In re Reapportionment of the Colorado General Assembly

In this original proceeding, we are required to review the finalized Reapportionment Plan ("Adopted Plan") submitted by the Colorado Reapportionment Commission ("Commission") to determine whether the Adopted Plan complies with article V, see-tions 46 and 47 of the Colorado Constitution. Colo. Const. art. V, § 48(1)(e). We hold that the Adopted Plan is not sufficiently attentive to county boundaries to meet the requirements of article V, section 47(2), and the Commission has not made an adequate showing that a less drastic alternative could not have satisfied the hierarchy of constitutional…