Colorado’s redistricting process is almost complete. Here’s what could happen.

The autarkic sheet tasked with redrawing Colorado’s caller legislature lines has until Tuesday to marque up its mind. And the sheet doing the aforesaid for authorities House and Senate districts isn’t acold behind, with an Oct. 11 deadline looming.

Both commissions released caller proposals Thursday. The legislature map, which includes the caller 8th District successful the suburbs northbound of Denver, would springiness Democrats an borderline of astatine slightest 7 points successful 4 districts, according to aggregated results from caller elections. Republicans would power 3 districts, and the 8th District would fundamentally beryllium a tossup — though elections since 2016 suggest a 1.3% vantage for Democrats.

Via the Colorado Independent Redistricting Commission

The 3rd representation of caller projected legislature boundaries was released connected Sept. 23, 2021.

The legislature panel, which comprises 4 Democrats, 4 Republicans and 4 unaffiliated voters, could determine whether it privation to taxable this map, oregon immoderate of respective erstwhile proposals, to the Colorado Supreme Court for approval. If astatine slightest 8 members can’t hold connected immoderate 1 representation by the extremity of the time Tuesday, the latest representation volition beryllium submitted by default.

The legislative panel, besides comprising an adjacent premix of members by elector affiliation, has a small much time.

One much representation connection is apt to travel from the legislative sheet connected Oct. 3.

Democrats would maintain their majority astatine the Capitol successful each projected maps to this point, including Thursday’s. But due to the fact that determination are 100 full statehouse seats compared to 8 successful Colorado’s legislature delegation, the legislative representation carries much section consequences for some voters and politicians.