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‘Chutzpah’: Colorado justices raise eyebrows at Weld County’s assertion it can evade redistricting law
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Members of the Colorado Supreme Court appeared incredulous on Wednesday as a lawyer for Weld County argued the jurisdiction did not need to follow the state’s redistricting law, maintained it should not have to redraw its commissioner districts for nine more years, and declined to say whether the county would even comply with a Supreme…
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12 Colorado cities, towns lose urban status with new Census criteria
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Despite Colorado’s population exploding over the last decade, a dozen cities and towns lost their status as urban areas due to revised criteria from the U.S. Census Bureau. The Census Bureau released a list of places considered urban based on their new criteria Thursday, showing almost 1,000 cities, towns and villages in the U.S. being changed…
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Experts say Denver City Council redistricting is all about representation
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Every 10 years, redistricting for congressional districts sparks partisan battles and often ends up in court. Local redistricting makes fewer headlines but, experts say, can be just as impactful, if not more. “People hear about it more at the state level with congressional and legislative redistricting, but it’s just as important at the local level…
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Colorado projected to gain congressional seat after 2020 census
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However Coloradans vote this November on a proposal to change the way the state draws its congressional district boundaries, the people who draw the next set of lines after the 2020 census likely will have a little more work to do. That’s because Colorado is expected to gain an eighth seat in Congress after the…
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Don’t ask, don’t tell on citizenship in Aurora?
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Aurora city leaders fear that a census citizenship question could have negative impacts on the city. They’re sending a letter to Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross urging against it. The Aurora Sentinel reports that the Aurora City Council members are requesting the questionnaire leave out the inquiry because of the number of immigrants and refugees that call…
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AG Coffman backs citizenship question in census
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Colorado state Attorney General Cynthia – Coffman in the thick of a race for governor – has announced her support for a controversial proposal to ask about U.S. citizenship in the 2020 census. Controversial, because some fear that a citizenship question on the government’s once-every-decade national survey could discourage some immigrants from taking part in the…
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U.S. Supreme Court gerrymandering cases could influence Colorado
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Cases pending before the U.S. Supreme Court could have an impact on a potential Colorado vote on gerrymandering. Supporters of a change in Colorado’s redistricting law want to get the issue on the upcoming ballot in November. On March 28, the Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of Benisek v. Lamone concerning…
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Colorado’s Democrats try to block U.S. census citizenship question
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WASHINGTON – Colorado’s U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined a group of Senate colleagues this week in introducing a bill to block the Trump administration from asking residents about their citizenship on the upcoming U.S. census. The Trump administration wants to ask all voting-age U.S. residents about the status of their citizenship in the 2020 census.…
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State attorneys general, Hickenlooper: No citizenship question on census
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NEW YORK – A coalition of state attorneys general, as well as Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, on Monday urged the U.S. Department of Commerce to not add a question about citizenship to the 2020 census, saying it could lower participation among immigrants and cause a population undercount. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Massachusetts Attorney…
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CIRULI: A new congressional seat for Colorado in 2020?
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Colorado’s political parties will be fully engaged in the 2018 election, and not least among the issues of concern is the possibility that Colorado could get another congressional seat. As of now, congressional redistricting is directed by the governor and legislature, and control of both is at stake. Distribution of 435 congressional districts is governed…
