Ballot Title Setting Board
2025-2026

The title as designated and fixed by the Board is as follows:

An amendment to the Colorado Constitution changing congressional redistricting criteria, and, in connection therewith, repealing the requirement that the congressional redistricting maps maximize the number of politically competitive districts and preserve whole communities of interest; prohibiting a redistricting map that is created with partisan voter registration data or partisan electoral performance, and instead creating seven new geographic communities of interest, consisting of 50 of the 64 Colorado counties; and requiring any maps created by the congressional redistricting commission, the state legislature, or citizen initiative to use United States citizen population data, if available, and specified priorities to keep counties, cities, and geographic communities of interest together as much as possible.

The ballot title and submission clause as designated and fixed by the Board is as follows:

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado Constitution changing congressional redistricting criteria, and, in connection therewith, repealing the requirement that the congressional redistricting maps maximize the number of politically competitive districts and preserve whole communities of interest; prohibiting a redistricting map that is created with partisan voter registration data or partisan electoral performance, and instead creating seven new geographic communities of interest, consisting of 50 of the 64 Colorado counties; and requiring any maps created by the congressional redistricting commission, the state legislature, or citizen initiative to use United States citizen population data, if available, and specified priorities to keep counties, cities, and geographic communities of interest together as much as possible?

Hearing April 15, 2026

Single subject approved; draft title changed; titles set.
The Board determined that the proposed initiative requires the addition of language to the Colorado Constitution. The requirement for approval by fifty-five percent of the votes cast applies to this initiative.
Board members: Michael Dohr, Theresa Conley, Kurt Morrison
Hearing adjourned 6:02 PM.

Rehearing April 23, 2026

Motion for rehearing (Hubbard) granted only to the extent the Board made changes to the title (3-0).
Board members: Michael Dohr, Theresa Conley, Kurt Morrison
Hearing adjourned 4:26 PM.

* Unofficially captioned "Congressional Redistricting Criteria" by legislative staff for tracking purposes. This caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.