Our 2026 Statewide Ballot Positions
Colorado voters face 14 statewide ballot measures this year, and many of them are being pushed by right-wing extremists and corporations through dark-money groups with clear political agendas. Voces Unidas reviewed every one based on its impact on rural Latinas and Latinos. We urge a No vote on 11 and a Yes vote on three.
The most dangerous is Amendment 81. It would require local police, jail staff and prosecutors to report suspected undocumented immigrants to ICE, even before a conviction. It would undo decades of good public-safety policy, invite racial profiling and deepen distrust between immigrant families and law enforcement. Local police should keep our communities safe, not do ICE's job. Vote No.
Three more measures target our democracy. Amendment 84 adds new ID requirements to mail ballots that Colorado already verifies, creating more chances for legitimate ballots to be delayed or rejected. Amendment 85 is sold as plain language but risks stripping fiscal-impact information from future ballot measures. Amendment 86, backed by supporters like House Speaker Mike Johnson, restricts what Colorado could do if extraordinary circumstances ever required new congressional maps before the next census. Vote No on all three.
Others hand constitutional favors to special interests. Amendment 82 gives the gas industry special protections and makes it harder to pass rules that protect consumers. Amendment 83 creates a "right" to hunt and fish that already exists, with the real goal of taking wildlife decisions away from scientists. Proposition 136 caps income taxes at 4.4 percent for individuals and corporations, written specifically to block the graduated income tax. Vote No.
Proposition 132 would make possession of any amount of fentanyl a felony and impose mandatory sentences. Colorado cannot incarcerate its way out of addiction. Propositions 133, 134 and 135 are a package from a right-wing, extremist dark-money group misleadingly named Protect Kids Colorado. One exploits the horror of child trafficking to impose mandatory life without parole, stripping judges of discretion in a crime that already carries severe penalties. The others force schools to police children's bodies and put politicians between families and their doctors. Vote No on all four.
Now the Yes votes. Amendment 87 replaces our flat income tax with graduated rates, cutting taxes for families making under $100,000 while asking billionaires to pay their fair share, with revenue going to education, health care and early childhood programs. Proposition NN lets the state keep revenue it already collects to hire teachers, shrink class sizes and expand career programs. Proposition 137 dedicates existing sporting-goods sales tax revenue to wildfire mitigation, watershed protection, conservation and outdoor access, with no new tax. On the Western Slope, our homes and economy depend on healthy forests, water and schools. Vote Yes.
Ballots may arrive as early as October 5. Mail yours back by October 26, or drop it off by 7 p.m. on Tuesday, November 3.
Learn more at vocesunidas.org/2026-election.
