Tag: Redistricting
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Colorado Supreme Court tells Weld County to follow state redistricting law
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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Colorado Supreme Court to hear cases on Weld County redistricting, Xcel electrocution
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Supreme Court announced recently that it will hear appeals in multiple cases, including whether Weld County must follow state law when drawing new legislative districts and when utilities may be held liable for injuries caused by their power lines. At least three of…
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Colorado Democrats once more dominate fundraising in competitive state House races
Democratic candidates expanded their fundraising leads in all but one of the most competitive elections for the Colorado House of Representatives in the final weeks before Election Day. Democrats are winning the money race in nine of the 10 most competitive House contests, according to reports from the Secretary of State’s Office. In all 10 of…
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Colorado Democrats increase fundraising advantage in nearly all competitive state House races
With only a month remaining until Election Day, Democratic candidates are still winning the money race in all but one of the most competitive elections for the Colorado House of Representatives. Campaign finance data released Tuesday shows that Democrats are out-fundraising their Republican opponents in nine of the 10 House races projected to be the…
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Denver redistricting committee sends 2 maps to council for consideration
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver City Council’s Redistricting Committee will move two maps, modified versions of Map D and Map E, through the legal review process for consideration at the regular council meeting next Monday. The maps were selected from four options, after City Council members clashed over how…
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Denver City Council redistricting should be finalized by end of March
Denver City Council is expected to finalize its redistricting process by the end of March. City Council members will receive a report detailing the community’s feedback on six potential redistricting maps on Friday and will need to review this feedback before the Redistricting Committee meets Monday to deliberate the merits of each map. While there…
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Colorado redistricting commissioners deliberated outside public view — after promise of transparency
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s new independent redistricting commission came with a promise of transparency and public inclusion, but in the days leading up to their adoption of a set of legislative maps, commissioners spent significant time working outside of public meetings. In the final two weeks of the…
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Colorado Supreme Court contemplates fate of congressional redistricting commission’s adopted map
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Attorneys sparred Tuesday before the Colorado Supreme Court, debating how far the state’s new redistricting commission must go to empower minority voters and whether its congressional map should be used for the next decade. Debate centered on a key passage from the voter-approved amendments that…
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Colorado legislative redistricting commission releases possibly final maps
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s legislative redistricting commissions on Tuesday released what could be adopted as the group’s final state House and Senate maps, if the commission cannot support an alternative. The maps released this week are the “third staff plan” draft maps, and they are the final set…
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Mixed praise and criticism for adopted congressional map; some plan challenges
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Following the commission’s late-night map adoption, some have said the process worked well and others have called it a compromise they can live with. Some political observers say the outcome fell short of their expectations, when it comes to incumbents’ chances or gaining partisan advantage.…