Public Comments

I understand that Commissioners Barnett and Kottwitz are submitting maps that would undermine the voting influence of people of color. As a Latina, I urge you to reject these maps and instead support the maps drawn by the nonpartisan staff. Thank you, Polly Baca

Grand Junction should be given the same attention to "community interests" and "geographic areas" as the Front Range. But it seems it is not. House District 55 needs to keep the City of Grand Junction together, intact, within its CITY LIMITS and in its map! Period. The staff plan/map clearly orphans some areas of the Grand Junction city limits from HD 55 and that is wrong for our community and our community interest!! Why on earth would the staff recommend this? PLEASE do not go forward with any sort of change that changes our representation in HD 55. The difference between HD 54 and 55 is basically rural vs urban and the proposed map disrupts that representation and is overtly wrong. PLEASE keep our "community interest" and our "geographic areas" consistent and keep the City of Grand Junction intact in HD 55 and within the City limits of the City of Grand Junction.

TO: The Colorado Independent Redistricting Commissions FROM: Lisa R. Hartman, Colorado resident living in Denver County RE: Ongoing, unreported lobbying by nonpartisan staff After eleven members of the twelve-member panel of commissioners supported the redistricting map that was sent to the Colorado Supreme Court last Tuesday for approval, I am outraged to read that Commissioners Barnett and Kottwitz have been working with nonpartisan staff to put a gerrymandered map before the commission. This ongoing, unreported lobbying must be stopped, and the maps drawn by nonpartisan staff must be rejected. Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Lisa R. Hartman

I would respectfully request the commission reject maps by Commissioners Barnett and Kottwitz and support maps drawn by nonpartisan staff. Please reject any maps that could be tarnished by the ongoing, unreported lobbying to gerrymander legislative districts for the GOP. Thank You, Hummer Marchand Routt County Clark, Colorado

This letter is to voice my support for the Third Staff Legislative map that is presently under review. This seems to me to be a reasonable drawing of Denver districts, and is particularly sensitive to objections raised to earlier maps that obliterated HD 8. At a time when significant public investments are planned in this area, a unified community of interest along the northern side of the Colfax Avenue corridor makes sense. Reported attempts to alter the legislative maps by partisan interests should be resisted. The staff proposals, particularly as they have evolved, seem to me to embody the principles that the Independent Redistricting Commissions were created to address.

Greetings Folks, The sole purpose behind creation and implementation of your Commission was to ensure an unbiased, non-partisan i.e. fair, and transparent procedure for drawing up redistricting maps after a census. PLEASE take a stand for honesty, transparency and non-partisanship in Colorado by rejecting any maps that might be tarnished by the ongoing, unreported lobbying to gerrymander legislative districts for one party--in particular right now, the GOP. Specifically, you must reject maps being pushed by Commissioners Barnett and Kottwitz and support maps drawn by openly nonpartisan staff without a one-party agenda.

Dear Commissioner Members, I am a Colorado native and a registered voter in Colorado. I support the non partisan legislative staff plan. Thank you Mary Beth Corsentino

Please, reject maps being pushed by Commissioners Barnett and Kottwitz and support maps drawn by nonpartisan staff. The nonpartisan staff is nonpartisan--duh! Support their maps! Commissioners Barnett and Kottwitz are Republicans. Reject their maps! This should be nonpartisan, not another grab for power by the Republicans. Put democracy to work, not oligarchs.

I am imploring you to reject maps being pushed by Commissioners Barnett and Kottwitz and support maps drawn by nonpartisan staff. Barnett and Kottwitz are working with non-disclosing and unregistered GOP operatives lobbying to shove through a last-minute set of maps to the Supreme Court. This is a mockery of everything that Independent Redistricting Commissions are meant to stand for.

I learned Commissioners Barnett and Kottwitz are supporting new maps that would gerrymander legislative districts for the GOP. These maps would fundamentally alter the make-up of the state senate and house, almost certainly ensuring control for Colorado Republicans over the next decade. Please reject these maps, stand for transparency, and support the maps drawn by nonpartisan staff. Thank you. Michael Rees