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Phil Cherner watches national results on a large screen televsion during a watch party for supporters for Proposition 112 at Big Trouble Restaurant inside Zeppelin Station on Nov. 6, 2018, in Denver.

Gov. John Hickenlooper speaks to the media before the Democratic watch party in downtown Denver on Nov. 6, 2018.

Gov. John Hickenlooper speaks to the media before the Democratic watch party in downtown Denver on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. Democrat Jared Polis and Republican Walker Stapleton are facing off in the governor's race to replace the outgoing Democrat Hickenlooper.

Colorado voters fill out their ballots on Election Day at a voting center in Union Station on Nov. 6, 2018, in Denver.

Maryann O'Brien, Election Judge, sets out voting stickers for people at a voting center in Union Station on Election Day Nov. 6, 2018, in Denver.

Warehouse assistant Marleen Cohen loads the ballot sorter as Marissa Chamberlain, Mapping and Ballot Systems lead, checks ballots and Trudie Berich, warehouse assistant, waits for more to come through. Ballot envelopes pass through the machine for receipt, automatic signature verification and sorting at the Arapahoe County elections facility and warehouse Nov. 5, 2018, in Littleton.

Bipartisan teams remove ballots from the envelope and secrecy sleeves then flatten them for scanning at the Arapahoe County elections facility and warehouse Nov. 5, 2018, in Littleton.

Scanned and recorded ballots are ready to be moved to storage at the Arapahoe County elections facility and warehouse Nov. 5, 2018, in Littleton.

Larry Nazarenus, ballot security, unlocks boxes from the 24-hour lock boxes after Julie Hoffman, Ballot Security Team Supervisor, checks and verifies each security seal's unique number at the Arapahoe County elections facility and warehouse Nov. 5, 2018, in Littleton.

Larry Nazarenus, who works in ballot security, delivers boxes boxes to the Arapahoe County elections facility and warehouse Nov. 5, 2018, in Littleton.

Bipartisan teams remove ballots from the envelope and secrecy sleeves then flatten them for scanning at the Arapahoe County elections facility and warehouse Nov. 5, 2018, in Littleton.

Todd Wilson, part of the Scanning and Tabulation team, scans the ballots at the Arapahoe County elections facility and warehouse Nov. 5, 2018, in Littleton.

Ballot envelopes pass through the machine for receipt, automatic signature verification and sorting at the Arapahoe County elections facility and warehouse Nov. 5, 2018, in Littleton.

Julie Hoffman Ballot Security Team Supervisor checks and verifies each security seal's unique number as the 24-hour lock boxes are delivered by security teams at the Arapahoe County elections facility and warehouse Nov. 5, 2018, in Littleton.

Signature Verification Judges review signatures that were not automatically accepted by the sorting machine and check them against the voter registration database in the Signature Verification room at the Arapahoe County elections facility and warehouse Nov. 5, 2018, in Littleton.

Linda Douma and Sandie Erskine, Signature Verification Judges, review signatures that were not automatically accepted by the sorting machine and check them against the voter registration database at the Arapahoe County elections facility and warehouse Nov. 5, 2018, in Littleton.

Election judges Molly Stearns and Robert Johnson remove ballots from envelopes and secrecy sleeves, then flatten them for scanning at the Arapahoe County elections facility and warehouse on Nov. 5, 2018, in Littleton. (Photo by Joe Amon/The Denver Post)

Marissa Chamberlain Mapping and Ballot systems lead moves the sorted ballots into racks for the next step as Trudie Berich warehouse assistant loads them into trays. Ballot envelopes pass through the machine for receipt, automatic signature verification and sorting at the Arapahoe county elections facility and warehouse Nov. 5, 2018, in Littleton.

Colorado voters fill out their ballots on Election Day at a voting center in Union Station on Nov. 6, 2018, in Denver.