Author: EVAN WYLOGE
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With new state House and Senate maps, let the games begin
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The wait is over. And the scramble has begun. Now that the Colorado Supreme Court has approved new state House and Senate maps, candidates are crafting designs to run for more competitive seats that also appear to shrink the influence of rural communities at the state Capitol. The new maps will reshape Colorado’s political landscape, and,…
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Colorado redistricting commissioners deliberated outside public view — after promise of transparency
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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, potentially violating the state’s transparency rules. In the final two weeks of the legislative redistricting commission’s work,…
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Supreme Court approves Colorado legislative redistricting maps
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The Colorado Supreme Court approved on Monday the recently redrawn state House and Senate maps, establishing the legislative boundaries for the next decade and largely marking an end to the once-per-decade redistricting process. The approval is the final step in the state’s overhauled redistricting process, which used independent citizen commissions to redraw the legislative and…
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Idaho Springs’ razor-thin ballot measure margins prove every vote counts
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Do you have one of those friends who tells you they don’t vote because they don’t think their single voice matters? Well this week we got two examples of why that’s just not true. In Idaho Springs, a quirky mountain town about 30 minutes west of Denver, residents were so sharply divided over their recent…
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Colorado turnout lags in off-year 2021 election; Greatest enthusiasm from Republicans
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Heading into election day, Republicans had a turnout lead over Democrats, with about 37% of registered Republicans either returning their ballot by mail or in person by 5 p.m. on election day, and only 31% of Democrats doing the same. The outsized Republican turnout was even enough to overcome the statewide Democratic voter registration advantage…
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Colorado Supreme Court approves independent congressional redistricting commissioners’ map
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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 high court swirls around redistricting criteria in final oral arguments
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The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday questioned the legislative redistricting plan adopted by the state’s inaugural independent legislative redistricting commission, during oral arguments in a legal struggle that’s developed in the high court’s chambers over the exact meaning of the constitutional redistricting amendments approved in 2018. The state supreme court’s review of the redistricting plans…
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Colorado’s legislative redistricting plans head to court review with little opposition
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The Colorado Supreme Court will hold oral arguments Monday on the newly redrawn state House and Senate maps adopted by the independent legislative redistricting commissioners earlier this month, weighing whether the maps meet the new constitutional requirements in play during this year’s redistricting. In contrast with the congressional map still being reviewed by the court,…
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No-bid contracts to campaign contributors, top-dollar PR firms among ‘custodial funds’ spending in Colorado
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Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold sent $2.8 million in federal emergency COVID-19 mitigation funds – almost half of the CARES Act cash allocated to her office – to a politically well-connected, Washington D.C.-based public relations and lobbying firm to produce a set of TV ads to educate Colorado voters about the 2020 election procedures.…
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Colorado legislative redistricting commission adopts new state Senate map
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Colorado’s 12 legislative redistricting commissioners voted unanimously late Tuesday night to adopt a new state Senate district map, after an eleventh-hour map alteration session on their final day of redistricting work. The map will have to be reviewed and approved by the Colorado Supreme Court in the coming weeks. If the court approves it, the…
