In Re Reapportionment of the Colorado General Assembly

In this original proceeding, the Colorado Reapportionment Commission (Commission) has resubmitted to us its decennial Apportionment Plan (Readopted Plan) for the reapportionment of Colorado General Assembly house and senate districts, based on the year 2000 federal census, as required under Article V, Section 48(1)(e) of the Colorado Constitution. We approve the Final 2002 Reapportionment Plan.

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In our prior opinion, we disapproved the Adopted Plan submitted by the Commission and returned the plan to the Commission for revision,. modification, and resubmission. In re Reapportionment of the…