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DOUGLAS COUNTY - BALLOT QUESTION 200
The county grew. The structure didn't.
Right now, two votes decide every question before the Board of County Commissioners, for 400,000 residents. Five commissioners, with district representation, means a commissioner who lives in, is elected by, and answers to your part of the county.
YOUR BALLOT
Yes on 200. 201: pick one. No on 1A.
200
Expand the Board to five comissioners.
Voters put it on the ballot: more than 20,400 signed the petition.
201
How the five commissioners are elected.
Both options give each part of the county a commissioner elected by its own voters. Don't skip it.
1A
1A wasn't on the citizen petition. The Board added it.
1A asks whether every commissioner should be elected by the whole county. Let each part of the county elect its own commissioner.
400,000
residents, three commissioners
2 votes
decide every question
20,400+
voters signed to put 200 on the ballot
Nov 3
Election Day. Ballots mail Oct 2
Why Yes on 200?
TWO VOTERS
Two votes decide every question.
Right now, two of three commissioners decide every question before the Board, for 400,000 residents. They also hold about 60 appointments to outside boards and authorities, the Board of Health, and every land use case in the county.
YOURS
Someone who answers to your part of the county.
District representation means somebody's job is your part of the county, whether that is a town or unincorporated Douglas County. An independent commission, split evenly between Republicans, Democrats, and unaffiliated voters, approves the district plans.
VOTERS
Voters put 200 on the ballot.
More than 20,400 Douglas County voters signed the petition and the Clerk certified in on August 12. Unaffiliated voters were the largest group of signers in every House District. The Board didn't write this measure. Voters did.
SMALL
About two-tenths of one percent. No tax increase.
Even at the top of the range on your ballot, the cost is about two-tenths of one percent of the county budget. The measure contains no tax increase.
Will this raise my taxes?
Which counties our size have already done this?
The county's analysis names three Front Range peers with five commissioners: Adams, Arapahoe and El Paso.
No. The measure contains no tax increase. Any future tax increase would still require approval from Douglas County voters.
ENDORSED BY
"Parker deserves a stronger, more consistent voice in the county decisions that shape its future."
EVENTS
Upcoming town halls and events.
- Campaign KickoffThu, Sep 24Happy Crew Coffee House (2nd floor)
- YES on 200 Town Hall: Castle RockSun, Sep 27Castle Rock Library Event Hall A
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