The Clerk and Recorder accepts comments for and against ballot measures for publication in the Ballot Information Booklet. Comments must be limited to 500 words or fewer.
The public comment period has closed.
The following proposals will appear on the November 3, 2026 General Election ballot:
Full Text: Charter amendment concerning the Auditor's Office
Ballot Title:
Shall the Charter of the City and County of Denver be amended to expressly clarify that the Auditor’s Office may continue to enforce wage laws, worker protection laws, and other workplace rights laws in accordance with ordinances passed by City Council?
Full Text: Charter amendment concerning the City's budget and appropriation process
Ballot Title:
Shall the Charter of the City and County of Denver be amended to adjust the City and County’s budget and appropriation process, and in connection therewith, allowing the City Council to adopt a two-year budget planning and adoption process and modernizing or repealing certain charter sections?
Full Text: Charter amendment concerning modernizing the Civil Service Commission and Department of Safety
Ballot Title:
Shall the Charter of the City and County of Denver be amended to modernize the Civil Service Commission and Department of Safety by removing outdated language, giving City Council the ability to add duties via code, and providing for an extension of probation when required for medical, military, or other approved leave?
Full Text: Ballot question concerning the grant of a franchise to Xcel Energy?
Ballot Title:
Shall the City and County of Denver approve the terms of a twenty-year franchise contract, starting January 1, 2027, with Public Service Company of Colorado (Xcel Energy) to continue its program for undergrounding overhead electrical lines, maintaining infrastructure safety, and partnering with the City for emergency management coordination, and to require that Xcel Energy continue to pay the City for reasonable use of public rights-of-way and other City property necessary to provide safe and reliable utility services for the benefit of the City, its residents, and its businesses?
Full Text: Initiated proposed ordinance concerning the force-feeding of birds(PDF, 89KB)
Ballot Title:
Shall the voters of the City and County of Denver adopt an ordinance prohibiting the force-feeding of birds and, in connection therewith, prohibiting the sale of products derived from force-feeding birds, including foie gras?