A Denver District Court judge on Wednesday set the week of Oct. 17 to hear redistricting lawsuits filed by Democrats and Republicans over new congressional boundaries.
“However long it takes, we can accommodate you,” Judge Robert Hyatt told the parties, adding, “That’s not meant to encourage you.”
That got a big laugh from the attorneys: Mark Grueskin for the Democrats, Richard Westfall for the Republicans, and Maurice Knaizer, representing the secretary of state, who was sued by both parties.
Members of both parties sued after the 2011 legislature failed to come to an agreement on new boundaries for Colorado’s seven congressional districts. The boundaries must be redrawn every 10 years after the census to make sure each one contains roughly the same number of people.
Denver Post staff reports
