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TexasTowelie

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Fri Sep 21, 2018, 07:18 AM Sep 2018

Will two redistricting ballot measures this year put an end to one of Colorado's longest-running

Will two redistricting ballot measures this year put an end to one of Colorado’s longest-running political feuds?


Almost three years ago, former state lawmaker Rob Witwer invited a few other “legislative has-beens” to meet him for lunch on the 16th Street Mall.

Witwer, ever the optimist, kicked around his ideas for fixing one of the longest-running, most-divisive battles in politics: the fight over political power itself. The downtown lawyer and father of four, who was introduced in his previous job under the dome as a Republican from Evergreen, chatted in a “wouldn’t-it-be-cool?” kind of way at the now-shuttered Katie Mullen’s Irish Pub.

For Witwer, the meeting was part of a career-long quest, a return to an issue he tried and failed to solve while still in the legislature — the clash over redistricting.

The lunch between two Republicans and two Democrats would stick in their minds as a key moment.

Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2018/09/21/colorado-constitutional-amendments-aim-to-fix-recurring-battle-over-redistricting/
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Will two redistricting ballot measures this year put an end to one of Colorado's longest-running (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sep 2018 OP
Is it just me or is that a horribly written article? flying_wahini Sep 2018 #1

flying_wahini

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1. Is it just me or is that a horribly written article?
Fri Sep 21, 2018, 07:51 AM
Sep 2018

I think the gist of it is that groups of people (with similar interests) in districts can vote as a group provided they have met 3 times before the board. Correct?

So voters choose which group to vote with?

Why not make this easy and say do something outlandish like One Person/One Vote?
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