Earlier this year, the Board of Douglas County Commissioners initiated the process to transition from a statutory form of government into a home rule county charter form of government.

If voters back the idea, the vote would kickstart the drafting of a home-rule charter by a 21-member commission. A second vote in November would then seek final approval for the charter itself.

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A special election will ask voters if they want the county to create their own home rule charter and who should serve on a charter commission. If voters say yes to home rule in the special ...

The first vote for home rule in Douglas County is set for June 24 and a final vote on home rule charter is set for November 4. If it’s all approved the new home rule would start on January 1.

With most ballots counted, the home rule question received a resounding 71 percent of "no" votes, with just 29 percent of voters approving of the plan, according to the Douglas County elections ...

Douglas County voters will be voting on June 24 whether to create a commission to write a charter that would institute “home rule” in county government.

No on Home Rule organizers prepare for canvassing behind a sign on the grounds of a Douglas County library, May 31, 2025. Voters in Douglas County are deciding whether to become a home rule county.

Douglas County is trying to do something no other Colorado county has done in nearly 50 years — adopt home-rule authority that would give the conservative bastion south of Denver more autonomy and ...

Home-rule authority, Teal said, will give Douglas County greater legal standing to take on state laws that its leaders believe go too far. It will represent a “shifting of the burden” onto the state, ...