Democratic-aligned Colorado group launches effort to redistrict after 2026

A Democratic-aligned Colorado group is launching an effort to redistrict in the Centennial State after 2026 as the redistricting wars show no signs of letting up.

Coloradans for a Level Playing Field filed four different versions for a ballot initiative on Tuesday, which would all largely ask voters to temporarily pass a new House map for the 2028 and 2030 elections, allowing them to go around the state’s independent redistricting commission until after the 2030 U.S. Census.

Depending on which version is used, voters would need either at least 50 percent or 55 percent of the vote in order for it to pass. Democrats could net as many as three seats from a new map.

“No one wanted to have to take this action — independent redistricting is the ideal,” Curtis Hubbard, a spokesperson for the group, said in a statement.



https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5743586-colorado-redistricting-democrats-strategy/