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Public Comments Timestamp Meeting Date Agenda Item First and Last Name Zip Code Representing Comments It is inappropriate to use an obviously biased company for Arizona’s redistricting mapping process. Bernie Sanders and Barack Obama should have zero say in what our maps look like, and these companies are funded by them at the national level. We want you to hire the National Demographics Corporation – Douglas Johnson in order to assure Arizonans of fair representation and elections. The “Independent” Review Council should make amends for ten years of incompetence and corruption. The commissioners met as many as five times at the home of the AZ 4/27/2021 9:12:25 April 27, 2021 Redistricting Marta 85331 Democratic Party’s Executive Director! It is inappropriate to use an obviously biased company for Arizona’s redistricting mapping process. Bernie Sanders and Barack Obama should have zero say in what our maps look like, and these companies are funded by them at the national level. We want you to hire the National Demographics Corporation – Douglas Johnson in order to assure Arizonans of fair representation and elections. The “Independent” Review Council should make amends for ten years of incompetence Redistricting and corruption. The commissioners met as many as five times at the home of the AZ 4/27/2021 9:12:47 April 27, 2021 Company Michael MacBan 85331 Democratic Party’s Executive Director! I would l ke to request that the company to be hired is the National Demographics Corporation – Douglas Johnson, in order to assure Arizonans fair representation and redistricting elections. mapping It would be inappropriate to use a biased company for the redistricting mapping process. 4/27/2021 9:12:49 April 27, 2021 process Connie Kruger 85295 It is inappropriate to use an obviously biased company for Arizona’s redistricting mapping process. Bernie Sanders and Barack Obama should have zero say in what our maps look like, and these companies are funded by them at the national level. We want you to hire the National Demographics Corporation – Douglas Johnson in order to assure Arizonans of fair representation and elections. The “Independent” Review Council should make amends for ten years of incompetence and corruption. The commissioners met as many 4/27/2021 9:13:10 April 27, 2021 Redistricting Leisa Bryan 85253 as five times at the home of the AZ Democratic Party’s Executive Director! Constituent and register voter and 4/27/2021 9:13:21 April 27, 2021 Redistricting Lisa Horne 85295 citizen NO ON USING HAYSTAQ!!!!!!! We need unbiased & uncompromising! Haystaq use for I urge you NOT to use Haystaq for redistricting. This is a highly partisan company that 4/27/2021 9:13:46 April 27, 2021 redistricting Laura Basey 85383 Myself does not belong in the state of Arizona. 4/27/2021 9:13:51 April 27, 2021 redistricting Victoria Walter 85281 The Bernie consulting group is far too political to redraw Arizona maps! 85083- 4/27/2021 9:14:00 April 27, 2021 Vote Anna Sherry 6590 do agree or approve to hire Hastag to manage map creation for redistricting. I am a No to taxpayer, Haystaq! citizen of the Redistricting U.S. and we must be deserve UNBIASED to election ensure integrity under election the 4/27/2021 9:14:04 April 27, 2021 integrity. Jane Seybold 85382 Constituion. No to Haystaq! Redistricting must be UNBIASED to ensure election integrity. 4/27/2021 9:14:09 April 27, 2021 Redistricting Nicole wood 85018 Haystaq is not unbiased. Redistricting cannot he done by them. No to Haystaq! Redistricting Maricopa 4/27/2021 9:14:14 April 27, 2021 Committee James Dunn 85044 County Bernie Sanders consulting team is too political to be involved the redistricting effort. Timestamp Meeting Date Agenda Item First and Last Name Zip Code Representing Comments I am highly concerned at having Haystaq in charge of redistricting Arizona. They have collaborated in the past with the campaign of Bernie Sanders and we cannot ensure that this platform will remain unbiased when doing something that is SO important and that will affect all of us in one shape or another. Do NOT allow Haystaq to redistrict Arizona. After Arizona Map such an intense 2020 electoral season we deserve better. Haystaq is a threat to our 4/27/2021 9:14:17 April 27, 2021 Redistricting Vianca Rodriguez 85014 Myself democracy. I think it is HIGHLY inappropriate for you to even consider such a biased company for VIII. redistricting mapping process. Bernie and Obama should have ZERO say in what OUR Discussion maps look l ke. These guys (Haystaq) are funded by them at the federal level. and Possible We need an INDEPENDENT (not paid by either side) company to do this. There are Action on others to choose from. options for There should be ZERO Partisanship in deciding things that affect ALL PARTIES in our mapping votes and how our districts are decided/mapped/gerimandered. 4/27/2021 9:14:21 April 27, 2021 consultant Crystal Zeiler 85201 self Thank you 4/27/2021 9:14:21 April 27, 2021 Redistricting McKenna Olson 85202 Maricopa Take the Bernie Group out of this now!!! We don't need em!!! It’s highly inappropriate to use a biased company for the redistricting mapping process. Bernie and Obama should have nothing to do with Arizona redistricting. Don’t hire 4/27/2021 9:14:25 April 27, 2021 Redistricting Allison Barkley 85258 Haystaq! Mapping My name is Amy Samuel, I'm from Tempe, AZ. I moved to AZ because it was a less 4/27/2021 9:14:30 April 27, 2021 Consultant Amy Samuel 85281 Austin Smith political state. Bernie's consulting group is too political to redraw Arizona's maps. My name is Ashley, I am from California originally but moved to Tempe, AZ 5 years ago, Mapping because it was a less political state. Bernie’s consulting group is too political to redraw 4/27/2021 9:14:35 April 27, 2021 Consultant Ashley Ramirez 85283 Austin Smith Arizona’s maps! Yavapai 4/27/2021 9:14:40 April 27, 2021 Redistricting Jan Baron 86323 County Redistricting Should be Unbiased! I live in Tempe, and I came here because Arizona is a fair state that doesn't act politically, Mapping and gives everyone a fair, equal shot. Bernie Sanders' consulting group is too political to 4/27/2021 9:14:52 April 27, 2021 consultant Joshua Sterkin 85282 Myself redraw Arizona’s maps. It is inappropriate to use an obviously biased company for Arizona’s redistricting mapping process. Bernie Sanders and Barack Obama should have zero say in what our maps look like, and these companies are funded by them at the national level. We want you to hire the National Demographics Corporation – Douglas Johnson in order to assure Arizonans Independent of fair representation and elections. The “Independent” Review Council should make Redistricting amends for ten years of incompetence and corruption. The commissioners met as many 4/27/2021 9:14:55 April 27, 2021 Commission sally timmers 85260 as five times at the home of the AZ Democratic Party’s Executive Director! Arizona Independent Redistricting It is unacceptable for you to use a biased company for the Redistricting mapping process. 4/27/2021 9:14:56 April 27, 2021 Commission Indy Rebhun 85395 Self Bernie Sanders and Obama should have zero input in what our maps look like. Timestamp Meeting Date Agenda Item First and Last Name Zip Code Representing Comments Good morning, My name is Brian Anthony Utz and I am a lifelong Arizona resident from the Verde Valley. I’m attending this morning’s meeting with the intention to voice my concerns regarding the potential use of Haystaq for Arizona’s redistricting process. The fact that Haystaq has received blatantly favorable support from the Democratic Party, former President Barack Obama, and presidential hopeful/Senator Bernie Sanders is reason enough to warrant to concern of Arizona citizens in a time where election integrity is of concern for the majority of Americans. Use of The use of Haystaq, an openly biased company, is an extremely inappropriate choice for Haystaq for the state of Arizona, as Arizona is a state with a diverse political background that is home Redistricting to closely equal representation of both parties. Mapping For this reason, I urge you to look beyond Haystaq as a candidate for redistricting needs. 4/27/2021 9:15:04 April 27, 2021 needs Brian Utz 86325 Thank you. Discussion on mapping 4/27/2021 9:15:06 April 27, 2021 consultant Dan White 63109 Say NO to Haystaq for district mapping As an Independent body AIRC should also hire an independent company to do redistricting maps. It is only fair to the AZ voters and taxpayers to know that AIRC did not hire a company founded by campaign operatives, whose board of directors and corporate officers are beholden to a certain party and their candidates. Do the right thing and do not 4/27/2021 9:15:11 April 27, 2021 VIII Raphael Ahmed 85226 Citizen hire Haystaq DNA. Haystaq 4/27/2021 9:15:11 April 27, 2021 decision Matt Lake 85395 Oppose I do not support using Haystaq In this politically charged environment of hyper partisanship, the goal of an independent commission should be neutrality. Consideration of HastaqDNA, a firm that touts its ties to the success of the Obama and Sanders campaigns as their mission statement, should be an obvious reason for disqualification. The mere suggestion of hiring this firm casts doubt as to whether or not the Redistricting Commission is in fact a neutral body.
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