|
|
Article: Public speaks out on redistricting process/ Republicans oppose splitting up El Paso County
- Article from:
- The Gazette
- Article date:
- August 23, 2001
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 2001 The Gazette. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
Some came with an agenda. Others came to learn.
Regardless of their reasons, about 75 people from Colorado
Springs and El Paso County told a bipartisan commission of state
lawmakers Wednesday how they feel about redistricting, the complex
and deeply political process of subdividing the state into
congressional districts.
It takes place each decade after the U.S. Census.
This time, state lawmakers must cut Colorado into seven
congressional districts because the state earned an extra seat in the
U.S. House of Representatives thanks to population growth - more than
1 million new people between 1990 and 2000.
Many who showed up Wednesday at the El Paso County building
identified themselves ...