Voters should be the ones to choose their politicians, not the other way around. Read more about why in an op-ed that husband-wife duo Malcolm and Vicki Reid wrote for The Deseret News on how the gerrymandered congressional map undermines the will of voters.
Malcolm, a Democratic voter, and Vicki, a Republican voter, oppose Utah’s congressional map and agreed to join the lawsuit Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed earlier this month because this map is an extreme partisan gerrymander and would make it harder for Utah voters to make themselves heard in our democracy.
The op-ed also describes how the legislature ignored maps produced by Utah’s independent redistricting commission — which used a fair, transparent process — and instead drew maps behind closed doors that sliced and diced Salt Lake County’s residents among the state’s four congressional districts to weaken their voting power.