Fair Elections Fund.
Denver Revised Municipal Code § 15-52
in effectSec. 15-52. - Fair Elections Fund.
(a) Permitted uses of revenue in the fund. Monies in the fund shall be expended solely on public financing for the campaigns of candidates that have been certified pursuant to this division and costs incurred by the city associated directly with the administration of the fund and the duties required under this article.
(b) Annual appropriation. The city council shall annually appropriate three dollars and forty-three cents ($3.43) per Denver resident, as determined by the most recent official United States Census Bureau Population Estimate to the fund. The appropriation shall be adjusted every four (4) years by an amount based upon the percentage change over a four-year period in the United States Department of Labor (Bureau of Labor Statistics) consumer price index for Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, all items, all consumers, or its successor index, rounded to the lowest one cent ($.01). The adjustment shall be calculated prior to March 31, 2027 and every four (4) years thereafter, and shall take effect on January 1, 2028, and every four (4) years thereafter. The clerk and recorder shall calculate and specify the adjusted amount in rules promulgated in accordance with this article.
(c) Maximum fund balance. The amount in the fund shall not exceed nine million, five hundred forty-seven thousand, seven hundred and five dollars ($9,547,705).
The maximum fund balance shall be adjusted every four (4) years by an amount based upon the percentage change over a four-year period in the United States Department of Labor (Bureau of Labor Statistics) consumer price index for Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, all items, all consumers, or its successor index, rounded to the lowest five dollars ($5.00) increment. The adjustment shall take effect on January 1, 2028 and every four years thereafter. The clerk and recorder shall calculate and specify the adjusted amount in rules promulgated in accordance with this article.
(d) Fiscal emergency. The city council may suspend or reduce the amount in the annual appropriation in this section by adoption of an ordinance approved by a two-thirds vote declaring a fiscal emergency.
(Ord. No. 1676-24, § 1, 2-18-25)
Source: City and County of Denver, Revised Municipal Code and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/co/denver/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIREMUCO_CH15EL_ARTIIICAFI_DIV2DEFAELFU_S15-52FAELFUFetched: 10/27/2026