STATE OFFICES. AT LARGE - REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO (Vote for One) Stephen C. Ludwig. DISTRICT 23 - STATE SENATE (Vote for One)

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1 Steve Moreno Clerk & Recorder Weld County, Colorado OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT WELD COUNTY, COLORADO TUESDAY, VEMBER 6, 2012 INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS To vote for the candidate or measure of your choice, darken the OVAL to the RIGHT of the candidate or measure. To vote for a person not on the ballot, darken the oval to the right and write in the name in the write-in space provided. If you tear, deface, or wrongly mark this ballot, return it and get another. VOTE LIKE THIS: PLEASE USE BLACK PEN Virgil H. Goode Jr. Jim Clymer Barack Obama Joe Biden Mitt Romney Paul Ryan Gary Johnson James P. Gray Jill Stein Cheri Honkala Stewart Alexander Alex Mendoza VOTE BOTH SIDES FEDERAL OFFICES PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS (Vote for One Pair) Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson Luis J. Rodriguez Roseanne Barr Cindy Lee Sheehan James Harris Alyson Kennedy Tom Hoefling Jonathan D. Ellis Gloria La Riva Filberto Ramirez Jr. Merlin Miller Harry V. Bertram Jill Reed Tom Cary Thomas Robert Stevens Alden Link Sheila "Samm" Tittle Matthew A. Turner Jerry White Phyllis Scherrer Green Socialist, USA Justice Peace and Freedom Socialist Workers America's Socialism and Liberation Third Position Unaffiliated Objectivist We the People Socialist Equality Write-in 4 - TO THE 113TH UNITED STATES CONGRESS Doug Aden Cory Gardner Brandon Shaffer Josh Gilliland Pamela P. Mazanec Steven Ray Dellinger CONGRESSIONAL 4 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION Stephen C. Ludwig Tyler Belmont Brian Davidson Daniel Ong STATE OFFICES AT LARGE - REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO 23 - STATE SENATE Vicki Marble Lee Kemp 48 - STATE Stephen Humphrey John R. Gibson 49 - STATE James Shelton Perry L. Buck 50 - STATE Dave Young Skip Carlson 63 - STATE Tim Erickson Lori Saine ATTORNEY - 19TH JUDICIAL Ken Buck Jeff Ilseman Seth L. Patterson Judy Lubow RTD I - REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR Cheryl Hauger K - REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR David Elliott Paul D. Solano Jan Pawlowski Rich Himmel COUNTY OFFICES Sean Conway Write-in AT LARGE - COUNTY COMMISSIONER 1 - COUNTY COMMISSIONER Mike Freeman 3 - COUNTY COMMISSIONER Barbara J. Kirkmeyer AT LARGE - COUNTY COUNCIL Donald D. Mueller Justin Buxman 1 - COUNTY COUNCIL Brett Abernathy Charles Tucker 2 - COUNTY COUNCIL Steve Curtis Virginia A "Ginny" Buczek CITY CITY OF DACO - MAYOR Sandra Tucker Charles Sigman CITY OF DACO - COUNCIL MEMBERS (Vote for no more than two) Geneiveve Schneider Michael Ayres JUSTICE OF THE COLORADO SUPREME COURT Shall Justice Nathan B. Coats of the Colorado Supreme Court be retained in office? COURT OF APPEALS Shall Judge Laurie A. Booras of the Shall Judge James S. Casebolt of the Shall Judge Dennis A. Graham of the Shall Judge Gale T. Miller of the Shall Judge Daniel Marc Taubman of the Shall Judge John R. Webb of the JUDGE 19TH JUDICIAL Shall Judge James F. Hartmann of the 19th Judicial District be retained in office? FRONT Card 1 RptPct " " FOR PROOF ONLY

2 Shall Judge Elizabeth Beckers Strobel of the 19th Judicial District be retained in office? Shall Judge Todd Taylor of the 19th Judicial District be Shall Judge Dinsmore Tuttle of the 19th Judicial District be Ballot questions referred by the general assembly or any political subdivision are listed by letter, and ballot questions initiated by the people are listed numerically. A ballot question listed as an amendment proposes a change to the Colorado constitution, and a ballot question listed as a proposition proposes a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes. A yes vote on any ballot question is a vote in favor of changing current law or existing circumstances, and a no vote on any ballot question is a vote against changing current law or existing Amendment S Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning the state personnel system, and, in connection therewith, expanding the veterans' preference; increasing the number of candidates eligible to be appointed to a position; adjusting the duration of allowable temporary employment; allowing the flexibility to remove a limited number of positions from the system; modifying the residency requirement; adjusting the terms of service for members of the state personnel board; and requiring merit-based appointments to be made through a comparative analysis process? Amendment 64 Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning marijuana, and, in connection therewith, providing for the regulation of marijuana; permitting a person twenty-one years of age or older to consume or possess limited amounts of marijuana; providing for the licensing of cultivation facilities, product manufacturing facilities, testing facilities, and retail stores; permitting local governments to regulate or prohibit such facilities; requiring the general assembly to enact an excise tax to be levied upon wholesale sales of marijuana; requiring that the first $40 million in revenue raised annually by such tax be credited to the public school capital construction assistance fund; and requiring the general assembly to enact legislation governing the cultivation, processing, and sale of industrial hemp? Amendment 65 Shall there be amendments to the Colorado constitution and the Colorado revised statutes concerning support by Colorado's legislative representatives for a federal constitutional amendment to limit campaign contributions and spending, and, in connection therewith, instructing Colorado's congressional delegation to propose and support, and the members of Colorado's state legislature to ratify, an amendment to the United States constitution that allows congress and the states to limit campaign contributions and spending? TOWN OF BERTHOUD INITIATED QUESTION 300 Medical Marijuana Business Prohibition Shall the Town of Berthoud adopt an ordinance providing: Section l. Pursuant to Article 43.3 of Title 12 of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the Town of Berthoud hereby prohibits the operation of Medical Marijuana Centers, Optional Premises Cultivation Operations and Medical Marijuana Infused Products Manufacturing Businesses, effective ten (10) days following publication of this Ordinance. With respect to any such centers, operations, facilities or businesses of any kind in operation upon such effective date, each and every such center, operation, facility and business shall cease operations within ninety (90) days of said date. Section 2. If passed by the voters at the November, 2012 regular election, this Initiated ordinance shall take effect immediately upon certification by the designated election official that a majority of registered electors voted in favor of this Initiated Ordinance at such regular election. In such event, each and every Medical Marijuana Center, Optional Premises Cultivation Operation and Medical Marijuana Infused Products Manufacturer in operation on such effective date shall cease operations within ninety (90) days of the effective date specified in this Section 2. TOWN OF ERIE BALLOT ISSUE 2A SHALL THE TOWN OF ERIE DEBT BE INCREASED BY T MORE THAN $6,200,000, WITH A REPAYMENT COST OF T MORE THAN $11,600,000, AND SHALL TOWN TAXES BE INCREASED T MORE THAN $1,200,000 ANNUALLY TO REPAY SUCH DEBT, ALL FOR TOWN PUBLIC SAFETY PURPOSES, INCLUDING, BUT T LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING: ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND EQUIPPING OF A POLICE STATION AND MUNICIPAL COURT BUILDING AND ALL NECESSARY AND INCIDENTAL FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT AND COSTS, AND SHALL THE MILL LEVY BE INCREASED IN ANY YEAR WITHOUT LIMITATION AS TO RATE AND AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF, PREMIUM, IF ANY, AND INTEREST ON SUCH DEBT OR ANY REFUNDING DEBT (OR TO CREATE A RESERVE FOR SUCH PAYMENT); SUCH DEBT TO BE EVIDENCED BY THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OR OTHER MULTIPLE FISCAL YEAR FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS, TO BE SOLD IN ONE SERIES OR MORE, FOR A PRICE ABOVE OR BELOW THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SUCH SERIES, ON TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND WITH SUCH MATURITIES AS PERMITTED BY LAW, INCLUDING PROVISIONS FOR REDEMPTION OF THE BONDS PRIOR TO MATURITY WITH OR WITHOUT PAYMENT OF THE PREMIUM OF T TO EXCEED THREE PERCENT; AND SHALL THE TOWN BE AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE DEBT TO REFUND THE DEBT AUTHORIZED IN THIS QUESTION, PROVIDED THAT AFTER THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH REFUNDING DEBT THE TOTAL OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF ALL DEBT ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS QUESTION DOES T EXCEED THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT SET FORTH ABOVE, AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT ALL DEBT ISSUED BY THE TOWN PURSUANT TO THIS QUESTION IS ISSUED ON TERMS THAT DO T EXCEED THE REPAYMENT COSTS AUTHORIZED IN THIS QUESTION; AND SHALL SUCH TAX REVENUES INVESTMENT OF SUCH BOND PROCEEDS AND TAX REVENUES BE COLLECTED, RETAINED AND SPENT AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE AND AN EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITS WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE APPLY UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW? Shall Section 4.3, City Manager - Appointment and Qualifications, of the City of Evans Home Rule Charter, be amended by eliminating the requirement that the City Manager reside within the city limits? BALLOT QUESTION 2B Shall Section 4.7(a), Clerk - Functions and Duties, of the City of Evans Home Rule Charter, be amended to remove the requirement that appointment and removal of the City Clerk be approved by the City Council? BALLOT QUESTION 2C Shall Section 4.8(a), Treasurer - Functions and Duties, of the City of Evans Home Rule Charter, be amended to remove the requirement that the appointment and removal of the City Treasurer be approved by the City Council? BALLOT QUESTION 2D Shall Section 8.7-1, Emergency Contingency Fund, be amended to provide for a ceiling of $1,000,000 to be accumulated in such fund allowing any funds exceeding $1,000,000 to be transferred to the General Fund, such amendment to be effective January 1, 2013? VOTE BOTH SIDES BACK Card 1 RptPct " " FOR PROOF ONLY

3 Ballot questions referred by the general assembly or any political subdivision are listed by letter, and ballot questions initiated by the people are listed numerically. A ballot question listed as an amendment proposes a change to the Colorado constitution, and a ballot question listed as a proposition proposes a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes. A yes vote on any ballot question is a vote in favor of changing current law or existing circumstances, and a no vote on any ballot question is a vote against changing current law or existing TOWN OF FIRESTONE BALLOT ISSUE 2A SHALL TOWN OF FIRESTONE TAXES BE INCREASED $1,500,000 IN 2013 AND THEN ANNUALLY BY WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED THEREAFTER BY THE IMPOSITION OF A TEMPORARY SALES TAX AT THE RATE OF 1.0 PERCENT, SUCH TEMPORARY SALES TAX TO COMMENCE JANUARY 1, 2013 AND EXPIRE FIFTEEN YEARS THEREAFTER AND BE COLLECTED IN ADDITION TO THE TOWN S PERMANENT SALES TAX OF 2.0 PERCENT UPON THE TOWN S EXISTING SALES TAX BASE, SO THAT THERE CONTINUES TO BE TOWN SALES TAX UPON SALES OF FOOD FOR DOMESTIC HOME CONSUMPTION, WITH THE NET PROCEEDS OF SUCH ADDITIONAL 1.0 PERCENT SALES TAX TO BE COLLECTED, RETAINED AND SPENT FOR ACQUISITION, DEVELOPMENT, CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, EXPANSION, REHABILITATION AND REVATION OF EXISTING AND PLANNED PARKS, STREETS AND UTILITIES, INCLUDING BUT T LIMITED TO CENTRAL PARK IMPROVEMENTS, ARTERIAL, COLLECTOR, AND LOCAL STREETS, WATERLINES, CULVERTS, DRAINAGE FACILITIES, RAW WATER IRRIGATION FACILITIES, CURBS, GUTTERS, SIDEWALKS, TRAILS, BRIDGES, SHOULDERS AND MEDIANS, AND FOR PUBLIC WORKS OPERATIONS EQUIPMENT; AND SHALL THE TOWN BE PERMITTED TO COLLECT, RETAIN AND EXPEND ALL REVENUES DERIVED FROM SUCH SALES TAX AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE AND AN EXCEPTION TO LIMITS WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE APPLY UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW? CITY OF FORT LUPTON Shall the existing term limits be changed so that a Councilmember may run every four years for term, but be limited to three consecutive terms per member as allowed by the State, Section 11, Article XVIII? CITY OF LONGMONT Shall the City of Longmont grant a gas franchise to Public Service Company of Colorado granting it the non-exclusive right to make reasonable use of City streets, other City property and public utility easements to provide gas utility service to the City and to its residents and to acquire, purchase, construct, install, locate, maintain, operate, and extend into, within and through the City all Company facilities reasonably necessary for the sale, storage, purchase, exchange, transportation, transmission and distribution of gas utility service within and through the City? CITY OF LONGMONT BALLOT QUESTION 300 Shall the City of Longmont Home Rule Charter be amended by adding a new article XVI to prohibit within the City of Longmont the use of Hydraulic Fracturing to extract oil, gas, or other hydrocarbons, and prohibit within the City of Longmont the storage in open pits or disposal of solid or liquid wastes created in connection with the hydraulic fracturing process, including but not limited to flowback or produced wastewater and brine? WELD COUNTY SCHOOL 6 6 DEBT BE INCREASED UP TO $8.2 MILLION, WITH A TOTAL REPAYMENT COST (PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST) OF UP TO $14.5 MILLION, AND SHALL TAXES BE INCREASED BY UP TO $845,000 ANNUALLY, SOLELY TO PROVIDE LOCAL MATCHING MONEY REQUIRED FOR A STATE GRANT OF APPROXIMATELY $21 MILLION UNDER THE BUILDING EXCELLENT SCHOOLS TODAY (BEST) PROGRAM FOR EITHER THE 2012 OR 2013 GRANT APPLICATION YEARS (WHICH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE GRANT WILL BE CONTINGENT UPON THE PASSAGE OF THIS BALLOT ISSUE) FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COSTS OF: CONSTRUCTING A REPLACEMENT FACILITY FOR JOHN EVANS MIDDLE SCHOOL; WHICH DEBT SHALL CONSIST OF THE ISSUANCE AND PAYMENT OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS WHICH SHALL BEAR INTEREST, MATURE, BE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION, WITH OR WITHOUT PREMIUM, AND BE ISSUED AT SUCH TIME, AT SUCH PRICE (AT, ABOVE OR BELOW PAR) AND IN SUCH MANNER AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS, T INCONSISTENT WITH THIS BALLOT ISSUE, AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY DETERMINE; AND SHALL AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAXES BE LEVIED WITHOUT LIMIT AS TO THE MILL RATE TO GENERATE AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT IN EACH YEAR TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF, PREMIUM IF ANY, AND INTEREST ON SUCH DEBT AND TO FUND ANY RESERVES FOR THE PAYMENT THEREOF? WELD COUNTY SCHOOL RE-10J. RE-10J TAXES BE INCREASED $195,000 ANNUALLY (SUCH DOLLAR AMOUNT BEING THE FIRST FISCAL YEAR INCREASE) AND THEREAFTER BY WHATEVER AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY FOR A LIMITED 5-YEAR PERIOD (COMMENCING IN COLLECTION YEAR 2013 AND ENDING AFTER COLLECTION YEAR 2017) FROM AN OVERRIDE MILL LEVY IMPOSED AT A RATE OF 3.6 MILLS FOR THE PURPOSE OF, AMONG OTHER THINGS: RECRUITING AND RETAINING HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS AND STAFF FOR ESSENTIAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, REPLACING OUTDATED TEXTBOOKS AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, REDUCING THE TEACHER- TO-STUDENT RATIO SO TEACHERS CAN FOCUS ON STUDENTS AND THEIR NEEDS, AND PROVIDING PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP TO EXISTING FACILITIES AND BUS FLEET, PROVIDED THAT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT RAISED FROM THE OVERRIDE MILL LEVY SHALL T EXCEED THE AMOUNT PERMITTED UNDER C.R.S , WITH SUCH TAX INCREASE TO BE IN ADDITION TO THE PROPERTY TAXES THAT OTHERWISE WOULD BE LEVIED FOR THE GENERAL FUND AND TO CONSTITUTE A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE AND AN EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITS WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE APPLY? WELD COUNTY SCHOOL RE-1. RE-1 TAXES BE INCREASED BY $1,831,000 IN 2012 FOR COLLECTION IN THE 2013 CALENDAR YEAR, AND BY SUCH AMOUNTS AS MAY BE COLLECTED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER BY THE IMPOSITION OF A MILL LEVY WHICH GENERATES REVENUE WHICH, TOGETHER WITH THE REVENUES PRODUCED BY THE 2001 VOTER AUTHORIZED TAX INCREASE OF THE UNDER , C.R.S., AS AMENDED, IS T GREATER THAN TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE S TOTAL PROGRAM FUNDING TO BE USED FOR GENERAL FUND PURPOSES SUCH AS: RESTORE CRITICAL PROGRAMS SUSPENDED AS A RESULT OF CUTS IN STATE FUNDING, INCLUDING BUT T LIMITED TO GIFTED AND TALENTED PROGRAMS, REMEDIAL READING AND COUNSELLING; RESTORE AND HELP MAINTAIN COMPETITIVE SALARIES IN ORDER TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN QUALIFIED STAFF; AND SHALL SUCH INCREASE BE AN ADDITIONAL PROPERTY TAX MILL LEVY IN EXCESS OF THE LEVIES THE IS OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED BY LAW TO IMPOSE; AND SHALL THE BE AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT, RETAIN AND SPEND ALL REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES INVESTMENT OF SUCH REVENUES AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE AND AN EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITS WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE APPLY UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION? 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4 WELD COUNTY SCHOOL RE-1 BALLOT ISSUE 3B WELD COUNTY SCHOOL RE-8 WELD COUNTY SCHOOL RE-8 BALLOT ISSUE 3B ST. VRAIN VALLEY SCHOOL RE-1J. RE-1 DEBT BE INCREASED $9,900,000, WITH A REPAYMENT COST OF UP TO $12,900,000, AND SHALL TAXES BE INCREASED UP TO $1,300,000 ANNUALLY, FOR ENLARGING, IMPROVING, REPAIRING OR MAKING ADDITIONS TO SCHOOL BUILDINGS, FOR EQUIPPING OR FURNISHING SCHOOL BUILDINGS, FOR IMPROVING SCHOOL GROUNDS, OR ACQUIRING, CONSTRUCTING OR IMPROVING ANY CAPITAL ASSET THAT THE IS AUTHORIZED BY LAW TO OWN, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING: ACQUIRE, CONSTRUCT AND EQUIP SCHOOLS AND FACILITIES -WIDE WITH SAFETY AND SECURITY SYSTEMS; REPLACE AND/OR REPAIR DEFERRED CAPITAL MAINTENANCE ITEMS INCLUDING OUTDATED ROOFING, HVAC AND TECHLOGY; CONSTRUCT AN ATHLETIC FIELD AND REVATE EXISTING ATHLETIC FACILITIES; SUCH DEBT TO BE EVIDENCED BY THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, INSTALLMENT SALE OR LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENTS, OR OTHER MULTIPLE FISCAL YEAR OBLIGATIONS; SUCH DEBT TO BE SOLD OR ISSUED IN ONE SERIES OR MORE, FOR A PRICE ABOVE OR BELOW THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT THEREOF, ON TERMS AND CONDITIONS, AND WITH SUCH MATURITIES AS PERMITTED BY LAW AND AS THE MAY DETERMINE, INCLUDING PROVISIONS FOR REDEMPTION OF THE DEBT PRIOR TO MATURITY WITH OR WITHOUT PAYMENT OF A PREMIUM; AND SHALL THE MILL LEVY BE INCREASED IN ANY YEAR, WITHOUT LIMITATION OF RATE AND IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF, PREMIUM, IF ANY, AND INTEREST ON SUCH DEBT OR ANY REFUNDING DEBT (OR TO CREATE A RESERVE FOR SUCH PAYMENT); AND SHALL THE BE AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE DEBT TO REFUND THE DEBT AUTHORIZED IN THIS QUESTION, PROVIDED THAT AFTER THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH REFUNDING DEBT THE TOTAL OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF ALL DEBT ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS QUESTION DOES T EXCEED THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT SET FORTH ABOVE, AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT ALL DEBT ISSUED BY THE PURSUANT TO THIS QUESTION IS ISSUED ON TERMS THAT DO T EXCEED THE REPAYMENT COSTS AUTHORIZED IN THIS QUESTION; AND SHALL SUCH TAX REVENUES INVESTMENT OF SUCH BOND PROCEEDS AND TAX REVENUES BE COLLECTED, RETAINED AND SPENT AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW? RE-8 (FORT LUPTON SCHOOLS) TAXES BE INCREASED UP TO $1.4 MILLION ANNUALLY, THROUGH EXTENSION FOR AN ADDITIONAL SEVEN-YEAR PERIOD OF A 2006 ELECTOR AUTHORIZED TAX WHICH IS TO EXPIRE (WITH 2020 TO BE THE LAST COLLECTION YEAR FOR THE RENEWED SEVEN-YEAR TAX EXTENSION), TO BE DEPOSITED IN THE S GENERAL FUND FOR EDUCATION PURPOSES AND SUBJECT TO ANNUAL CITIZEN FINANCE COMMITTEE REVIEW AND MONITORING OF EXPENDITURES, TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO: ATTRACT, TRAIN AND RETAIN HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS, SUPPORT STAFF, AND EMPLOYEES IN ORDER TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH SURROUNDING SCHOOL S, THROUGH A PROPERTY TAX TO BE LEVIED AT A RATE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE THE AMOUNT SPECIFIED ABOVE, WHICH TAXES SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO PROPERTY TAXES THAT OTHERWISE WOULD BE LEVIED FOR THE GENERAL FUND AND SHALL CONSTITUTE A VOTER- APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE? RE-8 (FORT LUPTON SCHOOLS) DEBT BE INCREASED $11,729,000, WITH A REPAYMENT COST OF UP TO $17,590,000, AND SHALL TAXES BE INCREASED BY UP TO $895,000 ANNUALLY, TO EXTEND THE USEFUL LIFE OF EXISTING SCHOOL FACILITIES AND REDUCE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS BY FINANCING THE COSTS OF: REVATING FORT LUPTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, $5.5 MILLION OF THE COSTS OF WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO BE PAID FROM A CASH GRANT AWARD UNDER THE STATE OF COLORADO BUILDING EXCELLENT SCHOOLS TODAY (BEST) ACT, WHICH REPAIRS AND REVATIONS INCLUDE, FIRE SAFETY UPGRADES, SECURITY AND SURVEILLANCE WINDOW SYSTEM RESTROOM UPGRADES AND AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA) IMPROVEMENTS; REVATING BUTLER ELEMENTARY AND TWOMBLY ELEMENTARY, WHICH REPAIRS AND REVATIONS INCLUDE, ROOF AND SCHOOL GROUNDS AND PARKING LOT REPAIRS; REVATING THE HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH REPAIRS AND REVATIONS INCLUDE, ROOF SECURITY AND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM UPGRADES, AND ATHLETIC FACILITY UPGRADES INCLUDING, FOOTBALL FIELD REVATION, TRACK AND TENNIS COURT RESURFACING AND GYM BLEACHER REPLACEMENTS; AND TO THE EXTENT FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE AFTER PROVIDING FOR THE ABOVE COSTS, TO PAY OTHER COSTS OF IMPROVING AND EQUIPPING SCHOOL FACILITIES, BY THE ISSUANCE AND PAYMENT OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, WHICH DEBT SHALL BEAR INTEREST, MATURE, BE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION, WITH OR WITHOUT PREMIUM, AND BE ISSUED, DATED AND SOLD AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES, AT SUCH PRICES (AT, ABOVE OR BELOW PAR) AND IN SUCH MANNER AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS, T INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY DETERMINE; AND SHALL AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAXES BE LEVIED WITHOUT LIMIT AS TO THE MILL RATE TO PRODUCE AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT IN EACH YEAR TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF, PREMIUM IF ANY, AND INTEREST ON SUCH DEBT AND TO FUND ANY RESERVES FOR THE PAYMENT THEREOF? BALLOT ISSUE. 3A: ST. VRAIN VALLEY SCHOOL RE-1J MILL LEVY OVERRIDE TO MITIGATE STATE FUNDING CUTS TO MAINTAIN TEACHER AND STAFF POSITIONS, ATTRACT AND RETAIN HIGH QUALITY TEACHERS AND STAFF, AND TO UPGRADE TECHLOGY AND EXPAND/ENHANCE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. SHALL ST. VRAIN VALLEY SCHOOL RE-1J TAXES BE INCREASED $14,800,000 IN TAX YEAR 2012 FOR COLLECTION IN YEAR 2013 (AND BY WHATEVER AMOUNTS MAY BE COLLECTED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER) FROM A MILL LEVY INCREASE T TO EXCEED 6.27 MILLS, AS DETERMINED ANNUALLY BY THE S GOVERNING BOARD, THE REVENUES FROM WHICH SHALL BE USED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES (WHICH INCLUDES THE S EXISTING SIX CHARTER SCHOOLS), SUCH PURPOSES TO INCLUDE BUT ARE T LIMITED TO: MAINTAINING TEACHER POSITIONS AND REASONABLE CLASS SIZES, ATTRACTING AND RETAINING HIGH- QUALITY TEACHERS AND STAFF, UPGRADING TECHLOGY TO ENHANCE STUDENT LEARNING, AND EXPANDING AND ENHANCING EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION (PRESCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN); SUCH TAX INCREASE TO BE AN ADDITIONAL PROPERTY TAX MILL LEVY IN EXCESS OF THE LEVY AUTHORIZED FOR THE S GENERAL FUND, PURSUANT TO, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION , C.R.S., AND TO CONSTITUTE A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE AND AN EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITS WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE APPLY? BACK Card 2 RptPct " " FOR PROOF ONLY

5 Ballot questions referred by the general assembly or any political subdivision are listed by letter, and ballot questions initiated by the people are listed numerically. A ballot question listed as an amendment proposes a change to the Colorado constitution, and a ballot question listed as a proposition proposes a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes. A yes vote on any ballot question is a vote in favor of changing current law or existing circumstances, and a no vote on any ballot question is a vote against changing current law or existing CENTRAL COLORADO WATER CONSERVANCY BALLOT ISSUE 4A SHALL THE CENTRAL COLORADO WATER CONSERVANCY DEBT BE INCREASED UP TO $60 MILLION, WITH A MAXIMUM REPAYMENT COST OF UP TO $96.8 MILLION, AND SHALL TAXES BE INCREASED UP TO $3.9 MILLION ANNUALLY FOR: THE PURPOSE OF ENABLING LOCAL FARM FOOD PRODUCTION, KEEPING RANCHES WORKING AND DECREASING FARM DRY-UPS BY FINANCING THE COSTS OF, AND SECURING ADDITIONAL WATER SUPPLIES, ACQUIRING, RECLAIMING AND IMPROVING SITES FOR WATER STORAGE, AND PARTICIPATING IN THE CHATFIELD RESERVOIR WATER STORAGE REALLOCATION PROJECT; SUCH DEBT TO CONSIST OF THE ISSUANCE AND PAYMENT OF LIMITED TAX GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, WHICH BONDS SHALL BEAR INTEREST AT A MAXIMUM NET EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE T TO EXCEED 6.5% PER ANNUM AND SHALL BE DATED AND SOLD AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES, AT SUCH PRICES (AT, ABOVE OR BELOW PAR) AND IN SUCH MANNER AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS, T INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAY DETERMINE; SHALL (I) AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAXES BE LEVIED IN ANY YEAR AT A LIMITED MILL LEVY RATE T TO EXCEED 3 MILLS, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED IN SECTION OF THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES, AND IN SUCH AMOUNTS AS SET FORTH ABOVE AND (II) THE BE AUTHORIZED TO ENCUMBER AND PLEDGE ANY OTHER REVENUES OF THE TO BE USED TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON SUCH BONDS AS THE SAME BECOME DUE AND TO FUND ANY RESERVES FOR THE PAYMENT THEREOF; AND SHALL ANY INVESTMENT EARNINGS (REGARDLESS OF AMOUNT) FROM SUCH TAX REVENUES AND FROM THE PROCEEDS OF SUCH BONDS CONSTITUTE A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION? GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT SUB OF THE CENTRAL COLORADO WATER CONSERVANCY BALLOT ISSUE 4B WITHOUT CREATING ANY NEW TAX OR INCREASING CURRENT TAX RATES, SHALL THE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT SUB OF THE CENTRAL COLORADO WATER CONSERVANCY BE AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT, RETAIN AND EXPEND THE FULL AMOUNT OF REVENUES GENERATED FROM ALL SOURCES WITHOUT LIMITATION OR CONDITION UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION, AND AS AN EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITATIONS UNDER SECTION OF THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES AND RELATED LIMITS WHICH OTHERWISE APPLY? FRONT Card 3 RptPct " " FOR PROOF ONLY