Ballot Resources

Recent polling shows substantial support for a graduated income tax, which would force the wealthiest Coloradans to pay higher rates and would cut income taxes for those making less than $500,000 a year.

The Bell’s 2025 Ballot Guide is here! This year, there are just two statewide questions before voters — Props LL and MM, which deal with school lunch funding. We’ve done the research and analysis so you have the facts you need to make informed decisions.

Our policy team reviewed the 14 statewide ballot measures, discussed arguments for and against each question, and gave our recommendations for the nine measures that impact economic mobility.

The Bell Policy Center’s 2024 ballot guide is the result of Bell staff research and analysis, providing you clear arguments in favor and against each of the statewide questions on the ballot.

View our 2024 Ballot Initiatives Primer + Tracker and learn how measures get onto the Colorado ballot.

The Colorado General Assembly’s nonpartisan staff on Tuesday released fiscal impact statements for three conservative property tax ballot measures and they show the state’s general fund budget would take a $3 billion hit if any of the measures were to succeed at the November ballot. That would be “about 15 percent” of the 2024-25 budget, according to the analyses.

Conservative and anti-tax groups are planning disastrous 2024 ballot measures that could undermine property tax relief and have serious consequences for local and state budgeting.

As November elections approach, the Bell’s 2023 Colorado Ballot Guide helps voters navigate the impacts each measure will have on our state.

Initiative 50 is the wrong direction for Colorado. It’s the typical snake oil from the usual suspects.