Vail Vote YES: 2I & 2H & Prop 123
Make your Vote Count by Tuesday, November 8, 2022
Housing and Transportation are the undisputed top priorities for our communities. You should take the surveys, preach to your leadership, and talk to your friends about it - but the move that matters most is voting in support of those priorities.
There are 3 common sense initiatives on the ballot we can all get behind.
Vote YES on 2I
Let the Town of Vail keep the change for housing. 2I is not a tax increase. Last year, Vailiens approved a .5% sales tax to fund housing (2A). Colorado's tax rules (TABOR) say that government can’t keep more than they planned for in the first year. Vail's been crankin’ and that 2A housing fund is expected to rake in more than anticipated. The tax didn’t change – people are just buying more stuff, and that stuff is more expensive than expected. Groceries aren't taxed, so most of that extra didn't come out of a local pocket paying for necessities.
Vote YES to Eagle County Transit.
Contributing half a cent for every $1 spent in our community will help us make our transportation system better for locals, business, and the environment. Free and more frequent bus service will mean less money spent on gas and parking, less time spent getting where we're going, and more time spent doing what we're doing.
Vote YES to Prop 123.
State funding for affordable housing initiatives competes with other stuff. Bureaucratic head scratching about where funding for affordable housing should come from delays meaningful action on addressing the housing crisis. Prop 123 is a voter-initiated measure that tells the state of Colorado: “Hey, you know all that money you already collect from us in state income taxes - use about 2% of it for affordable housing”. Prop 123 would allocate roughly $300 million per year for rent reduction programs, land purchases for affordable housing, and construction of actual houses. It’s not a tax increase.
Ballots were sent in the mail and you should have it by now, you can go to Go Vote Colorado and check on it.
If you don’t have your ballot - no big deal - you can vote in person at a voting location through Election Day which is November 8th.
If you are not registered to vote - no big deal - you can register to vote in person at a voting location through Election Day which is November 8th.
To make your ballot count you can:
DROP IT at any 24hr drop box in Eagle County by November 8th.
SHOW UP to a voting location on November 8th.
you can also vote early! check the link for early in-person voting at location near you.
Vailiens that’s The Grand View
Atop the Lionshead Parking Structure
95 S. Frontage Road West
Vail, CO 81657
Vote Center Dates and Hours:
Thursday: Nov 3, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Friday: Nov 4, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Saturday: Nov 5, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Monday: Nov 7, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Election Day: Nov 8, 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.
DO NOT SEND IT through the mail now! Voting by mail is 100% safe - however - you needed to mail it no later than October 31st and that day has passed.
