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SALT LAKE CITY In 2018, Utah voters narrowly passed a proposition creating an independent redistricting commission that will recommend redistricting maps to the Utah State Legislature.
The propositions, however, are only suggestions and according to Utah s Constitution, the state Legislature draws the final boundaries. If legislators wanted to, they could ignore the redistricting commission s recommendations altogether.
So, what is the role of the redistricting commission, and will the Utah Legislature use its recommendations? What incentives does the Legislature have to take the commission s maps seriously?
The commission s limits What we did with that referendum is we essentially created this advisory committee, but it really is advisory, said Matthew Burbank, a political science professor at the University of Utah. Anything that they do does not have the force of law.