Tag: United States Redistricting Cycle
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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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Struggle over congressional redistricting plan’s Hispanic voter protections heads to Supreme Court
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Over the past week, Coloradans have seen a new, 8-district congressional map, adopted by the state’s inaugural independent congressional redistricting commission, but whether it actually becomes the state’s next congressional map is still uncertain. The new redistricting process, which follows from ballot measures that amended…
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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’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 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, based…
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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,…
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Colorado congressional redistricting commission focuses on ‘southern district’ concept
The proposal could help amplify the voice of rural Hispanic Coloradans
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Redistricting lobbying laws violated, new complaint alleges
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A complaint filed today with the Colorado secretary of state accuses a group of secretly funded political operatives of illegally lobbying the state’s redistricting commissioners. The complaint, filed by former Democratic state lawmaker Stanley Matsunaka, accuses former Colorado House Speaker Frank McNulty and former Colorado House…
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ANALYSIS | Proposed legislative draft maps from Colorado redistricting commission show Dems lose ground in House
Early analysis of the preliminary draft of maps for the state Senate and House show that there will be plenty of competition, mostly between incumbents, and often within the same party. What was released by Colorado’s legislative redistricting commission on Tuesday is only a “starting point” map, like the preliminary draft congressional map released last…