Douglas County Election 2026

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• The full November ballot guide: every race and measure a Douglas County voter can see
• Questions 200, 201 and 1A, explained: the three tangled commission-expansion questions and how to vote them consistently
• What the judge ruled on the ballot wording: not lawful, not removable, on your ballot anyway
• DCSD Ballot Issue 5A: what it costs your house: the $54 million override, by home value
• What does this ballot cost your household?: a calculator: 5A, Amendment 87, NN and 137, for your home value and income
• Your Douglas County ballot, top to bottom: every line in the order it appears, with a link to our page on each
• What do the 14 statewide measures mean for Douglas County?: every amendment and proposition, in plain English, with the local effect
• What does Amendment 87 mean for Douglas County?: the graduated income tax, by household income
• What does Proposition 136 mean for Douglas County?: the 4.4 percent income tax cap, and what happens if 87 passes too
• What does Proposition NN mean for Douglas County?: ten years of K-12 funding, and what DCSD would get
• What does Amendment 84 mean for Douglas County?: ID digits on your ballot envelope
• What does Amendment 81 mean for Douglas County?: immigration status notification, in the county that keeps suing over it
• What does Proposition 134 mean for Douglas County?: school sports by biological sex, and DCSD's current policy
• What does Proposition 135 mean for Douglas County?: the ban on transition surgeries for minors
• What do Propositions 132 and 133 mean for Douglas County?: fentanyl and trafficking penalties, and the 23rd Judicial District
• What does Proposition 137 mean for Douglas County?: sporting-goods tax dollars for water, land and wildfire
• What does Amendment 82 mean for Douglas County?: a constitutional right to natural gas, and new construction here
• The judges on your ballot: what the performance commission said about each one
• All 23 ballot drop boxes: addresses by town, open around the clock from Oct. 2
• How Greg Lopez scrambles the governor's race here: Douglas County is his best county, by the numbers
• How low can Victor Marx go?: the 2010 precedent and the Douglas County streak at risk
• Is Douglas County Republican or Democrat? Red or blue in 2026, race by race: the five races where the county could flip, and what it would mean
• Could Douglas County actually vote blue?: the verified numbers, both directions

Every race, every candidate

Names are as they appear on the county's sample ballot. A linked name goes to our page on that candidate; "Compare the candidates" goes to the head-to-head.