Election Results
What's on the Ballot?#
Next Election: Nov. 7, 2023
In 2023, all voters will be electing a Mayor, and voters in Districts 2, 4, and 6 will be electing City Council representatives.
In addition to electing representatives, voters are usually presented with ballot issues such as Charter amendments, financial issues, or initiated or referred ordinances or resolutions.
Officially Nominated Candidates#
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Mayor
- Jeni Arndt
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Councilmember District 2
- Eric Hamrick
- Sean McCoy (Withdrawn on 10/12/2023)
- Julie Pignataro
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Councilmember District 4
- Shirley Peel
- Melanie Potyondy
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Councilmember District 6
- Alexander Adams
- Emily Francis
NOTE: A line for write-in votes for a City Council office, including Mayor, is only provided in contests where an individual has filed an affidavit of intent with the City Clerk by the deadline established in the City Code indicating that such person desires and is qualified for the office.
In this election, the only such affidavit filed was for the Office of Mayor by Patricia Babbitt.
Ballot Questions#
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SHALL CITY OF FORT COLLINS TAXES BE INCREASED BY $23,800,000 IN THE FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR (2024), AND BY SUCH AMOUNTS COLLECTED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, FROM A .50% SALES AND USE TAX BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2024, AND ENDING AT MIDNIGHT ON DECEMBER 31, 2050, WITH THE TAX REVENUES SPENT ONLY FOR THE FOLLOWING:
- 50% FOR THE REPLACEMENT, UPGRADE, MAINTENANCE, AND ACCESSIBILITY OF PARKS FACILITIES AND FOR THE REPLACEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF INDOOR AND OUTDOOR RECREATION AND POOL FACILITIES,
- 25% FOR PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS ADVANCING GREENHOUSE GAS AND AIR POLLUTION REDUCTION, THE CITY’S 2030 GOAL OF 100% RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY, AND THE CITY’S 2050 GOAL OF COMMUNITY-WIDE CARBON NEUTRALITY, AND
- 25% FOR THE CITY’S TRANSIT SYSTEM, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT, AND UPGRADED AND EXPANDED SERVICES;
AND WHILE CITY COUNCIL MAY EXERCISE ITS DISCRETION IN DECIDING THE TIMING OF SPENDING FOR EACH CATEGORY, THAT SPENDING SHALL SUPPLEMENT AND NOT REPLACE THE CURRENT CITY FUNDING FOR THE SPECIFIED PURPOSES AND SHALL BE RECONCILED TO THE STATED PERCENTAGES BY THE END OF 2030, 2040, AND WHEN THE LAST REVENUES COLLECTED FROM THE TAX ARE SPENT, BUT THIS TAX SHALL NOT APPLY TO:
- ITEMS EXEMPT UNDER THE CITY CODE FROM CITY SALES AND USE TAX;
- FOOD FOR HOME CONSUMPTION; AND
- MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT, BUT FOR THE USE TAX ONLY;
AND WITH ALL THE TAX REVENUES, AND INVESTMENT EARNINGS THEREON, TO BE COLLECTED, RETAINED, AND SPENT AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE NOTWITHSTANDING THE SPENDING AND REVENUE LIMITATIONS OF ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION?
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_____ No/Against
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SHALL CITY OF FORT COLLINS TAXES BE INCREASED BY $16,000,000 IN THE FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR OF PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION (2025), AND BY SUCH AMOUNTS COLLECTED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, FROM A MILL LEVY OF THREE (3) MILLS IMPOSED FOR PROPERTY TAXES LEVIED IN 2024 AND COLLECTED IN 2025, WHICH WOULD BE THE CITY’S FIRST PROPERTY TAX INCREASE SINCE 1992, WITH THE TAXES COLLECTED USED FOR THE EXCLUSIVE PURPOSE OF FUNDING “AFFORDABLE HOUSING”, AS DEFINED BY CITY COUNCIL, TO INCLUDE FUNDING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING STRATEGIES IDENTIFIED IN THE CITY’S 2021 HOUSING STRATEGIC PLAN, AS LATER AMENDED OR REPLACED BY CITY COUNCIL, AND TO FUND:
- THE CITY’S DEVELOPMENT, CONSTRUCTION, ACQUISITION, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING;
- GRANTS AND INCENTIVES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, CONSTRUCTION, ACQUISITION, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING BY PRIVATE AND OTHER PUBLIC ENTITIES; AND
- PROGRAMS AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CITY, OTHER PUBLIC ENTITIES, AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO SUBSIDIZE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PROVIDE HOUSING SUPPORT FOR IT;
AND WITH ALL THE TAX REVENUES, AND INVESTMENT EARNINGS THEREON, TO BE COLLECTED, RETAINED AND SPENT AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE NOTWITHSTANDING THE SPENDING AND REVENUE LIMITATIONS OF ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION?
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Shall Section 2 and Section 18 of Article II of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins, disqualifying anyone convicted of any felony from running for or serving on City Council, be amended to conform the City Charter to the Colorado Constitution, which specifies felonies resulting in disqualification from office in Colorado (currently including embezzlement of public monies, bribery, perjury, solicitation of bribery and subornation of perjury)?
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Shall Section 2 and Section 5 of Article X of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins, regarding the referendum process and petition process, be amended to eliminate inconsistency in language and make clear that certification of a referendum petition as sufficient stays the impact of the referred ordinance, that Council may consider a referendum petition at a special meeting called for that purpose, and making other clarifying and organizing edits to make those provisions more readable and understandable?
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Shall the Charter of the City of Fort Collins, specifically Article II, Section 12, and Article IV, Section 3, regarding residency requirements, be amended to remove specific requirements that specified City employment position types live in or near Fort Collins, which requirements currently may only be amended by the electorate, and allow the City Council to establish such requirements by ordinance or by employment agreement for employees reporting directly to the City Council?
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