Utah needs a congressional redistricting plan that’s simple, fair and puts politics aside. Our current gerrymandered boundaries drawn in 2010 were designed expressly to maximize the prospects for one political party, meandering across city and county lines in highly irregular contours. In 2018, Utah voters approved Proposition 4, establishing the Utah Independent Redistricting Commission (UIRC)….
Monday was the deadline for announcing the seven members of Utah’s independent redistricting commission. Utah Governor Spencer Cox started with the appointment of Rex Facer as chairman of the commission. In 2018, Utah voters passed Proposition 4 – which created a seven member commission to recommend redistricting plans to the state Legislature that will redivide…
SALT LAKE CiTY — The parsing of Utah’s House and Senate districts is set to occur again this year after a 10-year break but with a key difference from the process a decade ago. An Independent Redistricting Commission has been tabbed to take part in the process for the first time and craft proposed changes…