Public Comments

Please submit the final map created by the redistricting commission. It is fair and follows the restrictions set by the voters. Any other map that doesn't follow the process should be rejected, particularly those created by commissioners Barnett and Kottwitz. Thanks for your attention in this important matter.

I’m requesting that this committee stand for transparency and resolutely reject the gerrymandered maps being pushed by Republican committee members and special interests. Thank you Cindy Slosson

I appreciate the work that you did, but I am very concerned that you tried to maintain the status quo to protect Republican voters, at the expense of all other voters. This is the opposite of what Colorado needs, and it is certainly NOT what we had expected from you. We need voting districts that serve to amplify the votes and voices of the underprivileged and the non-white citizens of our state. Right now, just a few voting districts in our state do this, and they are all in the metro Denver area. However, Native Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans and Black Americans live in every part of the state. People who care about the environment and gun control live in every part of the state. People who care about the pandemic and the dangers that we find in our air and water live in every part of the state. Sadly, if these voters are outside of the Denver/Front Range area, their needs and thoughts are not being addressed. While every racial / ethnic group should be heard, it would have been much better if you adopted the map that gave more input from Hispanic voters, because they are the largest non-white group in our state at the moment. This would have been the most expeditious and easiest map to choose in order to break the stranglehold that oil, gas, ranching, and the military industrial complex have over our state. I urge the court to reject the map that was submitted as "final" and instead to choose one of the maps that encourages more input from the non-white citizens of this state, at both the state and federal levels. Thank you.

Redistricting should be as sacrosanct as voting. Republicans are clearly violating the intent of these requirements and should be legally charged with criminal behavior in voter tampering. WJ Bowman MD

There should be no Gerrymandering in Colorado. The Districts need to be drawn to insure that one person, one vote is carried out, not one person, 20 votes in Gerrymandered Districts. You have an opportunity to get this right for every voter. Do not let last minute maneuvering prevent you from insuring equal voting power for each individual.

I am writing to urge transparency in the process of redistricting our states congressional and legislative districts. I urge you to reject the gerrymandered maps being pushed by Commissioners Barnett and Kottwitz. They are trying to sneak these maps in behind the voters backs. I support maps drawn by the nonpartisan staff. Keep Colorado equally represented. I am a rancher in the mountains of Colorado and we need bipartisan support of our community that is made up of a lot of old time ranchers and mountain people who love the outdoors and have a desire to protect the ranch lands and open spaces in our community. Thank you for keeping things transparent and legitimate in the Colorado Legislature. Sincerely, Kimberly Maddock

I am writing to urge you to adopt the plan developed by the nonpartisan redistricting committee. Ensure transparency in the process, and reject the gerrymandered maps being pushed by Commissioners Hunter Barnett and Aislinn Kottwitz. Thank you for your consideration. Susan Jones

The Commission was created for the specific purpose of ending partisan redistricting, and instead creating district maps on a non-partisan basis. The work that you have done with your staff to achieve this goal has been very encouraging. I urge you to accept the maps drawn by the non-partisan staff, and to reject the attempts to slip in a last-minute gerrymander by Commissioners Barnett and Kottwitz. Thank you.

Please reject the gerrymandered maps being pushed by Commissioners Barnett and Kottwitz.

If yours is a nonpartisan commission, why am I hearing that two or more Republican politicians are pushing to influence the maps you have created? This should not be possible! I am also concerned that our local mountain newspaper reported that there was a recommendation to move our mountain area voters into the district on the other side of the continental divide know as the Western Slope. I hope this idea went nowhere but have not heard.... Living here in the Nederland area I cannot access the Western Slope without traveling from here to I-70 and over two mountain passes. This would be an absurd change. Please do your job in the non partisan way it was intended by the legislature. Lucy Stroock