(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Supreme Court says lawmakers overstepped their authority when they changed a voter initiative establishing an independent redistricting commission. Yesterday’s court decision is in connection with the League of Women Voters of Utah and others’ challenge to action by the legislature. The ruling overturns […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two voting-rights groups sued the state of Utah Thursday, seeking to block new redistricting maps they say unfairly solidify one-party GOP control and ignore a voter-approved independent commission. The League of Women Voters and Mormon Women for Ethical Government say the Republican-controlled Legislature swept aside […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — New redistricting maps that largely ignore a voter-approved nonpartisan commission in Utah are sparking a backlash and highlighting the challenges the independent panels face an era of deep political divisions and surging gerrymandering. Several states created independent commissions for the once-a-decade process, in hopes the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican Utah lawmakers have given an early nod of approval to redistricting maps that further carve up Democratic-leaning Salt Lake County. That’s despite urging from a crowd of frustrated people to choose districts drawn by a voter-approved independent body. Many speakers argued Monday that the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A state lawmaker is convinced that a congressional map submitted by the state’s Independent Redistricting Committee is politically biased. The map was created by a member of the public, and the chair of the redistricting committee defended it because the map passed their independent tests […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Former Congressman Rob Bishop is criticizing the state’s independent redistricting commission for being too partisan. Bishop abruptly quit the commission yesterday, saying the group was favoring Democrats in the boundaries it was drawing. He also criticized the makeup of the commission, saying Utah’s rural areas […]
The Utah Legislature has formed a bipartisan Redistricting committee to gather information and public input in order to recommend new district boundaries. These boundaries determine state legislative and congressional districts and are required to be looked at every ten years. Rep. Carl Albrect, who is on the committee stated that […]
TAYLORSVILLE, Utah (AP) — The first meeting of Utah’s independent redistricting committee was cut short after the virtual call was bombarded with explicit images and racist comments. Commission members met in person in Taylorsville, Utah on Tuesday but the public could participate virtually. KSL-TV reports an individual joined the meeting, […]
