2B Comment Form

Please review the ballot measure information below and provide any comments for or against the measure. Comments received will be summarized for inclusion in a Voter Information Guide and/or TABOR notice.

Comments will be accepted until 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 19. The Voter Information Guide will be published in mid-October. 

Ballot Question 2B
City-Initiated Proposed Charter Amendment No. 1
(Correct Errors and Eliminate Outdated or Unnecessary Language - Ordinance 63, 2025 and Ordinance 109, 2025 (final ballot language))

Shall Articles II, IX, and X of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins, be amended to correct errors and eliminate outdated or unnecessary language in light of the Charter amendments adopted in November 2024, by:

• Clarifying in Section 2(d) of Article II that a registered elector must notify the City Clerk before seeking a court determination to challenge the qualifications of any member of the Council; and
• Updating language in Section 2(e)(i) of Article IX about determining the number of votes cast in a specific race to work with the new ranked voting rules that were approved in November 2024; and
• Changing language in Section 2(e)(i) of Article X to restore the number of days for a signature gatherer to circulate an initiative petition by increasing it from 63 days to 77 days?

______ Yes/For 
______ No/Against 


Summary:

This Charter Amendment has three parts, each correcting language related to local elections within the City to be in conformance with amendments adopted by the voters in November 2024 and to correct errors in the language presented to the voters at that time.

First, this Charter Amendment requires a registered elector to notify the City Clerk before seeking a court determination challenging the qualifications of a Council Member, in part for consistency with language adopted in November 2024. 

Second, this Charter Amendment updates the language regarding recall petitions to align with the new ranked choice voting process that was approved in November 2021. 

Third, the current version of the Charter gives signature gatherers sixty-three (63) days to circulate an initiative petition. This timeframe was not updated in November 2024 to reflect an increase to seventy-seven (77) days intended by City Council. The proposed amendment incorporates the intended timeframe for circulation of an initiative petition by updating the Charter language to give signature gatherers seventy-seven (77) days instead of sixty-three (63) days.


What a “Yes” vote means: 

A “yes” vote indicates the voter agrees with updating the Charter language regarding local elections. 


What a “No” vote means:

A “no” vote indicates the voter does not agree with the updates and would rather leave the Charter language as is.