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Broomfield delays implementation of ranked-choice voting until 2027
Summary
On second reading the council amended the effective date for ranked-choice voting implementation to the Nov. 2, 2027 coordinated election, citing missing state audit rules and higher-than-expected costs.
BROOMFIELD, Colo. — The Broomfield City and County Council on Feb. 11 approved ordinance 2254 on second reading to delay implementation of ranked-choice voting for mayoral and city council elections until the Nov. 2, 2027 coordinated election.
The council voted 8-1 to amend the effective date after staff described two practical obstacles: the Colorado secretary of state pushed back the deadline to adopt risk-limiting-audit (RLA) rules for ranked voting to Jan. 1, 2026; and Dominion Voting Systems notified counties of an incremental software fee of $35,000 per election to enable ranked-choice functionality. City staff had estimated an initial implementation cost of about $170,000 based on other Colorado jurisdictions; with the software fee the…
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