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COVER STORY | Drawing the line on gerrymandering
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Democratic and Republican leaders in Colorado have at least one thing in common: Neither side trusts each other or the courts to be fairer to Colorado voters than Colorado voters would be to themselves. That’s the idea driving amendments Y and Z on the state’s November ballot to allow independent commissions to draw electoral district…
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Tool: Initiative 107 will restore power to voters
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In his final State of the Union address, President Obama lamented that partisan division and polarization had increased during his tenure. He laid part of the blame on gerrymandered congressional districts, stating, “In America, politicians should not pick their voters; voters should pick their politicians.” Here in Colorado, a bipartisan group of leaders has come…
