IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING SAMPLE BALLOT:
This sample ballot is compiled for information purposes only and contains all contests and ballot measures that
will appear on any ballot style in Pitkin County for the November 4, 2014 General Election. An official ballot will
not contain all of these contests and measures because electors are eligible to vote only for candidates and
measures certified to political subdivisions in which they reside.
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CITY OF ASPEN MEASURES
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City Of Aspen Referendum No. 2A:
Amendment To City Charter - Manner In Which
A Vacancy In An Elected Office Is Filled And In
Which A Vacancy Is Created
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Shall Ordinance No. 24, Series of 2014, be approved?
Ordinance No. 24, Series of 2014, if approved, amends
sections 3.8 of the City of Aspen Home Rule Charter to
modify the method of filling a vacancy that may occur in
any city elected office, including the requirement or
authority of filling a vacancy by special election and to
modify the manner in which a vacancy is created,
specifically prohibiting a City elected official from
simultaneously serving in another elected office.
NO
City Of Aspen Referendum No. 2B: Amendment
To City Charter - Term Limits
Shall Ordinance No. 25, Series of 2014, be approved?
Ordinance No. 25, Series of 2014, if approved, adds
sections 3.10 to the City of Aspen Home Rule Charter to
provide specify term limits for the offices of Mayor and
Council and to provide an overall limit of fourteen (14)
years to the consecutive total service as a Council
member and Mayor.
YES
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NO
TOWN OF BASALT MEASURES
Basalt Ballot Issue 2C:
SHALL THE TOWN OF BASALT, COLORADO, ACTING
THROUGH ITS TOWN COUNCIL, BE AUTHORIZED TO
IMPOSE AN ADDITIONAL TWO PERCENT LODGING
TAX ON THE LEASING OR RENTING OF ROOMS IN
LODGING FACILITIES OR OTHER ACCOMMODATIONS
AND DWELLINGS USED FOR SHORT-TERM RENTAL
BY SHORT-TERM VISITORS AND GUESTS (FOR A
MAXIMUM OF A FOUR PERCENT LODGING TAX)
WHEREBY A COMMERCIAL HOTEL MAKING CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENTS IN 2014 AND AFTER WOULD
RECEIVE THE REVENUES GENERATED BY THE
ADDITIONAL TAX AT THAT HOTEL FOR THEIR
COMMERCIAL HOTEL FOR UP TO 10 YEARS SUBJECT
TO TOWN APPROVAL AND AFTER 10 YEARS THE
ADDITIONAL TAX FUNDS WOULD BE RESERVED TO
THE TOWN’S USE? THE TOWN WOULD ALLOCATE
THE ADDITIONAL TAX FUNDS NOT USED FOR
APPROVED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR
MARKETING OF HOTELS, SHORT-TERM LODGING
AND THE BASALT AREA.
YES
NO
Basalt Ballot Issue 2D:
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SHALL THE TOWN OF BASALT, COLORADO, ACTING
THROUGH ITS TOWN COUNCIL, BEGINNING
JANUARY 1, 2015, BE AUTHORIZED TO IMPOSE AN
ADDITIONAL MUNICIPAL SALES TAX OF 5% ON THE
SALES OF RETAIL MARIJUANA AND MARIJUANA
PRODUCTS WITH THE RESULTING SALES TAX RATE
CAPABLE OF BEING LOWERED OR REVOKED IN THE
SOLE DISCRETION OF THE BASALT TOWN COUNCIL,
WITH THE RESULTING TAX REVENUES TO BE
COLLECTED AND SPENT TO PAY DIRECT AND
INDIRECT EXPENSES RELATED TO THE LICENSING
AND REGULATION OF THE RETAIL MARIJUANA
INDUSTRY, ENFORCEMENT OF MARIJUANA LAWS IN
GENERAL, EDUCATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH
PROGRAMS TO MITIGATE ANY NEGATIVE
CONSEQUENCES ASSOCIATED WITH THE
CONSUMPTION OF MARIJUANA AND MARIJUANA
PRODUCTS, PROGRAMS TO PREVENT THE ILLEGAL
DIVERSION OF RETAIL MARIJUANA AND RETAIL
MARIJUANA PRODUCTS TO PERSONS UNDER THE
AGE OF TWENTY-ONE (21); AND TO OTHERWISE PAY
THE EXPENSES OF OPERATING AND IMPROVING
THE TOWN AND ITS FACILITIES?
YES
NO
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Shall the Town of Basalt, Colorado, Home Rule Charter,
Section 2.2 be amended to be consistent with the
Colorado Revised Statutes in establishing the
requirements for residency and by providing for a
residency requirement of 22 days in order to vote in any
election?
YES
NO
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Basalt Ballot Question 2E: