Washington Post: Democrats backed a commission to draw fair House lines in Colorado. Now they worry they gave up their power.
Amanda Gonzalez, executive director of Colorado Common Cause, a group that helped draft the amendments that created the independent commission, also filed a brief opposing the new congressional map on the grounds it reduced Latinos’ electoral influence and doesn’t accurately reflect the state.
Still, Gonzalez said she believes the commission is “the most fair and transparent way of creating maps.”
“At the end of the day all Coloradans want is a process they can trust, they want to understand what is going on … this independent commission process got us closer to that,” she said.