The voter-created commission tasked with drawing political boundaries for congress, legislature and state school board finally presented its maps to the Utah State Legislature.
The Utah Independent Redistricting Commission on Tuesday unveiled the 12 voting maps that it will send to a legislative commission to be considered for the state s voting future.
Utah Independent Redistricting Commission voted to complete three congressional maps it will propose to a committee of state legislators, along with state legislative and school board maps. The vote came after former congressman Rob Bishop resigned from the commission.
Former Utah congressman Rob Bishop abruptly quit the Independent Redistricting Commission, blasting it as favoring urban areas of over rural areas in creating new boundaries for congressional districts.
For the first time since its creation in 2018, the Utah Independent Redistricting Commission will be responsible for bipartisan input to the Legislative Redistricting Committee — and there is optimism