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Colorado Court Blocks Measures Authorizing Mid‑Decade Redistricting Expected to Add Three House

The Colorado Supreme Court invalidates two ballot measures that would have authorized mid‑decade redistricting and new congressional maps for the next two election cycles.Justice Richard Gabriel writes for a unanimous court that the proposals combine distinct subjects and therefore violate the Colorado Constitution's single‑subject rule; Chief Justice Monica Marquez said the measures improperly interlock authorization and map adoption.The measures from Level Playing Field sought maps likely to add three US House seats favoring Democrats, a push that follows last year's mid‑decade effort by Donald Trump and the US Supreme Court's rollback of parts of the Voting Rights Act.
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