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Kay Campbell

Commission: both

Zip: 80751

Submittted: September 09, 2021

Comment:

unfortunately Greg has passed away. I know here would have been more than happy to testify.

Brooke Mollohan Cook

Commission: both

Zip: 80751

Submittted: September 09, 2021

Comment:

We are a rural, tight knit community who does not want to be redistricted with the urban centers who could sway decisions affecting rural Colorado.

Jim and Ann Shepherdson

Commission: congressional

Zip: 81147

Submittted: September 08, 2021

Comment:

Pleas be fair in drawing redistricting maps to benefit all Coloradans.

Karin Reitz

Commission: both

Zip: 81637

Submittted: September 08, 2021

Comment:

Dear Commissioners: I have viewed the most recent re-districting map, and I am disappointed at the significant degeneration of District 3. By this most recent change, you have joined much of rural Colorado to metropolitan areas, which will silence the voices, the concerns, the traditions of the true pioneer Westerner. Why? Do you really think a professor in Boulder understands or can identify with the concerns of a sheep rancher? Owning a rurally based business is much different than owning a business in a metropolitan area. The idea of representative government is the voice of each citizen is heard, not just the cluster of population around heavily populated areas. This is unfair and unwise. Colorado has a unique voice. It is a voice that has a proud, diverse heritage. Do not silence the most vested voice in our state. Sincerely, Karin Reitz

Ronald G. Schuyler

Commission: both

Zip: 80621

Submittted: September 08, 2021

Comment:

The redistricting map shows Weld County to be separated into two districts, 4 and 8. Why is Weld Co separated into two districts? This makes no sense. Keep all of Weld together in one district. We have no want to be included with the liberal folks in Adams and Broomfield Counties, e.g, Arvada, Broomfield, Thornton, and Westminster. All of Weld has shared interests and those are not shared with the folks mentioned above.

Anne Landman

Commission: congressional

Zip: 81505

Submittted: September 08, 2021

Comment:

I live in Grand Junction and support the updated version of the redistricting map issued on September 3. I think this map will be much better for our area, making races here more competitive. We really need that. Thanks for all your hard work.

James Varra

Commission: both

Zip: 80530

Submittted: September 08, 2021

Comment:

The redistricting effort by the commission is trying to ignore the interests of rural Colorado. I am asking the commission to draw fair redistricting maps to benefit all Coloradans.

Sara Sanders

Commission: both

Zip: 80134

Submittted: September 08, 2021

Comment:

Please stop trying to place Douglas County where it doesn’t belong. We need to be kept WHOLE in Metro Denver. We are not rural, and we are one county with common interests. The maps that have been drawn so far are ridiculous. We have become a little more blue in recent years, so stick us in a little more competitive place. Seriously though, we are in the metro area and have concerns that a rural area doesn’t so we belong in an area with constituents like us.

Ardrey L Mitchek

Commission: both

Zip: 80810

Submittted: September 08, 2021

Comment:

Being from rural eastern Colorado the new map is the biggest slap in the face all rural coloradoans. The metro areas of Fort Collins will decide my representative. The previous map was much fairer than this map is. Communities of interest mean recreational, employment, landscape, belief systems and with the exception of district 1 the rest of the map looks like a 1st grade coloring contest.

Nancy Cunningham

Commission: congressional

Zip: 80112

Submittted: September 08, 2021

Comment:

I live in Douglas County near I-25 and Lincoln Ave. My entire life is involved around the Denver metro area. Yet, I am represented in congress by someone from Colorado's eastern plains. I don't feel I am represented in C4. Douglas County is front range-it's 20 miles south of Denver! Please don't include it the same district again!