Local ballot measure voters to decide green roof initiative, $937 million in bonds, and charter changes to the environmental health department

Today's Brew gives you the inside scoop on this year's ballot measures in Denver, brings you the latest polling data from the tight Virginia gubernato [View this email in your browser]( [Ballotpedia](   [Facebook](   [Twitter](   [The Daily Brew]( Denver voters to decide nine local ballot measures  It might be an odd year, but there’s plenty of intrigue set to be on the ballot across the country. Over the next three weeks we’ll be highlighting elections and races of note. Today, we head to the Rocky Mountain state. On the ballot this November 7 is Initiated Ordinance 300, a citizen initiative establishing a green and solar panel roof requirement for large buildings. If voters approve the initiative, any new roofing for a building with more than 25,000 square feet of area would be required to have between 20 percent and 60 percent of available roof space covered with vegetation (green roof) or a combination of vegetation and solar panels—with larger buildings requiring a larger percentage of green/solar coverage. The initiative was written to set minimum definitions and standards for what qualifies as a green roof.   Voters will also see a seven-question, $937 million bond package (Referred Questions 2A through 2G) on their ballots, and referred Measure 2H, a measure to amending the city charter to rename the city's Department of Environmental Health to the Department of Public Health and Environment and increase the number of board members for the department from five to nine. Denver is the 22nd largest city in the United States. It next holds mayoral and city council elections in 2019. [Learn more about these local measures in Colorado](   Gillespie leads in Virginia gubernatorial poll for the first time since March A Monmouth University poll of the Virginia gubernatorial election released yesterday is the first since March to show former Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie (R) leading Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam (D). The poll of 408 likely voters found that 48 percent planned on voting for Gillespie, while 47 percent planned on voting for Northam. The poll is one of three to be released Tuesday; a weekly Christopher Newport tracking survey found Northam ahead of Gillespie by four percent (48-44), a three percent decrease from the previous week's 49-42 lead reported for Northam. Meanwhile, a Roanoke College poll found Northam leading Gillespie 50-44. [Get the latest information on the Virginia gubernatorial race]( →   Recall organizer defeats incumbent in North Dakota city council recall by six votes  On Monday, Courtenay resident Shane Moran organized and won a recall effort against City Councilman John Bailey by six votes. While that sounds like one of the tightest recall elections ever, Moran actually won with 60% of the vote. Moran won 17 votes to 11 votes for Bailey in the town of 43 residents. Moran sought Bailey's recall over allegations of incompetency and improper conduct. Bailey countered that Moran and other recall supporters disliked the councilman's approach to managing the city's sewer system. Moran will serve the remainder of Bailey's term, which expires in June 2018.   Thus far in 2017, Ballotpedia has tracked 211 recalls against 290 elected officials. Of the 45 elected officials who have faced recall elections, 23 officials have been recalled, for a rate of 51.1%. This is lower than the 56.3% rate for 2016 recalls and the 64.5% rate for 2015 recalls.   Ballotpedia covers every state and local recall we can find. [Learn more about this recall]( → [Learn about recalls in the rest of the country]( →   Ballotpedia depends on the support of our readers. The Lucy Burns Institute, publisher of Ballotpedia, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. All donations are tax deductible to the extent of the law. Donations to the Lucy Burns Institute or Ballotpedia do not support any candidates or campaigns. [Donate Securely Online]( Decide which emails you want from Ballotpedia. [Unsubscribe]( or [adjust your preferences]( →   [Facebook](   [Twitter](