Colorado Court Delay Threatens Voter Decision on Mid‑Decade Redistricting Measures

Overview

• Democratic backers placed two citizen initiatives before Colorado voters to allow mid‑decade congressional redrawing and to install a temporary partisan map for 2028 and 2030 that would sideline the independent commission.
• Republicans sued to block the measures on procedural grounds, including claims the proposals violate the state single‑subject rule by linking their effective dates.
• The cases have sat with the Colorado Supreme Court for more than 50 days without a written ruling, and supporters filed to accelerate the court’s decision because of looming ballot deadlines.
• Both campaigns must gather about 125,000 valid signatures each by Aug. 3 to reach the November ballot, and backers say the court delay has created uncertainty for volunteers and signers.
• The dispute is part of a wider national reaction to recent GOP mid‑decade remaps and Supreme Court rulings, and the state court’s all‑Democratic appointee bench has been noted by both sides as they prepare for further legal fights if the measures proceed.