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Schwarzenegger to rally in Colorado for anti-gerrymandering amendments
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Arnold Schwarzenegger is coming to Colorado Oct. 20 rally supporters of two ballot proposals to curb gerrymandering, amendments Y and Z. The time and location are still in the works, but the details should be sorted out in the next few days, including the public event, a campaign official confirmed. Supporters were told in a…
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WATCH: Ken Buck calls out ‘cheaters’ in anti-gerrymandering ad
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Conservatives such as Doug Bruce might be grumbling about bipartisan ballot measures to tackle gerrymandering, but U.S. Rep. Ken Buck put his uber-conservative stamp of approval on amendments Y and Z in a new TV ad. Buck is a member of the U.S. House Freedom Caucus, the lawmakers usually the farthest to the right. RELATED:…
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Colo. gerrymandering amendments hitting the airwaves
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Democratic state House Speaker Crisanta Duran and rising-star Republican Heidi Ganahl are making the opening TV pitches for amendments Y and Z, the ballot questions aimed at curbing gerrymandering in Colorado. Fair Maps Colorado, the bipartisan organization driving the so-far-unopposed measures, is expected to announce a six-figure ad buy in television markets across the state…
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Both Colorado party chairs endorse anti-gerrymandering amendments
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The wide support for the anti-gerrymandering amendments Y and Z on November’s ballot officially got wider Monday. The party chairs for Colorado’s Democrats and Republicans endorsed amendments Y and Z. Amendment Y would set up an independent commission to draw political boundaries for congressional districts. Amendment Z proposes the same for legislative districts. Both would…
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Bennet takes on gerrymandering, even as Colo. voters are set to decide it
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U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet introduced a bill in Congress Thursday that aims to end gerrymandering, the same issue that Colorado voters are set to consider in November. The state ballot question, however, seeks to lessen the influence of partisan lawyers by creating independent commissions and professional staff to draw up maps for state legislators and…
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Lawmakers kick off Colo. anti-gerrymandering campaign, with gov. on board
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Senate President Kevin Grantham, a Republican, and House Speaker Crisanta Duran, a Democrat, signed resolutions Wednesday to ask voters to put more balance in how legislative and congressional districts are drawn. In November Coloradans will decide if independent commissions should do that job or leave the task to politicians and judges after the census every…
