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Colorado Redistricting Commission Amendment (2016)
| Redistricting Commission Amendment | |
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| Type | Amendment |
| Origin | Citizens |
| Topic | Redistricting |
| Status | Not on the ballot |
| Not on Ballot |
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| This measure was not put on an election ballot |
The Redistricting Commission Amendment did not qualify for the November 8, 2016, ballot in Colorado as an initiated constitutional amendment.
The measure would have amended the state constitution to rename the Colorado reapportionment commission as the Colorado redistricting commission and stipulated requirements for the commission's members.[1]
Proposed initiative #144
Ballot title
The ballot title was as follows:[1]
| “ | Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning redistricting in Colorado, and, in connection therewith, renaming the Colorado reapportionment commission the Colorado legislative and congressional redistricting commission; directing the commission to redistrict congressional districts as well as state legislative districts; requiring the appointment of nine commissioners, of whom three members must be unaffiliated with any political party; prohibiting commissioners from being members of or candidates for either congress or the state legislature or compensated by such persons or their campaign committees; specifying that a redistricting map must be approved by six of the nine commissioners; adopting existing criteria for congressional districts and adding competitiveness to the criteria for state legislative and congressional districts; and requiring that the commission's work be done in public meetings?[2] | ” |
Full text
The full text of the measure can be read here.
Path to the ballot
- The Colorado Supreme Court rejected Initiatives 132 and 133 because they did not abide by the single-subject rule.[3]
- The proposed initiative was filed with the Colorado secretary of state's office on April 8, 2016, and the petition format was approved on June 28, 2016.[4]
- Initiative proponents needed to collect 98,492 signatures by August 8, 2016, to land the measure on the ballot.[4]
- Signatures were not submitted to the secretary of state's office by the deadline.
State profile
| Demographic data for Colorado | ||
|---|---|---|
| Colorado | U.S. | |
| Total population: | 5,448,819 | 316,515,021 |
| Land area (sq mi): | 103,642 | 3,531,905 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White: | 84.2% | 73.6% |
| Black/African American: | 4% | 12.6% |
| Asian: | 2.9% | 5.1% |
| Native American: | 0.9% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander: | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Two or more: | 3.5% | 3% |
| Hispanic/Latino: | 21.1% | 17.1% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate: | 90.7% | 86.7% |
| College graduation rate: | 38.1% | 29.8% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income: | $60,629 | $53,889 |
| Persons below poverty level: | 13.5% | 11.3% |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Colorado. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
Presidential voting pattern
- See also: Presidential voting trends in Colorado
Colorado voted for the Democratic candidate in five out of the seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.
Pivot Counties (2016)
Ballotpedia identified 206 counties that voted for Donald Trump (R) in 2016 after voting for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012. Collectively, Trump won these Pivot Counties by more than 580,000 votes. Of these 206 counties, four are located in Colorado, accounting for 1.94 percent of the total pivot counties.[5]
Pivot Counties (2020)
In 2020, Ballotpedia re-examined the 206 Pivot Counties to view their voting patterns following that year's presidential election. Ballotpedia defined those won by Trump won as Retained Pivot Counties and those won by Joe Biden (D) as Boomerang Pivot Counties. Nationwide, there were 181 Retained Pivot Counties and 25 Boomerang Pivot Counties. Colorado had three Retained Pivot Counties and one Boomerang Pivot County, accounting for 1.66 and 4.00 percent of all Retained and Boomerang Pivot Counties, respectively.
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- Elections in Colorado
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- More...
See also
- 2016 ballot measures
- Colorado 2016 ballot measures
- Laws governing the initiative process in Colorado
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Colorado Secretary of State, "Results for Proposed Initiative #144," accessed July 1, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Daily Sentinel, "Colorado Supreme Court rejects redistricting initiatives," July 5, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Colorado Secretary of State, "2015-2016 Proposed Initiatives," accessed July 7, 2016
- ↑ The raw data for this study was provided by Dave Leip of Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
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