Public Comments

Please leave the 3rd staff plan in place. As a Colorado voter I feel this is fair and equitable. Even though as as a resident of Pueblo County I feel that we should not share a district with the Western slope counties because we have too many differences. Again, please keep the 3rd staff plan.

I am voicing my support and strong preference for the 3rd Staff Plan Map! I am vehemently opposed to Republican legislative Redistricting Commissioners Hunter Barnett (R) and Aislinn Kottwitz (R) are working with non-disclosing and unregistered GOP operatives lobbying to shove through a last-minute set of maps to the Supreme Court that would fundamentally alter the make-up of the state senate and house, almost certainly ensuring control for Colorado Republicans over the next decade. This is a mockery of everything that Independent Redistricting Commissions are meant to stand for.

You must reject maps that are subject to undisclosed GOP lobbying. Support nonpartisan staff plans.

I am commenting to voice my support for the 3rd Staff plan for Colorado Assembly and state Senate districts. These plans appear to be fair and equitable. Thank you.

Hunter Barnett and Aislinn Kottwitz are attempting to gerrymander the Colorado Senate and House legislative maps. Stand for transparency of any unreported lobbying to gerrymander legislative districts for Republicans. This is a chance to show the world Colorado is not like Texas trying to destroy voter participation. We need to do better. Make democracy work for our children.

Please reject the partisan redistricting maps.

Please reject any maps which are subject to undisclosed GOP lobbying. Support non-partisan staff plans. Thank you.

I am writing to urge that you accept only those maps for redistricting submitted by nonpartisan staff rather than those submitted by partisan legislators attempting to subvert Colorado’s nonpartisan approach to redistricting and thus “gerrymander” the results to benefit their particular political party.

I have just learned that, after non partisan staff submitted their final draft of redistricting maps on Tuesday, Republican Representatives Barnett and Kottwitz are looking to derail this forthright process by submitting their own maps. Please stand firm behind the process of nonpartisanship so that Colorado may be represented as a true reflection of our citizenry. Thank you.

Hello, my name is Jacqui Cordova, and I am a resident of Garfield County. First, I want to thank the Commission on its hard work. Please know that we understand the how tough it is to accommodate everyone’s opinions and you are doing a great job! I wanted to express a small concern in the Senate Map. District 5 has Garfield County split North to South along the I-70. I understand why the commission would do that. I’m guessing it’s because of the population along the I-70 but if you look closely, it doesn’t make much sense. I-70 is the Key Highway, and it runs east to west. Why would the commission separate the county North to South? It creates separation from the residents who live on one side of the I-70. So, the people who live North of the Interstate aren’t going to be represented by the same elected official? They are a part of that community and should be grouped with there fellow neighbors. I think keeping the cities/towns whole will only benefit Rifle, Silt, and Glennwood. It just makes better sense to split the County East and West. That way the total population of those cities are represented together. I have attached a picture of what I think the split should look like. Thank you for your hard work!