Tag: Redistricting Commission
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Denver to hold community meetings on redistricting
The Denver City Council has scheduled six community meetings in February to get public feedback on the city’s redistricting process. Redistricting happens every 10 years with the release of new census data. The goal is to break the city up into 11 council districts of relatively even population, while keeping together established neighborhoods and cultural…
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Colorado redistricting commissioners deliberated outside public view — after promise of transparency
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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 approves independent congressional redistricting commissioners’ map
The Colorado Supreme Court has approved the eight-district congressional map crafted by the state’s inaugural independent congressional redistricting commission, setting up the new map to be used for the next 10 years. The Monday ruling largely concludes the state’s congressional redistricting process, save for administrative work by state and county election officials, who will begin…
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Colorado Supreme Court contemplates fate of congressional redistricting commission’s adopted map
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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 congressional redistricting commission adopts final map
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s inaugural independent congressional redistricting commission wrapped up its work Tuesday night and selected a final congressional map plan to use for the next decade. The map still needs review and approval from the state supreme court, and it’s not yet clear that it will…
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Redistricting commission vote extended late into Tuesday night
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s independent congressional redistricting commissioners met Tuesday night to select a final plan for the state’s remapped U.S. House districts — but by the time of publication, they hadn’t yet selected a final map. The 12…
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Colorado congressional redistricting commission’s latest map refines ‘southern district’ concept
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s congressional redistricting commission released another new draft map for the public to consider and critique. The newest draft map comes as the commissions near their targeted October finish, and after months of preceding drafts and dozens of public input hearings. The commissions will take…
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Redistricting commission’s new legislative draft maps signal solid Democratic majorities
Colorado’s Independent Legislative Redistricting Commission released new draft proposals for the state’s House and Senate district maps Monday, foreshadowing the likely continued dominance at the statehouse by Democrats. The newest version of the maps also boost minority composition in some parts of the state, when compared to earlier versions of the maps drafted in June,…