Legislation that seeks to apply aspects of the congressional and state legislative nonpartisan redistricting plan to districts drawn for some county commissions has moved one step closer to Gov. Jared Polis’ desk after advancing out of a Senate panel last week.
House Bill 21-1047 would implement some of the framework from 2018’s amendments Y and Z to county commissioner maps, where commissioners are allowed to draw their own districts. The bill specifically targets the state’s largest counties that have five commissioners: Arapahoe, El Paso and Weld.
The proposal from Rep. Chris Kennedy, D-Lakewood, last month drew critiques from a House Republican lawmaker as “an anti-El Paso County bill.”
Democrats on a Senate panel on Tuesday advanced a bill that would allow voters with disabilities to return voted ballots online, a provision that pitted disability advocates against election security experts.
Senate Bill 21-188 from Sen. Jessie Danielson seeks to build on legislation the Wheat Ridge Democrat championed in 2019 that allows voters with disabilities to access a ballot online. Under Danielson s Senate Bill 19-202, a ballot can then be marked, printed and returned, which allows voters with disabilities to cast a ballot privately and independently.
After being signed into law in May 2019, Danielson said Secretary of State Jena Griswold quickly implemented the legislation and it has largely been successful save for one hiccup: few voters with disabilities have a printer.
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