Kids Out and About Top 20 Places to Take Kids (Denver): How Voting Works & How to Win

What the Denver Top 20 Places to Take Kids survey is and who runs it

Kids Out and About Denver runs the Top 20 Places to Take Kids survey for the Denver area. The Denver nominees list lives at /content/nominees-denver-top-20-survey on denver.kidsoutandabout.com, so the publisher itself hosts the vote and no outside platform is involved. Its subject is family outings: venues where a parent or grandparent might take children around the metro, plus educator categories that the same electorate weighs in on.

The organizer's own wording describes the seasonal habit behind the survey: "Every May and June, thousands of local parents, grandparents, and caregivers weigh in on their favorite local places to take kids." That sentence explains why the survey lands in early summer and why its ballot is framed around venues people actually visit with children.

Which editions are confirmed and when the 2026 window ran

Confirmed editions of the survey appear in 2024, 2025 and 2026. The 2024 survey is linked from the current ballot, the 2025 winners are showcased on a dedicated page, and the 2026 nominees form the live list. Voting for the 2026 survey ran from June 16 through June 20, 2026, and the ballot read "Voting is live through June 20" while the window was open. That makes the 2026 window the most recent dated fact the organizer publishes.

The survey has run each summer since 2005, according to the organizer's own description of its program history. No 2027 window is printed on the ballot page, so the calendar for the next cycle is not yet visible. Exact dates for that cycle are not published, so confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

How a supporter votes in the survey today

The mechanic is a vote placed directly on the organizer's site. A supporter opens the nominees page, reads through the venues on the list, and places votes for the places they would recommend to a family, along with the educator categories the survey includes. The organizer's wording is that voters place their votes for their "top three venues" and educator categories, so the ballot is built around a short set of choices rather than a single pick.

The organizer states the voting limit in its own words: "You can vote once on each device you have." The limit attaches to a device, not to a named person, which is the detail that matters most to a household voting from several phones or tablets. Each device carries its own vote, and the rule is applied per device as the organizer has written it.

How this survey sits beside Colorado's other best-of ballots

Colorado has several best-of ballots in the same catalogue, and this one is distinct in its subject. The sibling titles in the state are Top of the Town, Best of Denver, Best of NOCO, Best of the Springs, Best of Summit County and Best of the Boat. What sets the Kids Out and About ballot apart is its focus on places to take kids and its educator categories, which the sibling titles do not signal in their names.

A reader comparing Denver ballots should check each organizer's own rules, since the once-per-device limit printed here belongs to the Kids Out and About survey alone. The nominees list and the window are specific to this program, so the dates on this page should not be carried over to any other ballot in the state.

Helping a favorite Denver venue gather votes under the device rule

A venue, family or educator who wants more votes for a favorite should start with the rule itself. Because the organizer limits votes to once on each device, the honest way to add support is to ask more people to vote from their own devices, not to repeat votes from one phone. The organizer's rule and the top three venue choice both point the same way: a wider set of real supporters is the only route to a stronger showing on the list.

Outreach that stays inside the rules can be shared with families who already attend the venues, and the time to share is during the window. For general tactics that do not depend on repeat voting, the guide on getting more votes online covers the basics. Anyone wondering about the legal position on paid support can read whether buying votes is legal, and the buy votes online overview explains the terms of paid support. Paid help cannot secure a position on the Denver list.