Colorado Supreme Court rejects Democrats’ ballot measures asking voters to redraw state’s congressional map

Colorado Sun ^ | 6/29/26

[CFW]

In two unanimous decisions Monday, the state Supreme Court ruled that the effort violated the “single subject” requirement in the state constitution

The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday threw out a trio of ballot measures that aimed to redraw the state’s congressional map and give Democrats three more seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, removing Colorado from the nationwide battle over redistricting and delivering a victory to Republicans.

The initiatives, funded by a group linked to U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, a New York Democrat, would have temporarily paused the state’s independent redistricting process, which voters added to the state constitution in 2018.

Group tied to Democratic leadership in US House is funding attempt to redraw Colorado’s congressional map Group tied to Democratic leadership in US House is funding attempt to redraw Colorado’s congressional map

Had voters approved the ballot measures in November, they would have put new maps in place for the elections in 2028 and 2030, making Democrats favored to win seven of Colorado’s eight congressional seats, up from the four they hold today.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: colorado; democrats; elections; redistricting

[CFW]

Good news on redistricting!

[No name given]

For a change.

[catnipman]

almost ALL of the PAID signature gatherers lied to get petition signatures, claiming the ballot issue would “STOP GERRYMANDERING”, because they know almost no one reads what they actually sign, and there’s no law in Colorado that paid signature gatherers can’t lie through their teeth.

[however, one gatherer in from of a supermarket who was armed with at least half a dozen different petitions, had observed me carefully reading all of them before signing, and perked up when i said the “gerrymandering” one was so technical that i had no idea what it would do and therefore wouldn’t sign that one ... he said he could tell that i was a conservative and was right not to sign that one, because what it REALLY would do is put the legally of Congressional districts solely in the hands of the Colorado Supreme Court, which as he rightfully pointed out was hard leftist ...