Backers of Colorado’s graduated income tax ballot measure race to collect final voter signatures before Monday deadline

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State Rep. Lorena Garcia, D-Adams County, helps Ken Barber sign a petition to get a graduated income tax initiative on the November 2026 ballot at Del Mar Park in Aurora, Colorado, on Monday, July 27, 2026. (Jesse Paul, The Colorado Sun)

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Initiative 195 will ask voters to raise Colorado’s flat 4.4% income tax rate on income earned by people and corporations that exceeds $500,000 while cutting the income tax rate on earnings less than that