECT AND SPEND THE PROCEEDS OF THE

BONDS AND THE REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES AND THE

SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND

ANY EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF 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, SECTION 20 OF

THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?"

YES

NO

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OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION SAMPLE BALLOT

STATE OF COLORADO

JEFFERSON COUNTY

GENERAL ELECTION

November 2, 2004

To vote, BLACKEN ( ) the oval to the left of any candidate. Do not vote for more than the authorized

number of candidates. Please use a Black or Blue pen to mark your ballot.

Ballot Style: 20

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS

(Vote for One Pair)

George W. Bush

Dick Cheney Republican

John F. Kerry

John Edwards Democratic

Michael Badnarik

Richard V. Campagna Libertarian

David Cobb

Patricia LaMarche Green

Ralph Nader

Peter Miguel Camejo Colorado Reform

Michael Anthony Peroutka

Chuck Baldwin American Constitution

Gene Amondson

Leroy Pletten Concerns of People

Stanford E. Andress (Andy)

Irene M. Deasy Unaffiliated

Walter F. Brown

Mary Cal Hollis Socialist

Earl F. Dodge

Howard L. Lydick Prohibition

James E. Harris

Margaret Trowe Socialist Workers

Bill Van Auken

Jim Lawrence Socialist Equality

Write-in

UNITED STATES SENATOR

(Vote for One)

Pete Coors

Republican

Ken Salazar

Democratic

Victor Good

Colorado Reform

Douglas "Dayhorse" Campbell

American Constitution

Richard Randall

Libertarian

John R. Harris

Independent

Finn Gotaas

Unaffiliated

Write-in

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE 109th UNITED

STATES CONGRESS

DISTRICT 7

(Vote for One)

Bob Beauprez

Republican

Dave Thomas

Democratic

Clyde J. Harkins

American Constitution

REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF

COLORADO AT LARGE

(Vote for One)

Jennifer Mello

Democratic

Steve Bosley

Republican

Daniel Ong

Libertarian

STATE REPRESENTATIVE

DISTRICT 24

(Vote for One)

Cheri Jahn

Democratic

Shawn Elke Glazer

Libertarian

DISTRICT ATTORNEY

1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT

(Vote for One)

Mary A. Malatesta

Democratic

Scott Storey

Republican

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT 1

(Vote for One)

Jim Congrove

Republican

Scott Benefield

Democratic

Steven Gallant

Libertarian

Tanya Ishikawa

Green

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT 2

(Vote for One)

J. Kevin McCasky

Republican

Guy Asher Stocking

Democratic

COUNTY SHERIFF

(Vote for One)

Charles W. Carter

Democratic

Ted B. Mink

Republican

COURT OF APPEALS

Shall Judge James S. Casebolt of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Dennis A. Graham of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Arthur P. Roy of the Colorado Court of

Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Daniel Marc Taubman of the Colorado

Court of Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge John R. Webb of the Colorado Court of

Appeals be retained in office?

YES

NO

DISTRICT JUDGE

1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Shall Judge Stephen M. Munsinger of the 1st

Judicial District be retained in office?

YES

NO

COUNTY JUDGE, JEFFERSON

Shall Judge Judy Archuleta of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge James C. Demlow of the Jefferson

County Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Tina L. Olsen of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

Shall Judge Roy Olson of the Jefferson County

Court be retained in office?

YES

NO

"Ballot issues referred by the general assembly

or any political subdivision are listed by letter,

and ballot issues initiated by the people are

listed numerically. A 'yes' vote on any ballot

issue is a vote in favor of changing current law

or existing circumstances, and a 'no' vote on

any ballot issue is a vote against changing

current law or existing circumstances."

AMENDMENT 34

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution

concerning recovery of damages relating to construction of real

property improvements, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting

laws that limit or impair a property owner's right to recover damages

caused by a failure to construct an improvement in a good and

workmanlike manner; defining "good and workmanlike manner" to

include construction that is suitable for its intended purposes; and

permitting exceptions for laws that limit punitive damages, afford

governmental immunity, or impose time limits of specified minimum

lengths on filing lawsuits?

YES

NO

AMENDMENT 35

SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED $175 MILLION ANNUALLY

THROUGH ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAXES IMPOSED FOR

HEALTH RELATED PURPOSES, AND, IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH, AMENDING THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION TO

INCREASE STATEWIDE TAXES ON THE SALE OF CIGARETTES

BY WHOLESALERS OF THREE AND TWO-TENTHS CENTS PER

CIGARETTE AND ON THE SALE, USE, CONSUMPTION,

HANDLING, OR DISTRIBUTION OF OTHER TOBACCO

PRODUCTS BY DISTRIBUTORS AT THE RATE OF TWENTY

PERCENT OF THE MANUFACTURER'S LIST PRICE; INCREASING

SUCH TOBACCO TAXES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2005;

REQUIRING ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS OF SPECIFIED

PERCENTAGES OF THE ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES TO EXPAND ELIGIBILITY FOR AND INCREASE

ENROLLMENT IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC HEALTH PLAN, TO

FUND COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE THROUGH

CERTAIN COLORADO QUALIFIED PROVIDERS, TOBACCO

EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND PREVENTION, EARLY

DETECTION, AND TREATMENT OF CANCER AND

CARDIOVASCULAR AND PULMONARY DISEASES, TO

COMPENSATE THE STATE GENERAL FUND, THE OLD AGE

PENSION FUND, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR TOBACCO

TAX LOSSES RESULTING FROM REDUCED SALES OF

CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS; SPECIFYING THAT

THE APPROPRIATIONS OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO AND NOT SUBSTITUTED

FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUCH PROGRAMS ON JANUARY

1, 2005; ALLOWING THE USE OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO TAX

REVENUES FOR ANY HEALTH RELATED PURPOSE AND TO

SERVE POPULATIONS ENROLLED IN THE CHILDREN'S BASIC

HEALTH PLAN AND THE COLORADO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

PROGRAM AS OF JANUARY 1, 2005, UPON A DECLARATION OF

A STATE FISCAL EMERGENCY BY TWO-THIRDS OF THE

MEMBERS OF EACH HOUSE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND

THE GOVERNOR; 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

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 vice-president 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

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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

rule-making 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

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

REFERENDUM 4A

SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT TAXES BE

INCREASED $158.34 MILLION ANNUALLY AND BY WHATEVER

ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER

BY INCREASING THE RATE OF SALES TAX LEVIED BY THE

DISTRICT BY FOUR-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT, FROM THE

CURRENT SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT TO ONE PERCENT

COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2005 AND, IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH, SHALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

DEBT BE INCREASED $3.477 BILLION, WITH A REPAYMENT

COST OF $7.129 BILLION WITH ALL PROCEEDS OF DEBT AND

TAXES TO BE USED AND SPENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION

AND OPERATION OF A FIXED GUIDE WAY MASS TRANSIT

SYSTEM, THE CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL PARK-N-RIDE

LOTS, THE EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING

PARK-N-RIDE LOTS, AND INCREASED BUS SERVICE,

INCLUDING THE USE OF SMALLER BUSES AND VANS AND

ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES AS APPROPRIATE, AS

SPECIFIED IN THE TRANSIT EXPANSION PLAN ADOPTED BY

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DISTRICT ON OR BEFORE

APRIL 22, 2004 AND SHALL DEBT BE EVIDENCED BY BONDS,

NOTES, OR OTHER MULTIPLE-FISCAL YEAR OBLIGATIONS

INCLUDING REFUNDING BONDS THAT MAY BE ISSUED AS A

LOWER OR HIGHER RATE OF INTEREST AND INCLUDING DEBT

THAT MAY HAVE A REDEMPTION PRIOR TO MATURITY WITH

OR WITHOUT PAYMENT OF A PREMIUM, PAYABLE FROM ALL

REVENUES GENERATED BY SAID TAX INCREASE, FEDERAL

FUNDS, INVESTMENT INCOME, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE

CONTRIBUTIONS, AND OTHER REVENUES AS THE BOARD MAY

DETERMINE, AND WITH SUCH REVENUES RAISED BY THE

SALES TAX RATE INCREASE AND THE PROCEEDS OF DEBT

OBLIGATIONS AND ANY INVESTMENT INCOME ON SUCH

REVENUES AND PROCEEDS BEING EXEMPT FROM THE

REVENUE AND SPENDING RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN

SECTION 20 0F ARTICLE X OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION

UNTIL SUCH TIME AS ALL DEBT IS REPAID WHEN THE RATE OF

TAX WILL BE DECREASED TO THAT AMOUNT NECESSARY FOR

THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM BUT NOT LESS

THAN SIX-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT?

YES

NO

SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES DISTRICT

REFERENDUM 4B

SHALL THERE BE AN EXTENSION UNTIL JUNE 30, 2018, OF THE

AGGREGATE 0.1 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAXES

CURRENTLY LEVIED AND COLLECTED BY THE DENVER

METROPOLITAN SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES

DISTRICT THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE ON JUNE 30,

2006, FOR ASSISTING SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES

WITHIN THE DISTRICT WHILE AUTHORIZING THE DISTRICT TO

CONTINUE TO COLLECT, RETAIN, AND SPEND ALL REVENUE

GENERATED BY SUCH TAX IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITATION

PROVIDED IN ARTICLE X OF SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION AND WHILE MODIFYING THE RATES OF THE

THREE INDIVIDUAL SALES AND USE TAXES COLLECTED BY

THE DISTRICT AS FOLLOWS: INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT

SALES AND USE TAX TO .0655 PERCENT; DECREASING THE

.028 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .021 PERCENT; AND

INCREASING THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .0135

PERCENT; EXCEPT THAT, FOR TOTAL ANNUAL REVENUES

COLLECTED BY THE DISTRICT THAT EXCEED THIRTY-EIGHT

MILLION DOLLARS, INCREASING THE .059 PERCENT SALES

AND USE TAX TO .064 PERCENT; DECREASING THE .028

PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .022 PERCENT; AND

INCREASING THE .013 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO .014

PERCENT?

YES

NO

JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT

ISSUE 3A

"SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1'S TAXES

BE INCREASED $38.5 MILLION ANNUALLY, OR SUCH LESSER

AMOUNT AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY ANNUALLY

DETERMINE, BY THE COLLECTION OF AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE 2004-2005 BUDGET YEAR AND

EACH BUDGET YEAR THEREAFTER FOR DEPOSIT IN THE

DISTRICT'S GENERAL FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES,

INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

* REDUCE AND MAINTAIN CLASS SIZE AND

STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS

ARE ACADEMICALLY PREPARED;

* MEET THE INCREASED COSTS INCURRED BY THE DISTRICT

TO CONTINUE THE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO ACADEMIC

EXCELLENCE AND TO PROVIDE AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY;

* MAINTAIN HIGH SCHOOL ELECTIVES SUCH AS MUSIC, ART

AND WORLD LANGUAGES WHILE IMPLEMENTING THE NEW

COLLEGE ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS; AND

* ATTRACT AND RETAIN HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS AND

SUPPORT STAFF;

WITH SUCH TAXES TO BE IN EXCESS OF PROPERTY TAX

REVENUES THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED BY THE GENERAL

FUND MILL LEVY PERMITTED UNDER STATE LAW WITHOUT

SUCH INCREASE AND, TOGETHER WITH REVENUES FROM

SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND

THE EARNINGS ON SUCH TAXES AND REVENUES, TO

CONSTITUTE A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE AND SPENDING

CHANGE UNDER, TO BE COLLECTED AND SPENT EACH YEAR

WITHOUT LIMITATION BY THE REVENUE AND SPENDING

LIMITS OF, AND WITHOUT AFFECTING THE DISTRICT'S ABILITY

TO COLLECT AND SPEND OTHER REVENUES OR FUNDS

UNDER, ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?"

YES

NO

JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT

ISSUE 3B

"SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1'S DEBT

BE INCREASED $323.8 MILLION WITH A REPAYMENT COST OF

$680.5 MILLION OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE

NECESSARY, AND SHALL JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL

DISTRICT R-1'S TAXES BE INCREASED $48.8 MILLION

ANNUALLY OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE

NECESSARY FOR THE PAYMENT OF SUCH DEBT, ALL FOR THE

FOLLOWING PURPOSES:

* CONSTRUCTING ADDITIONS, NEW CLASSROOM SPACE AND

REPLACEMENTS FOR 9 DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS, SOME OF

WHICH ARE APPROACHING 50 YEARS OLD;

* CONSTRUCTING ONE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND

REPLACING ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL;

* RENOVATING AND REPAIRING ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE

SCHOOL BUILDINGS;

* MAKING LIFE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS IN DISTRICT

BUILDINGS BY RENOVATING, REPAIRING AND/OR REPLACING

PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, LIGHTING AND MECHANICAL

SYSTEMS AND ROOFS, UPGRADING SECURITY AND

IMPROVING SITE CONDITIONS;

AND OTHERWISE EQUIPPING, IMPROVING, EXPANDING,

REPAIRING AND FURNISHING CHARTER SCHOOL AND

DISTRICT FACILITIES AND GROUNDS AS PERMITTED BY LAW;

WITH SUCH DEBT TO BE IN THE FORM OF GENERAL

OBLIGATION BONDS, WHICH BONDS SHALL BEAR INTEREST

AT A MAXIMUM NET EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE NOT TO

EXCEED 6.50% AND MATURE, BE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION,

WITH OR WITHOUT PREMIUM, AND BE ISSUED, DATED AND

SOLD AT, ABOVE OR BELOW PAR, AND AT SUCH TIME OR

TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS,

NOT INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE BOARD OF

EDUCATION MAY DETERMINE; AND IN CONNECTION

THEREWITH (I) TO INCREASE THE DISTRICT'S AD VALOREM

PROPERTY TAXES IN ANY YEAR IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT

TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON SUCH BONDS,

AND (II) TO COLLECT AND SPEND THE PROCEEDS OF THE

BONDS AND THE REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES AND THE

SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND

ANY EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF 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, SECTION 20 OF

THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?"

YES

NO

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