Colorado Supreme Court Blocks Redistricting Push for 2028 Elections
By: Michael Karlik | The Denver Gazette
The Colorado Supreme Court blocked all attempts at redrawing congressional district boundaries for the 2028 election from reaching the ballot on Monday, concluding each of the proposed ballot measures violated the constitutional single-subject requirement.
The court considered five distinct but related ballot measures. Half of the proposals would have redrawn U.S. House of Representatives districts to give Democrats an overwhelming advantage, while the other half would have alternatively given Republicans a slightly larger advantage over the status quo. There was also a separate measure to alter the redistricting commission that drew the current boundaries.
The Supreme Court held that changing the state’s process for redistrictin...