Agenda Date: 10/20/2026
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Resolution 75-2026: A Resolution of the Littleton City Council opposing Amendment 84 which would require additional mail ballot information and urging its citizens to vote No on Amendment 84
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From: James L. Becklenberg, City Manager Prepared by: Reid B. Betzing, City Attorney Presentations: Reid B. Betzing, City Attorney
PURPOSE:
Staff have prepared information for City Council regarding Amendment 84, a citizen-initiated amendment to the Colorado Constitution concerning identification requirements for mail ballots, that is part of the November 2026 statewide election.
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DISCUSSION:
Amendment 84, if approved by voters in the November 2026 election, would amend the Colorado Constitution to require voters in federal and statewide elections to write the last four digits of their Social Security number, or their Colorado driver’s license or identification card number, on the outside of their mail ballot envelope, in addition to signing it.
Any Colorado identification used must be compliant with the federal Real ID law. If the number is missing or does not match the state voter registration database, the county election office must contact the voter, and the ballot will not be counted unless the voter corrects the problem within eight days after Election Day. Voters may cure by submitting a copy of an allowed identification, a U.S. passport, a U.S. military identification card, or a tribal photo identification card, and certain voters with disabilities and elderly voters may use a broader range of documents. The measure does not change identification requirements for voting in person.
Littleton residents, like voters across Colorado, overwhelmingly vote by mail. Statewide, 92 percent of ballots cast in 2024 were mail ballots, most of them returned to a drop box. Any Littleton voter who leaves the identification number off the envelope, writes it incorrectly, or ...
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