Two days before Colombia’s congressional elections and inter-party presidential primaries, the Instituto de Ciencia Política Hernán Echavarría Olózaga (ICP) and the Fundación Colombia 2050 issue a public warning about the risks facing Colombian democracy. The greatest threat to the electoral process is not only traditional electoral fraud, but criminal pressure over territories, candidates, and communities that can distort political representation and potentially lead to a co-opted reconfiguration of the State.