Colorado Supreme Court rejects Democrats’ ballot measures asking voters to redraw state’s congressional map

In two unanimous decisions Monday, the state Supreme Court ruled that the effort violated the “single subject” requirement in the state constitution The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday threw out a trio of ballot measures that aimed to redraw the state’s congressional map and give Democrats three more seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, removing Colorado from the nationwide battle over redistricting and delivering a victory to Republicans. The initiatives, funded by a group linked to U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, a New York Democrat, would have temporarily paused the state’s independent redistricting process, which voters added to...