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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: 21

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 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: 22

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 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

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: 23

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 27

(Vote for One)

Chris Rose

Democratic

Bill Crane

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: 24

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 SENATE

DISTRICT 19

(Vote for One)

Sue Windels

Democratic

Jessica Corry

Republican

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

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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

D

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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: 25

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 SENATE

DISTRICT 19

(Vote for One)

Sue Windels

Democratic

Jessica Corry

Republican

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

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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: 26

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 SENATE

DISTRICT 19

(Vote for One)

Sue Windels

Democratic

Jessica Corry

Republican

STATE REPRESENTATIVE

DISTRICT 27

(Vote for One)

Chris Rose

Democratic

Bill Crane

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: 27

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 SENATE

DISTRICT 19

(Vote for One)

Sue Windels

Democratic

Jessica Corry

Republican

STATE REPRESENTATIVE

DISTRICT 27

(Vote for One)

Chris Rose

Democratic

Bill Crane

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: 28

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 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: 29

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

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: 30

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

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

DIRECTOR

RTD District M

(Vote for One)

David Ruchman

Jerry Roach

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 LAKEWOOD

PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 1

Shall Article II, Section 2.9 of the Lakewood City Charter be

amended to clarify that an individual, at the time of declaring their

candidacy and throughout their term of office, shall be a registered

elector in the City of Lakewood?

If so amended, Article II, Section 2.9 of the Lakewood City Charter

shall read

"2.9 QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE. Each member of the City

Council shall be a citizen of the United States of America, at least

twenty-one years of age, a resident of the City or of the area

annexed to the City for at least twelve consecutive months

immediately preceding the date of the election, a registered elector in

the City, and a resident of the ward from which elected. As a

condition of holding office as a member of the City Council, the

Mayor shall be a resident of the City and each member of the City

Council shall be a resident of the ward from which elected, provided

that a change in ward boundaries shall not cause the removal from

office of any member of the City Council until the end of the term for

which such member was elected. No member of the City Council

during a term of office shall be an employee of the City or hold any

elected office of the State of Colorado or any political subdivision

thereof. The City Council shall be the judge of the election and of the

qualifications of its members."

FOR THE AMENDMENT

AGAINST THE AMENDMENT

PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 2

Shall Article VI, Section 6.3 of the Lakewood City Charter be

amended to set the date of the regular municipal election to be the

first Tuesday in November of each odd-numbered year?

If so amended, Article VI, Section 6.3 of the Lakewood City Charter

shall read: "6.3 REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. A regular

municipal election shall be held in each odd-numbered year on the

first Tuesday in November."

FOR THE AMENDMENT

AGAINST THE AMENDMENT

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: 31

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

CITY OF LAKEWOOD

PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 1

Shall Article II, Section 2.9 of the Lakewood City Charter be

amended to clarify that an individual, at the time of declaring their

candidacy and throughout their term of office, shall be a registered

elector in the City of Lakewood?

If so amended, Article II, Section 2.9 of the Lakewood City Charter

shall read

"2.9 QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE. Each member of the City

Council shall be a citizen of the United States of America, at least

twenty-one years of age, a resident of the City or of the area

annexed to the City for at least twelve consecutive months

immediately preceding the date of the election, a registered elector in

the City, and a resident of the ward from which elected. As a

condition of holding office as a member of the City Council, the

Mayor shall be a resident of the City and each member of the City

Council shall be a resident of the ward from which elected, provided

that a change in ward boundaries shall not cause the removal from

office of any member of the City Council until the end of the term for

which such member was elected. No member of the City Council

during a term of office shall be an employee of the City or hold any

elected office of the State of Colorado or any political subdivision

thereof. The City Council shall be the judge of the election and of the

qualifications of its members."

FOR THE AMENDMENT

AGAINST THE AMENDMENT

PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 2

Shall Article VI, Section 6.3 of the Lakewood City Charter be

amended to set the date of the regular municipal election to be the

first Tuesday in November of each odd-numbered year?

If so amended, Article VI, Section 6.3 of the Lakewood City Charter

shall read: "6.3 REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. A regular

municipal election shall be held in each odd-numbered year on the

first Tuesday in November."

FOR THE AMENDMENT

AGAINST THE AMENDMENT

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: 32

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

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

DIRECTOR

RTD District M

(Vote for One)

David Ruchman

Jerry Roach

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: 33

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

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

DIRECTOR

RTD District M

(Vote for One)

David Ruchman

Jerry Roach

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: 34

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

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: 35

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

CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE

ISSUE 2A

SHALL CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE TAXES BE INCREASED $5.9

MILLION ANNUALLY COMMENCING IN 2005, AND BY

WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY

THEREAFTER, WHICH REVENUES SHALL BE USED

EXCLUSIVELY TO IMPROVE AND ENHANCE THE SAFETY,

SECURITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF WHEAT RIDGE

RESIDENTS AND TO IMPROVE AND ENHANCE THE CITY'S

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS TO INCLUDE AT A

MINIMUM:

* 10 ADDITIONAL POLICE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL

* PROGRAMS TO RETAIN AND ATTRACT BUSINESS AND JOBS

TO THE COMMUNITY

* MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE PARK AND RECREATION STAFF

AND EQUIPMENT

THROUGH AN INCREASE IN THE CITY'S SALES AND USE TAX

RATE OF 1 PERCENT (1.0%) AND SHALL THE CITY BE

PERMITTED TO COLLECT AND SPEND THE REVENUES FROM

SUCH INCREASE AND ANY INTEREST OR GAIN THEREON,

WITHOUT REGARD TO THE LIMITATIONS OF ARTICLE X,

SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION?

YES

NO

QUESTION 2B

Shall The Home Rule Charter Of The City Of Wheat Ridge,

Colorado, Be Amended To Provide For The General Municipal

Election To Be Held On The First Tuesday In November Of

0dd-Numbered Years, In Order To Coincide With The

County-Coordinated Election Held On Those Dates?

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: 36

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

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

DIRECTOR

RTD District M

(Vote for One)

David Ruchman

Jerry Roach

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 WHEAT RIDGE

ISSUE 2A

SHALL CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE TAXES BE INCREASED $5.9

MILLION ANNUALLY COMMENCING IN 2005, AND BY

WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY

THEREAFTER, WHICH REVENUES SHALL BE USED

EXCLUSIVELY TO IMPROVE AND ENHANCE THE SAFETY,

SECURITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF WHEAT RIDGE

RESIDENTS AND TO IMPROVE AND ENHANCE THE CITY'S

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS TO INCLUDE AT A

MINIMUM:

* 10 ADDITIONAL POLICE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL

* PROGRAMS TO RETAIN AND ATTRACT BUSINESS AND JOBS

TO THE COMMUNITY

* MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE PARK AND RECREATION STAFF

AND EQUIPMENT

THROUGH AN INCREASE IN THE CITY'S SALES AND USE TAX

RATE OF 1 PERCENT (1.0%) AND SHALL THE CITY BE

PERMITTED TO COLLECT AND SPEND THE REVENUES FROM

SUCH INCREASE AND ANY INTEREST OR GAIN THEREON,

WITHOUT REGARD TO THE LIMITATIONS OF ARTICLE X,

SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION?

YES

NO

QUESTION 2B

Shall The Home Rule Charter Of The City Of Wheat Ridge,

Colorado, Be Amended To Provide For The General Municipal

Election To Be Held On The First Tuesday In November Of

0dd-Numbered Years, In Order To Coincide With The

County-Coordinated Election Held On Those Dates?

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: 37

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

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

DIRECTOR

RTD District M

(Vote for One)

David Ruchman

Jerry Roach

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 EDGEWATER

QUESTION 2A

Shall Sections 2.1 And 3.2(3) Of The Charter, Concerning The

Commencement Of Terms For The Mayor And City

Councilmembers, Be Amended So That Terms For Elective Office

Begin At The Next Regular Meeting Following The Certification Of

Election Results?

YES

NO

QUESTION 2B

Shall Section 3.6 Of The Charter, Concerning Vacancies On City

Council, Be Amended So That All Vacancies Are Filled By

Appointment For A Term That Expires At The Next Regular Election?

YES

NO

QUESTION 2C

Shall Section 4.2 Of The Charter, Concerning The Regular Election

Date, Be Changed From The First Tuesday Following The First

Monday In November Of Each Odd Numbered Year To The First

Tuesday In November Of Each Odd Numbered Year?

YES

NO

QUESTION 2D

Shall Section 6.5 Of The Charter, Concerning Emergency

Ordinances, Be Amended To Provide That Emergency Ordinances

Are Effective Upon Signature By The Mayor Following Adoption?

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: 38

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

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

DIRECTOR

RTD District M

(Vote for One)

David Ruchman

Jerry Roach

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: 39

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

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

DIRECTOR

RTD District M

(Vote for One)

David Ruchman

Jerry Roach

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 LAKEWOOD

PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 1

Shall Article II, Section 2.9 of the Lakewood City Charter be

amended to clarify that an individual, at the time of declaring their

candidacy and throughout their term of office, shall be a registered

elector in the City of Lakewood?

If so amended, Article II, Section 2.9 of the Lakewood City Charter

shall read

"2.9 QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE. Each member of the City

Council shall be a citizen of the United States of America, at least

twenty-one years of age, a resident of the City or of the area

annexed to the City for at least twelve consecutive months

immediately preceding the date of the election, a registered elector in

the City, and a resident of the ward from which elected. As a

condition of holding office as a member of the City Council, the

Mayor shall be a resident of the City and each member of the City

Council shall be a resident of the ward from which elected, provided

that a change in ward boundaries shall not cause the removal from

office of any member of the City Council until the end of the term for

which such member was elected. No member of the City Council

during a term of office shall be an employee of the City or hold any

elected office of the State of Colorado or any political subdivision

thereof. The City Council shall be the judge of the election and of the

qualifications of its members."

FOR THE AMENDMENT

AGAINST THE AMENDMENT

PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 2

Shall Article VI, Section 6.3 of the Lakewood City Charter be

amended to set the date of the regular municipal election to be the

first Tuesday in November of each odd-numbered year?

If so amended, Article VI, Section 6.3 of the Lakewood City Charter

shall read: "6.3 REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. A regular

municipal election shall be held in each odd-numbered year on the

first Tuesday in November."

FOR THE AMENDMENT

AGAINST THE AMENDMENT

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: 40

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

CITY OF EDGEWATER

QUESTION 2A

Shall Sections 2.1 And 3.2(3) Of The Charter, Concerning The

Commencement Of Terms For The Mayor And City

Councilmembers, Be Amended So That Terms For Elective Office

Begin At The Next Regular Meeting Following The Certification Of

Election Results?

YES

NO

QUESTION 2B

Shall Section 3.6 Of The Charter, Concerning Vacancies On City

Council, Be Amended So That All Vacancies Are Filled By

Appointment For A Term That Expires At The Next Regular Election?

YES

NO

QUESTION 2C

Shall Section 4.2 Of The Charter, Concerning The Regular Election

Date, Be Changed From The First Tuesday Following The First

Monday In November Of Each Odd Numbered Year To The First

Tuesday In November Of Each Odd Numbered Year?

YES

NO

QUESTION 2D

Shall Section 6.5 Of The Charter, Concerning Emergency

Ordinances, Be Amended To Provide That Emergency Ordinances

Are Effective Upon Signature By The Mayor Following Adoption?

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

D

D

E

E

F

F