Overview
- The Colorado Supreme Court unanimously struck down five proposed ballot measures, removing them from the November ballot after finding they bundled multiple subjects into a single initiative.
- The rejected measures included three Democratic-backed proposals that would have paused the state's voter-created independent redistricting commission and put a temporary 2028–2030 map before voters.
- Court opinions said the initiatives did more than adopt a map because they changed who controls redistricting and how often it can occur, which the justices said was a substantial constitutional change.
- Campaign organizers reported raising roughly $2.3 million and spending most of it to collect signatures, but the court's ruling and short timelines make reissuing similar measures for this year impractical.
- The decision is the latest turn in a national tussle over mid‑decade remapping after recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings and partisan redistricting pushes, and it reinforces legal limits on using ballot initiatives to alter the redistricting process.