Updated at 8:30 p.m. on Nov. 5 with the first five batch of results.
On the ballot, Boulder voters weighed four city council seats, three local tax measures — for capital projects, mental health services and open space — and one contested BVSD Board of Education seat. Here are the candidates. All ballot measures have passed. With the near-final batch of results now released, the picture is complete: The winners are Councilmembers Matt Benjamin, Mark Wallach and Nicole Speer, and newcomer Rob Kaplan.
An additional tally is scheduled for Nov. 13, when overseas, military and cured ballots are included. Final certified results are expected by Nov. 25.
where are the results?
https://electionresults.bouldercounty.gov/
Every election Boulder votes for more taxes. Where does it stop?
100%
Every week, my family shops for more groceries, too. When will it stop?
It’s almost like we choose to use our money, both individually and collectively, to buy the things we think we need. And, as with groceries, keep in mind that many tax proposals only last for a limited time, so voting for “more taxes” is often just voting to keep paying for the things we’ve already said we want to pay for.
My 9:30pm November 4 forecast from a trend of two candidate-level data points:
1. Benjamin (18.2%)
2. Wallach (15.8%)
3. Kaplan (14.2%)
4. Speer (14.2%)
5. Robins (13.0%)
6. Folkerts (12.7%)
Around 25,000 ballots counted so far since fourth batch of results last night, so something like 11,000 city ballots still waiting to be counted. My 12:30am November 5 forecast assuming 36,000 ballots:
1. Benjamin (18.1%)
2. Wallach (15.2%)
3. Speer (14.2%)
4. Kaplan (14.1%)
5. Robins (13.1%)
6. Folkerts (12.6%)
Your reporting on election results would be more meaningful if it included information on the number of ballots counted as a percentage of those cast.
We’ve added this estimate.