It’s unclear if Aurora’s strong-mayor ballot question will go before voters in November
The Aurora Municipal Center, photographed March 13. (Olivia Sun, The Colorado Sun via Report for America)
It’s unclear whether Aurora voters will get to decide in November whether to give their mayor more power.
Proponents of a ballot measure to switch Aurora to a strong-mayor system of governance said Friday they were told by city officials that there won’t be enough time to meet the deadlines necessary to get the question before voters this year — even though the city in July preliminarily approved the measure to be on the November ballot.
Hours later, however, city officials indicated the initiative is still moving through the approval process.
The conflicting messages come as the question, supported by Mayor Mike Coffman and a shadowy conservative political nonprofit, has been bogged down by challenges and lawsuits filed by opponents.