Meetings
Meetings of the Election Commission are open to the public for observation. Business before the Commission this cycle has included the certification of ballot content for transmittal to the Boulder County Clerk and Recorder, the compilation of the written comments for and against the fiscal ballot issues, and the reporting of the election results.
Upcoming
Post-Election Report to the Court — 9:00 a.m., Niwot Hall.
Approve the post-election report to the Court.
Previously Held
Election Results Reporting Process — 2:00 p.m., Niwot Hall.
Discuss the process for reporting the election results.
Minutes are posted once the Commission has approved them at a subsequent meeting.
Revised Summaries of Comments for the TABOR Notice — 8:30 a.m., Niwot Hall.
Review and approve revisions to the summaries of written comments against the five fiscal ballot issues, incorporating further comments filed with the Commission. The finished notice for each issue goes to the Boulder County Clerk and Recorder by 4:00 p.m. the same day.
Summaries of Comments for the TABOR Notice — 12:00 p.m., Niwot Inn.
Compile the summaries of written comments against the five fiscal ballot issues for the notice mailed to every registered elector under Article X, Section 20 of the Colorado Constitution. Written comments close at noon the same day. The summaries in favor are written by the representatives of the incorporation petition, not by the Commission.
Final Review of Ballot Content — 10:00 a.m., Niwot Hall.
Final review of ballot content.
Approval of the Ballot Titles — 6:00 p.m., By videoconference (Zoom).
Called with approximately two hours’ notice, at the request of Boulder County Elections, to give final approval of the ballot titles before 10 a.m. on September 11. Because of the short notice, no public notice of the meeting was given.
Ballot Content — 12:00 p.m., Niwot Hall.
Finalize ballot content for transmittal to the Boulder County Clerk and Recorder.
Intergovernmental Agreement and Ballot Content — 11:00 a.m., Niwot Hall.
Approve the Intergovernmental Agreement with Boulder County and continue work on ballot content.
Intergovernmental Agreement and Draft Ballot Content — 12:00 p.m., Niwot Hall.
Review the draft Intergovernmental Agreement with Boulder County, the progress of candidate petitions, and the preparation of ballot content.
Candidate Petition and Notice of Election — 12:00 p.m., Niwot Hall.
Approve the charter commission candidate petition and instructions, set the petition availability and filing dates, and designate the newspaper of legal publication.
First Convening and Call of the Election — 12:00 – 1:00 p.m., Niwot Hall.
The Commission convened for the first time and formally called the incorporation and charter commission elections for November 3, 2026.
The Written Record
Approved minutes are linked from each meeting above and collected, together with the resolutions adopted by the Commission, on the minutes and resolutions page.
Notice of Future Meetings
Meetings are added to this page as they are noticed. To ask about a scheduled meeting, or to request notice of future meetings, contact Lois Adamson, Chair of the Election Commission, at (303) 478-6612 or lois.adamson@niwot.town.