The Colorado Supreme Court unanimously blocked three proposed ballot measures on Monday that sought to temporarily suspend the state's independent redistricting commission before the 2028 elections. Backed by the political group Coloradans for a Level Playing Field, the initiatives aimed to bypass the current system established by voters in 2018 to approve a new congressional map.
Had the measures successfully qualified for the November ballot and won voter approval, they would have fundamentally altered upcoming congressional elections in Colorado for both the 2028 and 2030 election cycles. Proponents argued the changes were necessary for updating district lines, while fierce opponents contended the plan would disrupt the established independent process.
In three separate yet unanimous judicial opinions released Monday, the state supreme court ruled that every proposed measure violated Colorado's strict constitutional single-subject requirement. This decisive legal hurdle completely halts the controversial redistricting push from moving forward on the upcoming election ballot, NBC News reported.