Westword: Douglas County Could Become Colorado's Third Home Rule County

From Westword, by Brendan Joel Kelley, June 17, 2025

On June 24, DougCo residents will vote on whether to form a Home Rule Charter Commission...and also elect members of that commission.

On Tuesday, June 24, voters in Douglas County will vote in a special election on whether to form a Home Rule Charter Commission while also electing 21 people to serve on that commission. If voters approve, the new commission will be charged with authoring a home rule charter for the county, and another vote will be held on whether to implement that home rule charter in November.

The June 24 special election is expected to cost up to a half-million dollars, but whether Douglas County needs its own home rule charter and why this special election is taking place at all have been contentious topics in this corner of the Denver exurbs that stretches from Highlands Ranch to south of Larkspur and has the highest median household income of any county in the state...

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