Utah Redistricting Commission (2010)
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A Utah Redistricting Commission Initiative was filed as a ballot initiative for the November 2010 ballot in Utah on May 6. The Lt. Governor's office has 28 days from May 6 to review the document, after which the sponsoring organization must hold hearings on the initiative in seven locations throughout the state. Eventually, in order to qualify for the ballot, the measure's supporters will have to collect 94,552 signatures by April 15, 2010.[1]
The objective of the re-districting initiative is to establish a commission to set the state's 75 state legislative district boundaries, rather than continue with the current method whereby state legislators re-draw district boundaries after each decennial federal census.
The redistricting initiative is sponsored by a group called the Fair Boundaries Coalition. Its official sponsors are Mark Sage, Tania Knauer, Catherine Millicent Shaw Lewis, Mary Jo Bishop and Cynthia J. Bias-Thompson.[2]
Most of the leading sponsors of the initiative are Democrats.[3]
Potential opposition
House Speaker David Clark has indicated he will be active in dialogue on the issue. He chairs a 50-state redistricting committee for the National Conference of State Legislatures and generally prefers to have the Utah State Legislature continue to draw the state's legislative boundaries, as it currently does.[3]
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