- Colorado voters Tuesday soundly rejected a $1 billion income tax increase for school funding. Amendment 66 would have created wholesale changes for how Colorado funds public education -- from expanded preschool to more money for K-12 schools with high numbers of at-risk students. Amendment 66 lost almost 2-to-1
- A state ballot measure imposing special excise and sales taxes on recreational marijuana won handily in statewide voting Tuesday night.
- As hydraulic fracturing moratoriums and one ban passed in Fort Collins, Boulder and Lafayette on Tuesday night, the Colorado Oil and Gas Association declined to talk about the result of elections it has spent more than half a million dollars campaigning against.
- Police began making arrests Tuesday night as protesters moved from the 16th Street Mall on to the City and County Building and then the state Capitol. At least six people — five adults and one juvenile — had been arrested by 7:30 p.m., police said. Police cars briefly blocked Bannock Street in front of the City and County Building, preventing vehicles from dropping off ballots at the Denver Election Division less than one-half hour before the polls closed. At one point, Denver SWAT formed a line, blocking protesters from getting to the building once it was reported some in the group had begun to deface the structure.
- The Colorado Rockies co-owner was arrested Monday in Windsor for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol, according to Greeley Tribune.
- Voters in the county where the North Colorado movement began rejected Tuesday the idea of pursuing the creation of the country's 51st state. Nearly 58 percent of Weld County voters advised the county commissioners not to move forward with seceding from Colorado. Of the 11 counties with similar questions on the ballot, voters in six rejected it.
- Measures to allow the cities of Centennial and Longmont to use city fiber networks to provide Internet connections for residents and businesses passed by wide margins Tuesday. Longmont's Ballot Question 2B grants the city authority to sell $45.3 million in revenue bonds to pay for expanding a city-owned fiber optic network to pass every home in the city in three years.
- Those who felt the proposed marijuana law in Denver went too far have gotten their way — in part. The draft ordinance has been revised so that people don’t have to worry about being cited for smoking pot in their backyards. Open and public consumption of marijuana is banned by Amendment 64, but Denver City Council is still struggling with exactly what that means.
- The Lakewood Police Department asked for the public’s assistance in locating a man classified as a sexually violent predator (SVP) on Tuesday. He was later located and taken into custody. Gregory Alan Buerge, 51, was found at West Colfax Avenue and Depew Street.
Election Results:
Denver 2A Marijuana Tax: Yes – 66,822 (69%) | No – 28,461 (31%)
Denver School Board At Large: O’Brien – 44,568 (61%) |Kiley - 21,874 (30%) | Poston -6,909 (9%)
Denver School Board District 2: C. deBaca - 3,877 (36%) | Rodriguez – 6,838 (64%)
Denver School Board District 3: Johnson – 11,727 (58%) | Schomp – 8,413 (42%)
Denver School Board District 4: Taylor – 10,362 (66%) | Kilgore – 5,339 (34%)
Douglas County School Board B: Geddes - 42, 585 | Chase – 39,162
Douglas County School Board D: Keim – 39,422 | Reynolds – 42,095
Douglas County School Board G: Scholting - 38,212 | Silverthorne – 43,265
Jefferson County School Board District 1: Williams - 68,095 (62%)| Aultman-Bettridge – 42,221 (38%)
Jefferson County School Board District 2: Lamontange - 49,784 (46%) | Newkirk – 59,682 (55%)
Jefferson County School Board District 5: Witt - 64,750 (59%) | Van de Water – 45,564 (41%)
Boulder Gas/Oil Moratorium: Yes – 10,322 (76%) | No – 3,298 (24%)
Lafayette Gas/Oil Ban: Yes - 2,813 (57%) | No – 2,084 (43%)
Boulder Marijuana Tax: Yes - 10,782 (68%) | No – 5,007 (32%)
Littleton Pot Tax: Yes -396 (64%) | No – 226 (36%)
Englewood Pot Ban: Yes - 2,245 (53%) | No – 2,019 (47%)
Broomfield Gas/Oil Moratorium: Yes - 7,464 (49%) | No – 7,763 (51%)
Fort Collins Gas/Oil Moratorium: Yes – 17,915 (55%) | No – 14,708 (45%)
Elbert County – 51st State: Yes – 3,434 (42%) | No – 4,719 (58%)
Lincoln County – 51st State: Yes – 806 (45%) | No – 1,005 (55%)
Kit Carson County – 51st State: Yes – 983 (52%) | No – 917 (48%)
Phillips County – 51st State: Yes – 1,114 (62%) | 676 (37%)
Washington County – 51st State: Yes – 115 (58%) | No – 82 (42%)
Weld County – 51st State: Yes – 22,166 (42%) | No – 30,414 (58%)
Moffat County – 51st State: Yes – 1,786 (45%) | No – 2,139 (55%)
