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Martin Shupe

This map fails to keep Salt Lake County, the most populous county in our state with 34% of the entire state’s population as a single community of interest (COI). This map goes against allowing a single group to choose its own representative. This map fails to meet the requirements mandated by court order to protect COIs. The power of the citizenry is diluted with any division of this county. Stop splitting this single most diverse county and community of interest. While this map does the best job of all congressional maps submitted for review, if the whole of Salt Lake County was preserved to be a stand-alone district or as a whole county, added to join other and similar COIs, it would be THE BEST MAP for Utah and all its citizenry!

Maria B Evans

I like the idea of this map - largely keeping urban communities together and rural communities together. Some corrections are needed to even up the population differences between district 2 and the others. Some simple trade outs in Davis county would help.

Martin Shupe

This map fails to keep Salt Lake County, the most populous county in our state with 34% of the entire state population as a single community of interest. This map goes against allowing a single group to choose its own representative. The power of the citizenry is diluted with any division of this county.

Kimberly Johnson

Reasonable and balanced map

Brian Bosworth

While I love this map for doing a good job at bundling rural and urban folks to their neighbors, I worry about how it is diluting the representation of suburbanites- particularly those in Utah County. These folks have transportation needs, jobs, socio-economic opportunities, lifestyles that are much more common with folks in their same county and neighboring counties than they do with rural folks living hundreds of miles away.

Scott W Hinckley

This map from the UIRC is the most balanced map of the 3 they had presented. Utahns voted for an independent committee so the spirit and original letter of the law should require one of those maps, such as this one. Please as a lifelong Utahn your constituents have the right granted to us by the Utah Constitution to change our government. No more attempts to subvert our voice, select this map.

Linda F. Smith

This is the best map, in my opinion. It provides 2 urban districts and does a good job of dividing the urban areas based on common interests/circumstances. Having each district represent LOCAL (rather than state-wide) interests is what our Founding Fathers intended for Congress.The Federalist Papers describe the framers’ intention that each congressperson understand and represent not state-wide, but local interests. Federalist No. 52 & 56/

Gavin Thomas

Reasonable map, not my favorite borders but it keeps urban and rural separate.

Julienne Bailey

While it still isn't ideal to have neighbors in Taylorsville, West Valley, Murray, and Cottonwood Heights, split up, at least Salt Lake isn't being arbitarily split to disappear into rural areas while also doing a disservice to Utah citizens who live in those rural areas. The best option I've seen so far, though could still use some tweaks.

Tyler Broberg

To me this map seems to be the most representative of the interests of Utah Voters. It maintains fair districts in urban regions of the state, while still maintaining fair interest group organization for the rural interests as well.

Madalyn Covey

Far superior to any options presented by the legislative committee. Please listen to your constituents!

Jacob Hewitson

Definitely a lot better than what we have currently or what's being proposed. I think there's still a lot of urban areas in Districts 3 and 1 that get lumped in with communities with very distinct needs and interests, so a representative wouldn't be able to adequately represent all interests within the districts. But again, this is much better than the current arbitrary maps.

Andrew Hahn

I like that this map reflects the tendencies of Utah voters more proportionally than any other map I've seen. In general, I think having at least one "competitive" election in the state helps encourage people to participate in government.

Katie Newburn

Please adopt a map created by UIRC. The people voted for prop 4. The legislature needs to honor that.

Christopher Rawlins

All of the Independent Redistricting Commission's maps are better than the legislative committee's maps. Of the three maps put forth by the Independent Redistricting Commission, I like this one the best. I think the way it splits Salt Lake and Utah counties makes sense. As a Lehi resident, I look at this map and think that my interests will be well represented. I think the people I am voting with will have similar priorities in terms of what issues matter most to them (there might be difference of opinion, but that's a good thing). This will allow a representative to focus, on the federal level, on issues that matter to a very large percentage of his or her constituents.

Angela Rawling

Not my favorite shape but I appreciate the even distribution of population and seeming alignment with similar interests and demographics.

Mel Lindsay

This is probably my favorite of all of the maps. I don't like that my portion of Salt Lake County is lumped in with Utah County because I know how differently we vote, but I think it has the fairest distribution of population. It does the best at keeping communities of interest together. I think all 3 of the UIRC maps are better than any of those proposed by the legislature, but this is my favorite of the UIRC maps.

Joel Barber

Thank you UIRC for producing well crafted non-partisan maps just like the *majority* of Utah voters wanted.

Kathy Adams

The Orange and the Purple maps have been vetted for fairness by the bipartisan commission and have passed the smell test by citizens and national organizations for fair government. Having attended the UIRC/ULRC meeting last week, the nonpartisanship displayed by the independent commissioners was an exciting return to democratic standards and deserves respect and an honest evaluation by the overwhelming single-party Legislative Committee. Let's show the nation what Democracy looks like.

Kathy Adams

Will Carr

This map complies with the criterion set by the committee chairs—"both urban and rural interests should be represented in Washington, D.C., by the entire federal delegation"—but does so without dividing neighborhoods and communities. And it has the added benefit of being proposed by a transparent commission created by voters. As an unaffiliated voter, I am most concerned with fair representation, whether by party or by community. If you adopt this map the voters of Utah will not see you as doing whatever is necessary to keep Utah's congressional delegation pure Republican.

Paul Conlon

I would like to see Salt Lake counting in one congressional district. This map, at least, puts me in a district that does not include Utah county. Utah needs fair representation.

Robert Phillips

This and the orange map proposed by the UIRC are the best proposals. Immensely better than any of the Legislature's proposals.

Paul H Shepherd

This is superior to the legislative map. It groups natural communities together fairly. It is respectful of urban and rural representation.

Rob Jeffery

I think I prefer the Orange map over this one (due to some subtle differences in how it splits South SL county/North UT county, as well as better grouping of the rural areas in the W and E parts of the state), but overall it os pretty good. Having lived and voted in multiple regions of the state, I believe this map aligns fairly well with those regions' interests while preserving more fairness for any voice, regardless of party. Well done UIRC, let's hope those in power listen to what the people voted for--specifically, you--and that you aren't legislated into nothingness.

Richard T Mollerup

This is the most fair of all the maps presented. Please adopt this map.

Jordan Bowden

This is a good map that fairly represents Utah's different communities and interests

Jennifer Lopez

This map is better than many others offered.

Kai Gentille

This map is good.

Julie Faure

This map seems to do the best job of keeping communities of interest together.

Jenni Thompson

This is the map that needs to be presented by Senator Scott Sandall and Representative Paul Ray. This is the map that fairly draws Utah and keeps Urban and Rural Areas separate. Urban and Rural areas have different needs. By splitting them up it doesn't help either.

Dexter Murray

I think this map does the best job of fairly representing Utah.

Mandee Rodriguez

This map is the best proposed map in my opinion. I feel like it does a good job of keeping communities together and is not blatantly gerrymandered like the version put out by Scott Sandall and Paul Ray. We voted for an independent committee to redraw these maps, and to ignore the will of the people to stay in power is disgusting.

Richel Raich-Cantu

This map does an excellent job of representing Utah communities! With these districts, Utahns would be able to elect individuals that align to their priorities. It's also important to remind the Legislature that this map was drawn by the Independent Commission, voted for by the VAST majority of Utahns. Not only do we want fairer maps - we deserve them!

Eric Hobday

This map is better than most. My neighborhood is all in one district. It might be better though, to chop off the Park City area and expand this district to the SW. Seems like that would keep the valley community in one district. All of southern Utah is in one district. I think that makes sense.

Jacob Heaton

This is the best proposed map because it keeps Salt Lake City whole and seems like the fairest split of Salt Lake County. This is way fairer than the Utah Legislature's proposal, which is just awful.

Scott Williams

This map is acceptable to me. It would give me a representative who could spend more time listening to those who share my concerns because we live in similar settings and who could also focus on the issues that are important to us in Congress. The one proposed by the legislators does not provide me with that kind of representation.

Jillynn

This map does a good job of representing the significant difference in needs between rural and urban Utah. It is fair and does not unfairly privilege one party of the other. The map is geographically well done and keeps communities together. I strongly recommend this map be selected.

Clare Coonan

I have longed for Salt Lake City to be in one congressional district and I appreciate that the UIRC submitted a proposal that heeds this desire. I also appreciate that there are primarily two urban districts and two rural districts. I believe this is a much fairer representation of the voters than the legislative committee's proposed district map.

Karin L Fenn

This is a fairer map than many of the others proposed and reflects concentrations of individuals with similar concerns and interests thus allowing for fairer representation.

Paul Bruno

While I prefer the Orange map over this map, I could live with this because it is an attempt to recognize the rural and urban districts of our state and enable communities of like-minded individuals to work together to address pressing social issues.

Rusty Smith

This is a very good map. I am maybe a bit more partial to Orange, but I would be thrilled if the legislature chose this one. It is clearly not gerrymandered and is seeking to ensure a maximum number of voters in Utah have a representatives that actually represents them.

This map keeps communities together and doesn't dilute votes in the name of partisanship and incumbencies. It is absolutely what we should do.

Phillip Sanders

This map seems to represent Utah's population best by allowing urban Utah to have a voice in Congress. By grouping urban and rural Utah separately the representatives will be able to represent the needs of their constituents. Great work IRC!

Wendy Conrad

I applaud the IRC's work in making a map that represents urban and rural needs and voters!

Amanda Lawing

This map clearly represents the populations and interests of Utah's population. This map will accurately represent the interests of both urban and rural populations.

Brandan Ngo

This map properly represents Utah's population and demographics. It is non-partisan and unbiased. This is the map the citizens of Utah voted for in 2018.

Kenny

I like this map. I believe best represents the people of Utah and their interests.

Sandy Fishler

This map best represents Utah voters.

Sarah L Woolsey

I am in favor of this map that seems to have considered the communities and alignments of the urban/rural mix of the state. Please vote in favor of this map. Make our lives easier and yours too!

Michael Porcelli

This is the map. This map gives optimal representation to both rural and urban voters by having the most evenly dispersed districts for the respective communities. This map has been reviewed by as being non-partisan and fair by the Princeton Gerrymandering Project and independent analysts at FiveThirtyEight. This is the map the UIRC proposed, and it's what the people asked for and voted on in 2018. Respect the will of the people—use this map!

Bruce Ensign

Of the four maps proposed by the committee and the legislature, this is the best one. It allows for an appropriate mix of urban/rural districts, and it respects functional and grographic differences and natural divisions. That said, any of the maps proposed by the commission are much preferable to the travesty proposed by the legislature.

Carlene Coombs

This map seems to be the best out of the ones drawn by the UIRC and FAR better than the one proposed by the legislature.

Mark Henderson

This is the map to use. It isn't gerrymandered.

Adam Fortuna

Of all the maps, this one is my favorite. Having both SLC and Park City in the same district makes sense. It does a great job of keeping communities together.

Jon Bertrand

This map looks great. It captures the regions, similarities, and differences of this huge state in a workable way.

Carina Alleman

This map makes a lot of sense. It is more evenly distributed and does not go out of its way to split up communities to suppress certain voters. It still allows for rural Utah to be represented while recognizing that the vast majority of the state's population live in more urban areas. This one has my support.

Paul Cox

This map would keep communities of interest together and not split votes in an attempt to silence certain demographics

Sarah Duensing

This is good! It would give the people who live in Salt Lake and Utah County adequate representation. People seem to think that Utah is so rural, but it's not. Most people live in urban areas and we deserve a map that reflects that.