redistricting
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A LOOK BACK | Hot debate over reapportionment process changes
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Fifty Years Ago This Week: Mike Swift, executive director of Voters Organization to Effect Reapportionment (VOTER) told The Colorado Democrat that he hoped to get seventy thousand signatures on his proposed amendment, which called for a commission to reapportion state legislative seats based on population. VOTER was backed by the League of Women Voters, the…
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Judge dismisses redistricting lobbying complaint against Republican operatives
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Months after the state finished its congressional and legislative redistricting, a complaint alleging illegal redistricting lobbying by a group of local Republican operatives has been dismissed, with an administrative law judge concluding the complaint did not have merit. The complaint alleged that members of Colorado Neighborhood Coalition lobbied redistricting commissioners without proper disclosure. One employee…
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Denver City Council approves final redistricting map
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Denver City Council approved its final redistricting map after a public hearing Tuesday night in a 12-1 vote. The second draft of Map D will be adopted and effective for Denver’s April 2023 municipal elections next year. The only vote against the map came from Councilmember Candi CdeBaca. Councilmember Chris Herndon, who was newly elected…
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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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Denver redistricting committee sends 2 maps to council for consideration
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Denver City Council’s Redistricting Committee will move two maps, modified versions of Map D and Map E, through the legal review process for consideration at the regular council meeting next Monday. The maps were selected from four options, after City Council members clashed over how the maps will affect minority communities in Denver. The current…
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Denver City Council redistricting should be finalized by end of March
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Denver City Council is expected to finalize its redistricting process by the end of March. City Council members will receive a report detailing the community’s feedback on six potential redistricting maps on Friday and will need to review this feedback before the Redistricting Committee meets Monday to deliberate the merits of each map. While there…
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Kulmann tops $150K in 4th quarter fundraising, lands endorsement from state Sen. John Cooke
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Republican congressional candidate Jan Kulmann, the mayor of Thornton and one of six GOP hopefuls in Colorado’s new 8th District, plans to report raising more than $150,000 in a matter of weeks during the just-completed fourth quarter, her campaign said Tuesday. Kulmann received an endorsement at the same time from state Sen. John Cooke, R-Greeley,…
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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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Mixed praise and criticism for adopted congressional map; some plan challenges
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Following the commission’s late-night map adoption, some have said the process worked well and others have called it a compromise they can live with. Some political observers say the outcome fell short of their expectations, when it comes to incumbents’ chances or gaining partisan advantage. Meanwhile, at least two Hispanic advocacy organizations says they’re planning…
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Redistricting Commissions to hold hearings in Commerce City, Brighton and Colorado Springs
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Colorado’s Independent Redistricting Commissions will this week be touring the Front Range to hold public hearings on preliminary maps released earlier this summer. The commissions responsible for drawing the preliminary lines for the state’s eight congressional, 65 state House and 35 state Senate districts are scheduled to hear feedback in Commerce City on Tuesday, Brighton…
