Charter Change for Right to Bargaining Union Firefighters
Boulder city, Colorado
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating for ballot measures: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. You have more power in ballot measures because you vote directly on the policy.
Representation: High · 68 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 106,433 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(5,862,189 ÷ 106,433) ÷ ln(50,000) = 68.53, measured against a statewide vote in CO (grades: 66+ high, 55+ above average, 33+ average, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
High representation + a direct vote on the policy → My vote power: High.
Ballot Measure
Boulder's full-time firefighters would get a guaranteed right to bargain as a union over pay, benefits, safety, and working conditions. If the city and firefighters reach a deadlock, a neutral fact-finder would weigh in, and if that fails, city voters would decide.
Read the official ballot measure
A YES vote means
Firefighters gain a charter right to union bargaining, and deadlocks go to fact-finding and then to a public vote.
A NO vote means
Firefighter bargaining stays as it is today, with no charter guarantee and no new deadlock process.