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Home Rule Election Cost $200,000 More Than Disclosed

Failed Initiative Billed Douglas County Taxpayers $704,044

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Barrett Rothe
Jul 23, 2025
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A Douglas County resident filed a Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) request asking for the precise dollar amounts in the county budget used on the Home Rule election. Doing so revealed that the Douglas County Commissioners spent a previously undisclosed $206,130 on the county white book and postcards promoting the June ballot initiative.

That initiative f…

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