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Background for the 2026 city ballot

How city government works, who is behind the campaigns, and where our facts come from.

How voting works

Civics 101Who runs the city, what it can decide, and how ranked-choice voting for mayor works.

Who's behind the campaigns

Endorsing organizationsWho each group is, how it picks candidates, and whom it endorsed. Campaign moneyCity clerk filings: raised, spent, matching funds and donors for every committee.

What candidates have said

IssuesQuestions asked each cycle, grouped by topic, with the answers on file. PeopleEvery candidate and endorser in this guide, across years. QuestionnairesWritten candidate questionnaires we found, with links. Forum calendarEvery candidate forum, with recordings. Forum answers, side by sideOne forum question, every candidate we quote, in ballot order. Printable sheetsOne sheet per 2026 candidate. Every answer prints in full.

Where our facts come from

SourcesEvery document this guide cites. About this guideWho runs it, how it works, and what we won't do. Open dataThe whole guide as plain text and JSON, for AI assistants and developers. Suggest a fix or an ideaSpot a mistake or something missing? Tell us.

Past elections

Results, candidates and answers from every City of Boulder election since 2017.

2025 2023 2021 2019 2017

Ask an AI

Using ChatGPT, Claude or another assistant? Tell it:

Help me vote in the Boulder city election using bouldervotes.org/llms.txt

Or paste this longer prompt:

Help me understand my ballot for the November 3, 2026 Boulder city election. Start by reading https://bouldervotes.org/llms.txt and follow its instructions. Ask me what matters to me, then show me where each candidate and measure stands, with links to the sources.

The assistant can read the whole guide from one file, llms-full.txt, or the JSON data. That file asks it to stay nonpartisan and cite a source for every claim.

AI assistants can get things wrong. Every claim on this site links to its source, so check the links.