gerrymandering
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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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Supreme Court sidesteps decision on partisan gerrymandering
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sidestepped a decision on when partisan gerrymandering of electoral districts goes too far, ruling against the challengers of a Republican-drawn map in Wisconsin and a Democratic redistricting in Maryland. The decisions in the separate cases once again puts off a decision on when courts can find that partisan efforts…
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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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DaVita CEO Thiry on gerrymandering: ‘Democracy needs some serious oil’
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GRAND JUNCTION – Denver health-care executive Kent Thiry says he doesn’t want to crash Colorado’s two-party system, but he wants to preserve the state’s engine of democracy with some lubrication and fine-tuning. “Just like an engine needs oil and every now and then, so does our democracy need refining,” he said Saturday at the Spring Conference…
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Groups sign on to Kent Thiry-backed proposals to revamp redistricting in Colorado
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A bipartisan organization pushing ballot measures to change the way Colorado draws its legislative and congressional boundaries announced the support Monday of a number of groups representing rural, minority, business and civic reform interests. Fair Districts Colorado, a group chaired by Kent Thiry, the CEO of kidney dialysis giant DaVita Inc., said it now has the…
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Out West Roundup: Idaho lands nation’s first International Dark Sky Reserve designation
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Idaho Idaho lands nation’s first International Dark Sky Reserve BOISE – A giant chunk of central Idaho with a dazzling night sky has become the nation’s first International Dark Sky Reserve. The International Dark-Sky Association designated the 1,400-square-mile Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve. The sparsely populated area’s night skies are so pristine that interstellar dust…
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Updated: Bipartisan group files initiatives to change how Colorado legislative, congressional districts are drawn
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A bipartisan group filed paperwork on ballot initiatives Wednesday to redraw the rules on how legislative and congressional districts are drawn in Colorado, a process that now ensures lots of safe districts for parties to control and feeds partisan gridlock in the state Capitol. The paperwork to get on the November 2018 ballot was submitted…
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Unity Party fields two more candidates, declares its primaries will be open to unaffiliated voters
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The Unity Party of Colorado decided at its first meeting as an official minor political party that it wants unaffiliated voters to have the chance to vote in its primaries – and the party’s founder welcomes a primary challenger in his run for governor next year. The party also tripled the number of candidates running…
