Review and Comment Hearing for Initiative #324, 325, 326
In a routine review-and-comment session, Legislative Council and Legislative Legal Services staff walked proponents through three redistricting initiatives — 324, 325 and 326 — that would rewrite the criteria for drawing Colorado's maps, including a proposal to base apportionment on citizen rather than total population. No votes were taken; staff flagged technical drafting fixes and pressed proponents' representative Scott Gessler on whether the Census Bureau can even supply the data the citizen-population measures would require.
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“And for the record, we think that that complies even more with one person, one vote, because under federal law, non citizens are not allowed to vote. So when you use overall population, by definition, you're not absolutely following the one person, one vote principle, but getting as close to it as possible using citizenship data would be more closely adhered to the one person, one vote requirement.”
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Sign in to subscribeAll right, I'll call to order our review and comment hearing for proposed initiatives 25, 26, number 324, 325 and 326. My name is Julia Jackson with Legislative Council staff. We'll have everyone go around the table and introduce themselves. My name is Caroline Martin and I'm with the Office of Legislative Legal Services. Frederick Michael Landstrom, Proponent Kathleen Chandler, proponent Scott Gessar. I'm representative for the proponents and I'll be addressing your questions today. Thank you. Section 1401051, Colorado Revised Statutes requires the directors of the Legislative Council staff and the Office of Legislative Legal Services to quote, review and comment on initiative petition for proposed laws and amendments to the Colorado Constitution. We have submitted our comments and questions on these three measures to you in memos which we will be going over today. The purpose of this statutory requirement of the directors of Legislative Council Staff and the Office of Legislative Legal Services is to provide comments and questions intended to aid designated representatives and the proponents they represent in determining the language of their proposal and to avail the public of the contents of the proposal. Our first objective is to be sure that we understand…
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