Denver voters will have one more referendum to decide this election season when they open their mail ballots for the June 4 runoff.

Initiative 302 – titled “Let Denver Vote” – will determine whether voters must be consulted first before any public funds are spent on exploring the city as a possible venue for the Olympics.

Basically, it’s a vote to have a vote, said Owen Perkins, campaign manager for the initiative.

“This is not currently a vote to decide taxpayer dollars being spent by the Olympics,” Perkins said Monday. “But it gives us the right to vote in the future about taxpayer dollars being spent on the Olympics.

Here’s the text of the ballot question:

”Shall the voters of the City and County of Denver enact a measure prohibiting the use of public monies, resources, or fiscal guarantees in connection with any future Olympic Games, without the City first obtaining voter approval at a regularly scheduled municipal election or special election should the City decide to use public monies, resources, or guarantees for this purpose?”

Perkins said the effort to place the question on the ballot stemmed from meetings in February 2018 when members of the U.S. Olympics Committee met with Colorado and Denver officials to discuss a possible 2030 Winter Olympics bid.

Those talks did not lead to any commitment by Denver or Colorado. He said Salt Lake City is the leading contender if the U.S. is awarded the 2030 winter Olympics.

But Perkins said Initiative 302 is not pegged to any specific Olympic bid.

Perkins said former Colorado Gov. Dick Lamm is among the supporters of the initiative, although he has not taken an active role in the campaign. Lamm led the successful effort to reject Colorado as the location for the 1976 Olympics.

There is no organized opposition to the initiative, but there will be a debate on the measure on Thursday at 8:15 p.m. at the Denver Art Museum’s Sharp Auditorium.

Mary Brice, a long-time Democratic Party activist, has agreed to debate the referendum with Perkins.

“Owen and I agree on a lot,” Brice said Tuesday. “I’m not sure the Olympics is a great thing for Denver. And I also agree that citizens should have a voice.”

“Where we differ is on where that voice is strongest,” she added. “I happen to believe in representative democracy and think that voice is strongest through our elected officials.”

Brice said she prefers voters hold their representatives accountable rather than decide issues by referendum.

“There are a lot of factors that have a strong influence with voters that don’t with your elected officials,” she said. “When things go to the voters, they tend to get very distorted.”