Except in states with binding independent redistricting commissions, voters are left with districts that are less competitive and more gerrymandered and cities and counties that are split. “And, to many involved in efforts to replace gerrymanders with competitive districts, the vanishing number of truly contested House races indicated that whoever won, the voters lost.”
On June 1, League of Women Voters Utah, Mormon Women for Ethical Government, and the seven individual plaintiffs in Utah’s gerrymandering lawsuit filed a response to the legislature’s motion to dismiss. Gerrymandering is an undemocratic practice that rigs the game so the powerful can lock in power for another decade, putting their own interests ahead of the people’s. Read the Salt Lake Tribune’s article to learn more.
SALT LAKE CITY – Better Boundaries Executive Director Katie Wright issued the following statement in support of plaintiffs in the lawsuit, League of Women Voters of Utah v. Utah State Legislature: