Voting Districts

Several Utah groups sued the Utah State Legislature in 2022 for replacing a ballot initiative that would've had an independent redistricting commission choose voter district lines in 2021. Now, a lower court will decide whether Utah has to redraw the districts.

Our guest today is T.J. Ellerbeck, executive director of the Rural Utah Project, which works in voter registration and mobilization in rural areas among other initiatives. We’ll talk about voting and elections, technology, and other issues affecting rural Utah.

A federal judge is approving new county election districts in southeastern Utah after finding the boundaries discriminated against American Indians who…