Ballot measure · Colorado · November 3, 2026

Amendment 86

Title as the state lists it: Requirements for Off-Cycle Congressional Redistricting^1,2

Research draftCitizen initiativeConstitutional amendment

How it got there: Citizen initiative
Kind of measure: Constitutional amendment
To pass: 55% of the votes on it
Researched: October 27, 2026

Research draft. We gathered this from official sources on October 27, 2026: election offices, state laws and court records, each linked to its source. Separate reviewers checked a random sample of 48 facts from the ballot-measure research against the cited sources and found no errors. The rest hasn't been reviewed fact by fact yet, so check the linked source before relying on anything here.

§1What your vote means

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

A yes vote

A yes vote would require any change to congressional district maps between the regular once-a-decade redistricting cycles to be approved by the independent congressional redistricting commission after at least three public hearings and by the Colorado Supreme Court, and would bar such changes that divide communities of interest or are meant to favor a political party.^1,2 Where in the source: Blue Book pp. 30-31

A no vote

A no vote would keep the current constitutional process, in which the commission draws new congressional districts after each census and the constitution sets out no specific process for changing maps between census cycles.² Where in the source: pp. 30-31

§2How it got on the ballot

Citizen initiative. Voters proposed it by signing a petition.^1,2

Constitutional amendment. It would change the state constitution.^1,2

It is on Colorado's list of statewide measures for November 3, 2026.^1,2 One of these official sources itself calls the list certified or final. What we couldn't confirm about the list is in the notes on Colorado's measures.

§3What it needs to pass