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Redistricting - Learn More

Here are some additional redistricting resources

Campus and Student Guide to Redistricting (Campus Election Engagement Project)

suggests many ways to get involved, from attending a meeting to creating your own maps and advocating with your elected representatives.

Create Your Own Maps of Proposed Districts and Communities of Interest

There are many websites that let people create their own district maps to share with legislators. GerryMander is a quick fun game that demonstrates the consequences of how district boundaries are drawn.

District Builder is a free, login-required, open-source tool from the Public Mapping Project to give citizens the ability to create their own district maps.

Representable is a similar, login-required platform, which focuses on mapping communities of interest.

Districtr is another free, no-login-required web tool that has a focus on empowering communities. Once a map is created, it can be shared with state legislators or a redistricting commission.

Colorado Common Cause provides a updates on Colorado's redistricting process

Redistricting Update 4/1/2021

Congressional Redistricting Commission:

The Independent Congressional Redistricting Commission met on Monday, where commissioners:

Were briefed on letters by Legislative leadership and Governor Jared Polis on options to move forward with the Redistricting process given the delay in getting Census data to states. Additionally, the state demographer presented and answered questions on potential alternative data sources to use for preliminary plans.
Established subcommittees to: manage public comment; identify recommendations for external legal counsel; and a map creation sub-committee.

The Congressional redistricting commission also temporarily established an additional weekly meeting in April. The commission will now convene every Monday and Wednesday at 2pm through the month of April.

The Congressional Redistricting Commission’s written comment period will be open until May 3, 2021. Submit written comments on communities of interest here! If you want to include an attachment you can also submit here!

Legislative Redistricting Commission:

The Independent Legislative Redistricting Commission convened for the first time on Tuesday where:

Commission staff provided an overview of Colorado Open Records Act and Open Meetings Laws, and presented on the impact the Census data delay has on the Commission’s ability to meet constitutional map-drawing deadlines.
Sub-committees for the following topics were created: Rules and Procedures; Public Comment & Engagement; and External Legal Counsel Search

The Commission also discussed items to consider at their next meeting, including electing a Chair and Vice Chair, and extending the 20-day written comment period.

Submit written comments on communities of interest here. If you want to include an attachment you can also submit here!

What are the next action steps?

Let’s get those comments in! The Congressional Commission and commission staff need to hear from all of us in order to ensure that our communities are accurately and fairly represented. You can view comments that have already been submitted by clicking here.

Colorado Common Cause has set up an easy to use form (with template!) that you can use to submit your comment.

All On The Line Colorado is hosting a series of trainings:

AOTL CO's Public Comment Workshop on April 15 - register here.

How can I get more involved?

Colorado Common Cause is doing a series of community mapping meetings where community members can begin to map their own communities of interest. If you’d like to know more you can fill out this form.