Lakewood Special Election: Ballot Dropoff, When To Expect Results

LAKEWOOD, CO — Lakewood voters will choose the outcome of the controversial Ballot Question 200 Tuesday. If the ordinance passes, it would curb residential growth in the city through a permit allocation system.

Thousands of ballots have been mailed in, and are being counted at the Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder Elections Division.

The elections division hosted a tour Monday for members of the public to learn about how staff collect ballots, verify signatures and tabulate results.

All ballots must be received by 7 p.m. on Tuesday, and then the Jefferson County elections division will post results as they come in. Overseas and military ballots must be received by July 10.

Ballots can be dropped off at the following locations Tuesday:

• 24-hour drop-off box: 480 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood (located on the west side of the building)
• Indoor Ballot Box: 480 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood, between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesday.

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If Ballot Question 200 passes, the ordinance would curb residential growth in the city through a permit allocation system. Realty and general contracting organizations have donated more than a quarter of a million dollars to defeat the measure, according to campaign finance reports.

The initiative, which would apply to new single family homes, apartments and condos, would cap new housing projects at 1 percent of Lakewood's current housing stock.

Those who are against the initiative say it would increase property taxes and mortgage payments for local homeowners; however groups that are pushing for the measure say that the local luxury housing boom is driving up mortgages and rents.

Read also:

• Lakewood Special Election 2019: Ballot Question 200 In Mail
• More Than $250K Spent To Defeat Lakewood Ballot Question 200