Vote Positive Colorado Western Slope Voter Guide

Hickenlooper supports high quality, affordable health care access for all, including comprehensive reproductive health care, and a robust family and medical leave program. He has committed to strengthening Affordable Care Act and growing the alternative energy industry.

Diane Mitsch Bush is a committed defender of reproductive freedom, environmental justice, and expanded paid family leave. She has concrete plans to make healthcare more accessible and affordable, e.g., by ending surprise billing, and opposed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which benefits wealthy folks and corporations but has done little for the 99 percent.

Hanlon plans to take local action to address the environmental and economic impacts of climate change. He is an outspoken advocate for reforming the TABOR amendment to increase state financial reserves, and has committed to supporting paid family, reproductive freedom, and a state public option to reduce health care costs.

Rep. Dylan Roberts is a leader on health care reform in rural areas, including advocating for a public health insurance option in Colorado.

He has committed to reducing health insurance costs and drugs costs, as well as protecting affordable housing, clean water, and consumer protections.

Rep. Daneya Esgar is a champion for Coloradans, especially those living with HIV! She co-sponsored an important HIV modernization bill, supports affordable and accessible health care, and is a champion for the LGBTQ+ Coloradans. She has sponsored bills to end conversion therapy and ensure people of trans experience can get identity documents that reflect their gender identity.

AliceMarie Slaven-Emond is a nurse practitioner, and one of her priority issues is extending medicaid access throughout the pandemic recovery period. She is committed to working for renewable energy, improving rights for farm workers, reducing food insecurity, and supporting rural schools and hospitals.

Lori Boydston is here for bold change, and we’re for her! She supports single payer health care in Colorado to ensure everyone has the coverage they need, green energy and jobs to help address the climate crisis, and bringing broadband to rural areas.

Julie McCluskie has championed bills to reduce health insurance premiums for rural Coloradians and to bring broadband to rural communities. She supports new funding for rural schools and full-day kindergarten, access to affordable higher education, equal pay for equal work, and affordable housing access.

Toss the Electoral College! The Electoral College is an outdated and undemocratic institution. This ballot measure allows us to get around it by joining the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact — in other words, we’ll award all our Electoral College votes to the winner of the national popular vote.

Say no to abortion bans! Coloradans across party lines have rejected abortion bans 3 times in last 12 years alone. Every pregnancy is unique, and this ban has no exceptions for rape, risks to a pregnant women’s health or a lethal fetal diagnosis.

Personal medical decisions are best made by a woman and her family, in consultation with doctors — not politicians.

A “NO” vote on this ballot measure means Colorado will remain a state that supports bodily autonomy and reproductive freedom.

This ballot measure would decrease Colorado’s state income tax rate. It will disproportionately benefit the wealthy, and let’s be honest: we can’t afford it.

We’re looking at an expected $1 billion in cuts next year — in the middle of a pandemic!

This ballot measure would make the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) worse. It creates unnecessary red tape, impeding lawmakers’ ability to fund new state enterprises — which pay for essential services, such as water utilities, state nursing homes, public colleges and universities, and the state unemployment insurance program.

Now more than ever, we need to be responsive to public need, not slowing things down.

Economic security for the win! 

This ballot measure would create a paid family and medical leave program in Colorado. 80 percent of Coloradans would benefit from this plan, which would ensure that workers no longer have to make the cruel choice between paying their bills and taking care of themselves, a newborn, or a loved one in need.

Just plain MEAN!

This ballot measure would change the Colorado constitution to allow “only a citizen” to vote. The amendment invents a problem that doesn’t exist — our constitution already states “every citizen” can vote.

It also disenfranchises young people by revoking primary voting privileges from 17-year-olds. Currently, 17-year-olds can vote in primaries so long as they’re 18 before the general election.

Amendment B would repeal the Gallagher Amendment, an inflexible rule in the Colorado constitution that keeps property taxes low with an unintentional consequence: inequity.

We need to say YES to getting rid of Gallagher in order to better fund our schools, libraries and emergency services, especially in rural or economically distressed areas.

We also proudly support other legislative champions up for election across our state.

U.S. Congress: Joe Neguse (CD 2), Jason Crow (CD 6).

State Senate: Joann Ginal (SD 14), Sonya Jaquez-Lewis (SD 17), Steve Fenberg (SD 18), Dominick Moreno (SD 21), Janet Buckner (SD 28), Rhonda Fields (SD 29).

State House: Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez (HD 4), Leslie Herod (HS 8), Brianna Titone (HD 27), Kerry Tipper (HD 28).

Counties will begin mailing out ballots October 9.

If you are voting by USPS mail, we recommend that you mail your ballot no later than October 27 to ensure it is received.

Better yet, drop it in an official ballot drop box. 

**Remember, your ballot must be RECEIVED by 7:00 PM on election evening.**

Use the search tool on this page to find the closest ballot drop box or polling site where you can return your ballot.

Have you already returned your mail ballot? You can track it here.

All voters who vote at the polls must provide identification. If you are voting by mail for the first time, you may also need to provide a photocopy of your identification when you return your mail ballot.

The following documents are acceptable forms of identification:

• A valid Colorado driver’s license or valid identification card issued by the Colorado Department of Revenue. (Note:  documents issued to not lawfully present and temporarily lawfully present individuals under Part 5 of Article 2 of Title 42, C.R.S. are not acceptable forms of identification.)
• A valid U.S. passport.
• A valid employee identification card with a photograph of the eligible elector issued by any branch, department, agency, or entity of the U.S. government or of Colorado, or by any county, municipality, board, authority, or other political subdivision of Colorado.
• A valid pilot’s license issued by the federal aviation administration or other authorized agency of the U.S.
• A valid U.S. military identification card with a photograph of the eligible elector.
• A copy of a current (within the last 60 days) utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other government document that shows the name and address of the elector.
• A Certificate of Degree of Indian or Alaskan Native Blood.
• A valid Medicare or Medicaid card issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
• A certified copy of a U.S. birth certificate for the elector.
• Certified documentation of naturalization.
• A valid student identification card with a photograph of the eligible elector issued by an institute of higher education in Colorado, as defined in section 23-3.1-102(5), C.R.S..
• A valid veteran identification card issued by the U.S. department of veterans affairs veterans health administration with a photograph of the eligible elector.
• A valid identification card issued by a federally recognized tribal government certifying tribal membership.

Any form of identification listed above that shows your address must show a Colorado address to qualify as an acceptable form of identification. 

The following documents are also considered acceptable forms of identification for voting:

• Verification that a voter is a resident of a group residential facility, as defined in section 1-1-104(18.5), C.R.S.
• Verification that a voter is a person committed to the department of human services and confined and eligible to register and vote shall be considered sufficient identification of such person for the purposes of section 1-2-210.5, C.R.S.
• Written correspondence from the county sheriff or his or her designee to the county clerk indicating that a voter is confined in a county jail or detention facility.

The following are NOT acceptable forms of identification:

• A driver’s license or identification card issued to not lawfully present and temporarily lawfully present individuals under Part 5 of Article 2 of Title 42, C.R.S.
• Any document produced by Colorado’s statewide voter registration system. 

• If you are an older voter, you can request a ride to the polls here.
• Lyft, 50% off one ride up to $10 to any polling location or dropbox using the code 2020VOTE*.
• Uber, 50% off roundtrip rides to and from the polls (up to $7 each trip), or up to $14 for the two trips.