Editing Boulder, Colorado (section)

==Government==
{{see also|List of mayors of Boulder, Colorado}}
Boulder is a [[Colorado municipalities#Home rule municipality|home rule municipality]], being [[self-governing]] under Article XX of the [[Law and Government of Colorado|Constitution of the State of Colorado]]; Title 31, Article 1, Section 202 of the [[Law and Government of Colorado|Colorado Revised Statutes]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Colorado Revised Statutes |url=https://law.justia.com/codes/colorado/2016/title-31/corporate-class-organization-and-territory/article-1/part-2/section-31-1-202 |website=Justia |access-date=February 4, 2020 |archive-date=February 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204190457/https://law.justia.com/codes/colorado/2016/title-31/corporate-class-organization-and-territory/article-1/part-2/section-31-1-202 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Politically, Boulder is one of the most liberal and Democratic cities in Colorado when viewed from a Federal and State elections lens. {{as of|July 2019}}, registered voters in [[Boulder County]] were 43.4% Democratic, 14.7% Republican, 1.6% in other parties, and 40.3% unaffiliated.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://election.boco.solutions/CR_WebReporting/VoterReg|title=Boulder County Voter Registration Data|website=election.boco.solutions|access-date=April 29, 2020|archive-date=July 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722023522/https://election.boco.solutions/CR_WebReporting/VoterReg|url-status=live}}</ref> By residents and detractors alike, Boulder is often referred to as the "People's Republic of Boulder".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/06/somethings-rotten-in-the-peoples-republic-of-boulder-three-things-to-be-exact/|title=Something's Rotten in the People's Republic of Boulder. Three Things, to be Exact.|work=Elephant Journal|date=June 1, 2013|access-date=November 29, 2013|author=Waylon Lewis|archive-date=September 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909163647/http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/06/somethings-rotten-in-the-peoples-republic-of-boulder-three-things-to-be-exact/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1974, the Boulder City Council passed Colorado's first ordinance prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation. Boulder voters repealed the measure by referendum within a year. In 1975, Boulder County Clerk Clela Rorex was the second in the United States ever to grant [[same-sex marriage]] licenses, prior to state laws being passed to prevent such issuance.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2004%2F02%2F14%2FMNG3R517N51.DTL |title=San Francisco not the first to marry couples of the same gender |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=February 14, 2004 |access-date=December 9, 2010 |first=Suzanne |last=Herel |archive-date=April 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418200631/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2004%2F02%2F14%2FMNG3R517N51.DTL |url-status=live }}</ref>

In July 2019, Boulder declared a "climate emergency" and established target dates<ref>{{Cite web|title=Climate|url=https://bouldercolorado.gov/climate|access-date=May 3, 2021|website=bouldercolorado.gov|archive-date=May 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503211333/https://bouldercolorado.gov/climate|url-status=live}}</ref> for achieving 100% renewable electricity,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Energy|url=https://bouldercolorado.gov/climate/energy-future|access-date=May 3, 2021|website=bouldercolorado.gov|archive-date=June 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615004043/https://bouldercolorado.gov/climate/energy-future|url-status=dead}}</ref> a reduction in [[greenhouse gas emissions]] from city organizations and facilities,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Greenhouse Gas Emissions From City Operations and Facilities|url=https://bouldercolorado.gov/boulder-measures/greenhouse-gas-emissions-from-city-operations-and-facilities|access-date=May 3, 2021|website=bouldercolorado.gov|archive-date=May 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503211331/https://bouldercolorado.gov/boulder-measures/greenhouse-gas-emissions-from-city-operations-and-facilities|url-status=live}}</ref> an increase in local generation of electricity through renewable sources, and a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from the community.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Local Renewable Generation|url=https://bouldercolorado.gov/boulder-measures/local-renewable-generation|access-date=May 3, 2021|website=bouldercolorado.gov|archive-date=June 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614235505/https://bouldercolorado.gov/boulder-measures/local-renewable-generation|url-status=dead}}</ref> The city created a community-centered process to focus on energy systems, regenerative ecosystems, circular materials economy, land use, and financial systems.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Climate Mobilization Action Plan (CMAP)|url=https://bouldercolorado.gov/climate/cmap|access-date=September 18, 2020|website=bouldercolorado.gov|archive-date=June 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615011648/https://bouldercolorado.gov/climate/cmap|url-status=dead}}</ref>