North Range Metropolitan District No. 3 Ballot Issue 6B — Prohibit Funding Of Multiple Fiscal Year Non-Debt Agreements Outside Of Voter Established Operations And Maintenance Tax Limitation (Adams County)

What it does

SHALL BALLOT ISSUE 5D, UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY SEVEN VOTERS AT A SPECIAL ELECTION HELD ON NOVEMBER 04, 2014, BE FOREVER REPEALED AND RESCINDED EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, WHICH BALLOT ISSUE CURRENTLY AUTHORIZES NORTH RANGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3 TO ENTER INTO ONE OR MORE MULTIPLE FISCAL YEAR FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS EVIDENCED BY CONTRACTS, AGREEMENTS OR INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENTS AND TO FUND SUCH AGREEMENTS FROM AD VALOREM TAX LEVIES OF UP TO $280,000,000 ANNUALLY; SUCH REPEAL AND RESCISSION SHALL NOT IMPAIR OR ADVERSELY IMPACT PERFORMANCE UNDER ANY EXISTING VALID AND LAWFUL CONTRACTS, AGREEMENTS OR INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENTS, BUT SHALL PREVENT ENTERING INTO ANY FUTURE MULTIPLE FISCAL YEAR FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS NOT SUBJECT TO ANNUAL APPROPRIATION OR TO ANY FUNDING LEVIES WITHOUT SPECIFIC VOTER AUTHORIZATION?

A YES vote means

Ballot Issue 5D from 2014, which lets the district fund multi-year agreements with property taxes of up to $280,000,000 a year, would be repealed; existing contracts would not be affected, but new ones would need specific voter approval.

A NO vote means

Ballot Issue 5D from 2014 would remain in effect.

Needed to pass

A simple majority: more than half of the YES and NO votes on this measure must be YES. Leaving it blank doesn't count either way.

Left–right lean

Not a left–right issue: a procedural or local question that liberals and conservatives don't typically split on (AI read of the official ballot summary).

The YES and NO lines are SpectrumVote's plain-language reading of the official text above; the official text is what you vote on.

Official text: source

Only on your ballot if you live in the North Range Metropolitan District No. 3.

Explained

Who would notice

Property owners and residents in North Range Metropolitan District No. 3. The question does not set or change a tax rate.

How it got here

It is one of four related North Range Metropolitan District No. 3 questions on the November 3, 2026 ballot (6A through 6D). The 2014 authorization it would repeal was approved by seven voters. The ballot does not say who referred the questions.

Written by SpectrumVote from 1 linked sources (1). Arguments are each side's own, not ours; the official text is what you vote on.

Background

The measure would repeal Ballot Issue 5D, which the ballot language says seven voters approved unanimously at a November 4, 2014 special election, and which authorizes the district to fund multiple-fiscal-year agreements from property tax levies of up to $280,000,000 a year.

According to the Adams County TABOR notice, approval would reduce that borrowing authority from $280,000,000 in principal ($2,296,000,000 maximum repayment) to zero; the district currently has $55,566,000 in bonded debt outstanding.

The ballot language says the repeal would not impair existing valid contracts but would require specific voter approval for future multiple-fiscal-year obligations.

The county notice includes a summary of written comments in favor and states that no comments against were filed by the constitutional deadline.

Put on the ballot by North Range Metropolitan District No. 3 (referring action not stated in the county TABOR notice).

From official source.

Next elections here

• 2028 presidential election · Who has filed so far, from FEC filings

Also on Adams County ballots

• North Range Metropolitan District No. 3 Ballot Issue 6A — Repeal Unused Debt Authorization
• North Range Metropolitan District No. 3 Ballot Issue 6C — Prohibit Funding Of Capital Projects Outside Of Voter Established Operations And Maintenance Tax Limitation
• North Range Metropolitan District No. 3 Ballot Issue 6D — Reduce Existing Maximum Annual Operations And Maintenance Taxation Authorization
• Adams County Fire Protection District Ballot Issue 6E
• Bennett Fire Protection District Ballot Issue 7F
• Bennett Fire Protection District Ballot Issue 7G

All Adams County races and measures →

Quick answers

What does a YES vote on North Range Metropolitan District No. 3 Ballot Issue 6B mean?

Ballot Issue 5D from 2014, which lets the district fund multi-year agreements with property taxes of up to $280,000,000 a year, would be repealed; existing contracts would not be affected, but new ones would need specific voter approval.

What does a NO vote on North Range Metropolitan District No. 3 Ballot Issue 6B mean?

Ballot Issue 5D from 2014 would remain in effect.

Would existing agreements be canceled?

No. The ballot question says repeal would not impair performance under any existing valid and lawful contracts or agreements.

Could the district still sign multi-year agreements?

Only ones subject to annual appropriation, or with specific voter approval, per the ballot question.

How many people approved the 2014 measure?

Seven voters, unanimously, at a special election on November 4, 2014, according to the ballot question.

How many votes does North Range Metropolitan District No. 3 Ballot Issue 6B need to pass?

A simple majority: more than half of the YES and NO votes on this measure must be YES. Leaving it blank doesn't count either way.

Should I vote yes or no on North Range Metropolitan District No. 3 Ballot Issue 6B?

SpectrumVote doesn't endorse anyone or tell you how to vote. Read what a YES and a NO vote each do, and the official text, then decide based on what you want to happen.

When is the vote?

The general election was Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Counts are unofficial until each state certifies its results over the following weeks; your state or county election office has the official results.