Ballot measure · Colorado · November 3, 2026

Proposition NN

Title as the state lists it: Keep and Spend Money for Education and Other Purposes1,2

Research draftReferred by the legislatureState law
How it got there
Referred by the legislature
Kind of measure
State law
To pass
A majority of the votes on it
Researched
October 27, 2026

Research draft. We gathered this from official sources on October 27, 2026: election offices, state laws and court records, each linked to its source. Separate reviewers checked a random sample of 48 facts from the ballot-measure research against the cited sources and found no errors. The rest hasn't been reviewed fact by fact yet, so check the linked source before relying on anything here.

§1What your vote means

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

A yes vote

A yes vote would let the state keep revenue above its TABOR limit that would otherwise be refunded to taxpayers, up to a new, higher cap tied to its K-12 education spending, and spend it on K-12 education and children's programs for ten years and on K-12 education and other purposes the legislature picks after that.2 pp. 41-45

A no vote

A no vote would keep the current TABOR limit, so revenue the state collects above that limit would still be refunded to taxpayers, and K-12 and children's program funding would stay at the levels set under current law.2 p. 41

More about it

The Blue Book says that if Proposition 137 also passes, the money the state actually keeps and spends under Proposition NN may be smaller or zero, though the new Proposition NN limit itself would not change.2 pp. 45, 68

§2How it got on the ballot

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Referred by the legislature. The legislature voted to put it on the ballot.1,2

State law. It would change state law, not the constitution.1,2

The legislature referred this measure to voters through Senate Bill 26-135.1

It is on Colorado's list of statewide measures for November 3, 2026.1,2 One of these official sources itself calls the list certified or final. What we couldn't confirm about the list is in the notes on Colorado's measures.

§3What it needs to pass

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

A majority of the votes on it. Needs more yes votes than no votes.1,2,3 Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(4)(a); Blue Book p. 41