Ways We Advocate During Elections
This action involves going door-to-door to inform voters about important issues and encouraging them to cast their ballots.
What is canvassing?
This measure would generate $34.5 million annually to expand Career and Technical Education and STEM opportunities at ALL levels, and attract and retain high-quality teachers and staff.
What is Issue 5D, or the Adams 12 Mill Levy Override?
This measure would raise $111 million in funding (without increasing taxes) to expand Career and Technical Education and STEM programs, upgrade safety and security systems across all school buildings, improve HVAC systems, and develop a modern PK-8 campus.
What is Issue 4C or the WPS Bond?
This local initiative aims to provide funding for affordable housing through a small increase in the county sales tax.
What is Issue 1A or the Housing Affordability ballot measure?
This measure would generate $30 million annually to fund ongoing capital expenses and free up general fund dollars for other crucial needs.
What is Issue 5A or APS' Capital Mill Levy?
Civic Influencers can use this method to reach large groups by sharing information and reminders through text and phone calls.
This measure would generate $830 million in funding (without raising taxes) to provide critical update in all school buildings, fully rebuild a high school, build a central food warehouse and scratch kitchen, and expand space for more Career and Technical Education offerings.
What is Issue 5E, or the Adams 12 Bond?
WPS plans to use bond measure funding to enhance these programs, which prepare students for future careers in technology and science?
What are STEM and CTE programs?
What is $22.2 million?
This measure would secure $1 billion without raising taxes to invest in critical building upgrades, including facility repairs, new school construction, and state-of-the-art technology upgrades.
What is Issue 5B or APS' bond?
Posting on Instagram and TikTok about why voting matters is an example of this type of advocacy.
What is social media advocacy?
This program within Adams 12 helps students gain practical skills and experience for high-demand careers through partnerships with local industries.
What is Career and Technical Education or CTE?
WPS recently opened this campus, giving students access to hands-on learning that prepares them for careers in high-demand fields.
What is the Iver C. Ranum Innovation Campus?
Issue 1A asks for a small sales tax increase of this percent.
What is 0.15% or 15 cents on every $100.
Name one thing the Capital Mill Levy will free up general fund dollars to pay for.
What is increasing teacher salaries, mental health resources, or CTE programs?
We attend these kinds of events to try and talk to a lot of voters all at once. Examples are Brighton Harvest Fest, Northglenn Pirate Fest, and Thornton Harvest Fest.
What are community events?
The bond measure will help rebuild this 50 year old high school, which is quite literally, sliding off the hill.
What is Thornton High School?
Voters in these two counties get the opportunity to vote for WPS' bond measure.
What are Adams and Jefferson counties?
Issue 1A aims to create this many more housing units over the next 20 years, focusing not only on new construction but also improving existing homes.
There's a difference between a mill levy override and a capital mill levy. A mill levy override goes towards ongoing programming expenses, while a capital mill levy goes towards this.
What are ongoing capital expenses or building maintance/improvements?
Rocky Mountain Partnership is formally registered to do this activity through the Colorado Secretary of State's Office. Hint: You can't get a ballot and vote if you don't do this.
What is register voters?
The mill levy override will be a minimal cost to homeowners, approximately this number of dollars per month on a home valued at $500,000.
What is $20?
Name at least one of the CTE pathways CURRENTLY offered at the Iver C. Ranum Innovation Campus.
What is bitechnology, aviation engineering, and/or cyber-technology?
Name one thing that is exempt from the sales tax.
What is
Farm equipment
Food for home consumption
Food sold through vending machines
Gas, electricity, other resources for residential use
Low-emitting vehicles
Machinery and machine tools
Occasional sales by charitable organizations
Pesticides
Services, if billed to customer as separate item from goods?
If passed, the two measures will result in no net tax increase for Aurora voters. True or false?
What is true?