Colorado’s Three Roads to Redistricting Reform Explained
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Colorado’s Three Roads to Redistricting Reform Explained

In 2018 Colorado voters passed Amendments Y and Z to set up independent redistricting commissions. That locked the rules into our state constitution. It also means that if we want to make changes such as adding emergency powers or adjusting timelines the only way forward is to bring it back to the people.

Our committee is looking at every possible road to get there. Here is what they look like.

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We’re Officially Live on ActBlue
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We’re Officially Live on ActBlue

This means that for the first time, anyone who supports our work can contribute directly to help us move forward with the Colorado Election Rigging Response Act (CO-ERRA).

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Pushing for Redistricting: What We Heard at the Capitol
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Pushing for Redistricting: What We Heard at the Capitol

This past Friday and Saturday, we sent people to the Capitol to keep up the pressure on Colorado’s leaders about the urgent need for redistricting powers. The conversations we had with Democrats were revealing: they support the idea in principle, but many think it will be difficult to move forward politically.

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Colorado Democrats Must Meet the Moment
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Colorado Democrats Must Meet the Moment

But what good are those norms if the other side has abandoned them entirely? What good is political correctness if it leaves our state and our voters defenseless against those who are redrawing the rules of democracy to benefit themselves?

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Proposed constitutional amendment would give Colorado governor emergency redistricting authority
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Proposed constitutional amendment would give Colorado governor emergency redistricting authority

Legislative Council Staff received an initiative filing about emergency congressional redistricting on Monday, filed by Brandon Cary and Jorge Rodriguez. The proposed constitutional amendment, which would be on the 2026 ballot if it clears the procedural gauntlet of approval, would allow the governor to suspend the state’s independent redistricting commission and appoint a temporary body to redraw congressional districts to respond to any “national redistricting imbalances.”

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