Colorado county flouts state law aimed at curbing gerrymandering

Weld County has a message for the state of Colorado: stay out of our business. At least when it comes to establishing new boundaries for the districts the county’s five commissioners are elected to represent. Weld County completed the task of redistricting — an exercise accompanying every decennial census — on March 1, despite accusations that it bypassed a state statute revamping the way some counties in Colorado must draw up their new lines. HB 1047, passed in 2021, calls for counties with commissioners who are elected by district only...