How this site works

VoteColorado puts every statewide race, statewide measure, and city and town ballot question on Colorado's Nov. 3, 2026 ballot in one place, with a link to the official source for each. Here is who makes it, where the information comes from, and what it runs on.

Who makes it

VoteColorado is built and run by BDITS as a free public resource. It's independent and nonpartisan, and it isn't a news site. It has no ads, sponsors, or accounts. Reach us at hello@votecolorado.org.

Where the information comes from

• City and town ballot questions: the Colorado Municipal League's fall 2026 municipal election preview, with links to each county's sample ballot or TABOR notice.
• Statewide measures: the Colorado Secretary of State and the 2026 Blue Book from Legislative Council Staff, including its fiscal impact statements.
• Candidates: the Secretary of State's certified candidate list.
• Local tax and debt figures: each county's TABOR election notice.
• Map: county outlines from the U.S. Census Bureau's cartographic boundary files (public domain). ZIP codes come from the open-source zipcodes package.
• Lawmaker voting records: we link to Capitol Lens instead of copying them.

The full list, with links and dates, is on the About page.

How it's checked

Every item links to its official source so you can check it yourself. Each money figure and candidate name was read twice, independently, from the official document (the county TABOR notice, the Legislative Council fiscal statement, or the Secretary of State's candidate list), and appears only when both reads agree. The rules behind every number, such as vote thresholds and how we count questions, are on How we show numbers. Fixes are logged publicly on the corrections page.

What AI does

Claude, an AI model made by Anthropic, helped gather sources, draft the one-line summaries, and write the site's code. A person decides what goes on the site, and every figure links to the official record it came from. When the site's own search finds nothing, Jev, an AI classifier from TypeSafe AI, may suggest one of our pages. It can only choose from a fixed list of our pages and never writes text that appears on the site.

What it runs on

The site is built with Next.js and React and hosted on Vercel. The data lives in plain CSV and JSON files that are read when the site is built, so each page loads fast and works on a slow phone connection. Visits are counted with Vercel Web Analytics, which sets no cookies (see privacy).

Design

Type is set in Archivo for headings, Public Sans for text, and IBM Plex Mono for figures. All three are open-source and served from this site, not from Google. The colors come from Colorado's flag: blue, red, and gold. The map uses gold, not red or blue, so it doesn't read as partisan. We don't use the state seal or any official logo. The site is built for phones first.

Reuse the data

Every data file is free to download and reuse under CC BY 4.0. Credit "VoteColorado.org." The files and terms are on the About page and in our terms of use.