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Leigh Lampley
Commission: both
Zip: 81507
Submittted: October 12, 2021
Comment:
It is appalling that Republican legislative Redistricting Commissioners Hunter Barnett (R) and Aislinn Kottwitz (R) are working with non-disclosing and unregistered GOP operatives to shove through last-minute maps. The last 11 months of idiocy and lies following the 2020 election show the perils of allowing this sort of blatant gerrymandering to continue.
Please reject the gerrymandered maps being pushed by Commissioners Barnett and Kottwit.
Please accept the proposals from the nonpartisan redistricting Committee.
Joan MacEachen
Commission: both
Zip: 81301
Submittted: October 12, 2021
Comment:
I am concerned that legislative Redistricting Commissioners Hunter Barnett (R) and Aislinn Kottwitz (R) are working with non-disclosing and unregistered GOP operatives to advance last-minute maps that would almost certainly ensure control for Colorado Republicans over the next decade. I hope the Independent Redistricting Commissions avoids the pitfall of partisan gerrymandering.
Pamela Clifton
Commission: both
Zip: 80204
Submittted: October 12, 2021
Comment:
Please, reject maps being pushed by Commissioners Barnett and Kottwitz and support maps drawn by nonpartisan staff.
Lisa G. Fox
Commission: both
Zip: 80528
Submittted: October 12, 2021
Comment:
We all need to take a stand for transparency.
Reject the gerrymandered maps being pushed by Commissioners Barnett and Kottwitz.
What the Republican Party is doing to the United States Of America is UnConstitutional and UnAmerican!
Hold the line for TRUE Americans!
Adele Riffe
Commission: both
Zip: 81326-9403
Submittted: October 12, 2021
Comment:
I had hoped for better from a commission to redraw the congressional districts in Colorado. This commission is supposed to be fair and balanced and yet the districts are heavily weighted in favor of Republican control. Also there is rumor that 2 commissioners, Barnett and Kottwitz, are engaged in back-room dealings to skew the maps even more.
Please reject anything that Barnett and Kottwitz bring to the table, unless it can be fully realized that the information is fair and balanced.
This is your time to approach you duties with integrity and honesty.
Please remember that.
Sincerely,
Adele Riffe
Thomas Lundy
Commission: both
Zip: 80033
Submittted: October 11, 2021
Comment:
Please reject the blatant last-minute gerrymandering attempts of Redistricting Commissioners Hunter Barnett (R) and Aislinn Kottwitz (R) on behalf of the Republican Party.
I was appalled to learn that the two Commissioners are working with non-disclosing and unregistered GOP operatives lobbying to shove through a set of maps to the Supreme Court—but not surprised.
The final staff maps are by no means overly favorable to the Democratic Party. Please have the courage to stand behind your work.
Molly Liedtke
Commission: both
Zip: 80526
Submittted: October 11, 2021
Comment:
For the sake of our Democracy you must choose transparency and fair representation over partisan gerrymandering being pushed by representatives Barnett and Kottwitz. We the people demand fair representation and those two DO NOT represent my ideas or values.
A. Dahlin
Commission: legislative
Zip: 80452
Submittted: October 11, 2021
Comment:
My community's public policy concern is that gerrymandered maps are trying to silence voices and erode participation in voting. It seems that Commissioners Barnett and Kottwitz are pushing gerrymandered maps. Please reject their ideas. Thank you.
J. Roos
Commission: both
Zip: 80211
Submittted: October 11, 2021
Comment:
To whom it may concern: thank you for your efforts for a non-partisan and non-gerrymandered distract map in the state of Colorado. Your work to protect free and fair elections is crucial and was decreed by the residents of Colorado. Unfortunately, I am aware of the efforts by Republican legislative Redistricting Commissioners Hunter Barnett (R) and Aislinn Kottwitz (R), in conjunction with non-disclosing and unregistered GOP partners, to push through last-minute maps that are gerrymandered and would result in districts that do not reasonably represent the population of Colorado. Maps such as those being put forward by Commissioners Barnett and Kottwitz are entirely counter to the point of your commission and the stated will of the Colorado populace. I urge you to take a stand for transparency and avoid considering any maps that are not non-partisan or that have any hint of efforts to gerrymander the districts. Please respect the will of the citizens of Colorado and reject the gerrymandered maps being submitted by Commissioners Barnett and Kottwitz.
Larry Sharrar
Commission: both
Zip: 80919
Submittted: October 11, 2021
Comment:
Redistricting must be non-political and transparent. We are a free country, and if we are to remain so, we must insure that every vote counts in an election. Gerrymandering is wrong, and immoral. We must all reject the gerrymandered maps being pushed by Commissioners Barnett and Kottwitz.