Tag: Gerrymandering
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Colorado Supreme Court tells Weld County to follow state redistricting law
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Weld County must comply with the state law governing how boards of county commissioners are to draw their districts, and the county needs to adopt new maps by next year’s election, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday. Following the 2020 census, it was undisputed…
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Redistricting is coming to a Colorado city near you. Find times and locations here.
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save This article has been updated with the times and locations of public meetings. Have opinions on what the state’s political maps should look like after they get reconfigured this year? Colorado’s redistricting commissions will be touring the state in July and August, looking for your…
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Scrutiny aimed at redistricting commission’s maps over minority protections
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Preliminary draft maps unveiled in June by the state’s legislative redistricting commission, if not adjusted, could violate federal civil rights laws, two state lawmakers said this week, by splitting minority communities in some parts of…
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Redistricting commissions scramble for voice in supreme court’s census fix consideration
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s independent redistricting commissions have hired attorneys days before a crucial legal deadline in a fast-moving state supreme court case that could alter the once-in-a-decade political map drawing process. Hiring lawyers who will advise the commissions and represent them in legal matters, like the one…
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Colorado lawmakers ask state Supreme Court to weigh redistricting shakeup
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado lawmakers have asked the state Supreme Court to evaluate a legislative proposal to change how the first independent redistricting commission will redraw the state’s political maps for the next decade. Lawmakers want the independent redistricting commissions to start their work without delay, even though…