Denver voters will be tasked this November with deciding the most citizen-initiated measures to appear on the city’s ballot in at least two decades, spanning topics from land conservation and pandemic research to homelessness.

Ahead of this week’s deadline, the Clerk and Recorder’s Office approved six citizen-led measures while the City Council approved two more measures proposed by city officials and another five from Mayor Michael Hancock that make up a $450 million bond proposal.

Alton Dillard, spokesman for the Clerk and Recorder’s Office, said this year’s ballot has more citizen-initiated ordinances than any other he could find going back to 2001 and likely further. Typically an election will have between one and three, he said.

The clerk’s office will mail out ballots Oct. 8 and the city’s 24-hour ballot drop boxes will open for returns the same day, he said. The city’s blue book, explaining each measure, will be mailed out to voters even before then.

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