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Velma Campbell
Commission: legislative
Zip: 81005
Submittted: October 07, 2021
Comment:
To the Commission:
I am from Pueblo, CO, a community that is united by economic, ethnic, and cultural diversity, as well as characteristics of low income working population in agriculture, business, and industry. The redistricting process is supposed to be transparent and balanced to ensure that communities like Pueblo and others in Southern Colorado are fairly represented. I ask you to support the legislative map that was submitted by the nonpartisan, neutral redistricting staff, which would ensure fair representation for the people of Colorado, as they wanted. I ask you to reject last-minute maps from the Republican Commissioners that appear to reflect non-disclosed sources, undermining everything that independent redistricting is supposed to represent.
Thank you.
Michal Rosenoer
Commission: legislative
Zip: 81211
Submittted: October 07, 2021
Comment:
Please reject maps that are subject to undisclosed GOP lobbying and Support nonpartisan staff plans.
Linda Erickson
Commission: congressional
Zip: 81201
Submittted: October 07, 2021
Comment:
Please keep the transparency and reject the gerrymandered maps being pushed by Commissioners Barnett and Kottwitz.
Alice Roszczewski
Commission: both
Zip: 80863
Submittted: October 07, 2021
Comment:
Hello, Please support the Redistricting maps drawn up by non partisan staff. Please reject the maps drawn up by Commissioners Barnett and Kottwitz.
Marjorie McIntosh
Commission: legislative
Zip: 80302
Submittted: October 07, 2021
Comment:
While I might be open to some degree of questioning of the final set of maps submitted by the Independent Commission if there is serious concern that they have split up heavily minority areas in such a way that weakens the ability of people of color to influence the outcome of elections and elect people that represent them, I am *NOT* in favor of the current efforts by Commissioners Barnett and Kottwitz to modify the proposed district boundaries. Their actions seem to be an overtly partisan maneuvre, an end-run to modify the agreed-upon maps after their submission. This is exactly the kind of political gerry-mandering that the Independent Commission was supposed to eliminate.
Hence I hope you will reject their efforts and insist, as the voters dictated, on a genuinely Independent Commission.
Marjorie McIntosh
Monika Griesenbeck
Commission: both
Zip: 81201
Submittted: October 07, 2021
Comment:
I am very concerned that the Republican members of this commission are attempting to gerrymander proposed congressional districts in their favor. This is not what Colorado voters intended. Please do not let this happen.
thankyou, Monika Griesenbeck
Lisa Self
Commission: both
Zip: 81301
Submittted: October 07, 2021
Comment:
Please, please take a stand for transparency by rejecting any maps that could be tarnished by the ongoing, unreported lobbying to gerrymander legislative districts for the GOP.
Please reject maps being pushed by Commissioners Barnett and Kottwitz and support maps drawn by nonpartisan staff.
Thank you very much,
Lisa Self
Irv Broudy
Commission: congressional
Zip: 81201
Submittted: October 07, 2021
Comment:
I write in support of the proposed congressional district maps drawn by non-partisan staff currently under consideration by the full board of commissioners. I oppose recent and ongoing last minute attempts at gerrymandering those maps by Commissioner Barnett and Kottwitz. Please keep the process transparent and vote to approve the staff recommendations which have gone through an extensive evaluation and public comment process.They are fair and equitable to all political parties.
Sharon Slade
Commission: both
Zip: 80227
Submittted: October 07, 2021
Comment:
Please reject the maps being pushed by Commissioners Barnett and Kottwitz and support maps drawn by nonpartisan staff. Gerrymandering in any form should not be tolerated.
KENNETH Mihelich
Commission: both
Zip: 81432-0922
Submittted: October 07, 2021
Comment:
Please reject the gerrymandering effort by the republican commissioners. We're also counting on you to reject the map as submitted by the commission. There is too much minority rule in our country today. Colorado is not purple, Colorado is blue with some red fringes.
Thak you