redistricting
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Denver City Council redistricting should be finalized by end of March
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
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
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
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
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…
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Colorado’s next legislative map will count prisoners at their homes, not where they’re jailed
Colorado’s legislative redistricting commissioners voted Friday to reallocate prisoners for the next decade’s state House and Senate districts, meaning they’ll be counted at their home residence and not where they were jailed during the census. Colorado’s congressional redistricting commissioners voted Thursday to not reallocate state prisoners in the drawing of the next decade’s congressional map. …
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Redistricting commissioners plan to ask state Supreme Court for respite on hearings, deadlines
Colorado’s independent redistricting commissions are again scrambling to adjust the process and timeline they’re following to redraw the state’s political maps, all caused by a months-long delay in the decennial census. On Monday, the congressional redistricting commission authorized their attorney to draft a pleading they hope to file Tuesday with the Colorado Supreme Court that…
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TRAIL MIX | No easy answers with debut of initial legislative maps
Unlike last week’s release of a draft congressional district map by Colorado’s Independent Redistricting Commission, this week’s unveiling of preliminary maps outlining state House and Senate districts provoked more questions than bold diagnoses and heated declarations. That’s probably a function of the main difference between the maps. With just eight districts, including the long-anticipated suggested…