Colorado Temporary Congressional Redistricting Map Initiative (2026)
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| Topic Redistricting policy |
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| Type Initiated constitutional amendment |
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The Colorado Temporary Congressional Redistricting Map Initiative may appear on the ballot in Colorado as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 3, 2026.
Tanya Nathan and Lindsey Rasmussen filed four versions of the ballot initiative.
The ballot initiative would move the state's congressional redistricting commission from the state constitution to the state statutes, approve a congressional map for the 2028 and 2030 elections, and revert to a non-politician commission after the 2030 decennial census.
Text of measure
Full text
The full texts of the ballot initiative filings are available here:
Path to the ballot
The state process
In Colorado, the number of signatures required to qualify an initiated constitutional amendment for the ballot is equal to 5 percent of the total number of votes cast for the office of Colorado secretary of state in the preceding general election. For initiated constitutional amendments, signature gathering must be distributed to include signatures equal to 2 percent of the registered voters who live in each of the state's 35 senate districts.
State law provides that petitioners have six months to collect signatures after the ballot language and title are finalized. State statutes require a completed signature petition to be filed three months and three weeks before the election at which the measure would appear on the ballot. The Constitution, however, states that the petition must be filed three months before the election at which the measure would appear. The secretary of state generally lists a date that is three months before the election as the filing deadline.
Constitutional amendments in Colorado require a 55% supermajority vote to be ratified and added to the state constitution. This requirement was added by Amendment 71 of 2016.
The requirements to get an initiated constitutional amendment certified for the 2026 ballot:
The secretary of state is responsible for signature verification. Verification is conducted through a review of petitions regarding correct form and then a 5 percent random sampling verification. If the sampling projects between 90 percent and 110 percent of required valid signatures, a full check of all signatures is required. If the sampling projects more than 110 percent of the required signatures, the initiative is certified. If less than 90 percent, the initiative fails.
Details about this initiative
The following is the timeline of the initiative:[1]
- February 18, 2026: Tanya Nathan and Lindsey Rasmussen filed Initiatives #239, #240, #241, and #242.
See also
View other measures certified for the 2026 ballot across the U.S. and in Colorado.
Explore Colorado's ballot measure history, including citizen-initiated ballot measures.
Understand how measures are placed on the ballot and the rules that apply.
External links
- Colorado Secretary of State Initiative Filings
- Initiative #239 Full text
- Initiative #240 Full text
- Initiative #241 Full text
- Initiative #242 Full text
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