Colorado’s congressional mapmakers give themselves more time

The sheet of Coloradans that is redrawing the state’s legislature districts has fixed itself an other period to bash so.

The Colorado Independent Congressional Redistricting Commission voted unanimously Monday to hold until Oct. 1 to taxable a last representation to the Colorado Supreme Court. The archetypal deadline was Sept. 1.

The redistricting process occurs erstwhile each 10 years. In Colorado, 2 12-person commissions usage U.S. Census information to redraw legislature and legislative districts successful accordance with colonisation trends.

This year’s redistricting process was slowed by the delayed merchandise of that census data. The last figures are scheduled to beryllium released by the U.S. Census Bureau successful mid-August, 5 months aboriginal than usual.

The Colorado Supreme Court indispensable o.k. a last representation by Dec. 15.