Proposition NN: State Public K-12 Education Funding
Colorado
My vote power
Above average
Election date
November 3, 2026
How do we calculate my vote power?
What determines the vote power 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: Average · 50 out of 100
This district covers a large share of its state, so each vote carries about average weight — like a vote in a statewide race. About 5,862,189 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 ÷ 5,862,189) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50, measured against a statewide vote in CO (grades: 66+ high, 55+ above average, 33+ average, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Average representation + a direct vote on the policy → My vote power: Above average.
Ballot Measure
Supports: Public Education Quality
The state could keep money it now refunds to taxpayers under TABOR, about $330 million the first year and $520 million the next, to raise K-12 school funding 2% a year for ten years and fund children's programs. Your TABOR refund would be smaller or gone in years the state collects above its limit.
Read the official ballot measure
A YES vote means
The state keeps hundreds of millions a year that would otherwise be refunded, and spends it on schools, teacher pay and children's programs. Taxpayer refunds shrink.
A NO vote means
School funding follows the current formula, and money the state collects above its limit keeps going back to taxpayers as TABOR refunds.
Campaign Finance Information
Campaign Finance Information
Largest donors supporting
- Gary Advocacy LLCPolitical arm of a Denver children's philanthropy$1,000,000
- Colorado Fund for Children & Public EducationColorado teachers union political fund$950,000
- District 12 Educators AssociationLocal teachers union$10,073
- Cherry Creek Education AssociationLocal teachers union$10,000
- St. Vrain Valley Education AssociationLocal teachers union$10,000
Largest donors opposing
- Common Sense America · VANational nonprofit; donors not public$250,000
- Advance ColoradoColorado conservative advocacy nonprofit$20,000
- Richard McCormickDenver retiree$5,000
Some of this money went to groups that also work on other measures.
Filings as of September 17, 2026 · Sources: tracer.sos.colorado.gov2
Sources: coloradosos.gov · leg.colorado.gov
Source: leg.colorado.gov