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The legislation has remarkably broad support nationwide based on <\/span>recent poll results commissioned by Common Cause.<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nThe new legislation, sponsored by Representative Zoe Lofgren and Senator Alex Padilla, comes on the heels of a <\/span>Common Cause commissioned poll that showed 77<\/span>% of Americans supporting independent commissions drawing districts instead of state legislators, 70% of Americans supporting a law banning gerrymandering, and 66% of Americans supporting a ban on mid-decade redistricting. <\/span>\r\n\r\nThe national poll surveyed 2,016 registered voters. Common Cause polling in five other states showed that registered voters in California, Florida, Illinois, New York and Texas also support all three moves \u2013 independent commissions, a ban on mid-decade redistricting and a ban on gerrymandering.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u201cRepublicans, independents and Democrats are fed up with the current partisan system of drawing districts here all over America. Thankfully Colorado has independent redistricting, but we know Americans want this in all 50 states and we believe Colorado\u2019s congressional delegation needs to work to make that a reality with this new legislation,\u201d<\/span> said Aly Belknap, Common Cause Colorado Executive Director<\/span><\/b>. \u00a0\u201cWe will advocate to make sure our elected leaders co-sponsor, publicly support and vote for this legislation.\u201d<\/span>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_work","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_work":{"heading":"Work","manually_curate":false,"work":null}}]},"yoast_head":"\nNew Congressional Action for Independent Redistricting Popular with the People - Common Cause Colorado<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Common Cause is urging the Colorado congressional delegation to support new legislation that bans mid-decade redistricting\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/colorado\/press\/new-congressional-action-for-independent-redistricting-popular-with-the-people\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Congressional Action for Independent Redistricting Popular with the People\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Common Cause is urging the Colorado congressional delegation to support new legislation that bans mid-decade redistricting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/colorado\/press\/new-congressional-action-for-independent-redistricting-popular-with-the-people\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause Colorado\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/colorado\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/FAIRMAPS-1145x573-1-e1630356917611.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"913\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"569\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/colorado\/press\/new-congressional-action-for-independent-redistricting-popular-with-the-people\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/colorado\/press\/new-congressional-action-for-independent-redistricting-popular-with-the-people\/\",\"name\":\"New Congressional Action for Independent Redistricting Popular with the People - 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