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Anastasia Baranowska
This map is worse than A for my where I am placed. I am with so little of Salt Lake City in this map and that I am with such a rural area, this makes zero sense.
Jose Rivera
I do not support option B. It looks too similar to the current-gerrymandered map. Needs to be proposed by a bipartisan committee
Levi Furrow
Gerrymandered rubbish. Watering down urban votes with rural. Why is this being considered? Go back to the map initially proposed by the bipartisan committee.
Audrey Greenhalgh
Absolutely not. Any map the has to continually dilute the voters of a single district has no business being considered. In what world do the voting concerns of the Salt Lake County align with the voting concerns of Moab? Any Gerrymandering should be questioned. The Escamilla-Owens map in the most fair in terms of population density and common interests.
Amy Loverin
Map B still falls short of upholding Prop 4, but is better than the other options with the exception of the Escamilla Owens Map.
Rafferty Bennett
Please tell me how constituents in Morgan, UT have the same concerns and challenges as constituents in Mexican Hat, UT or how those in Eagle Mountain, UT have the same concerns as those in St. George, UT. Get out of here with this gerrymandered garbage.
David Iltis
A little better, but it still splits Salt Lake County and pairs urban voters with rural voters doing both a disservice.
Ryan Frisby
No. This does not accurately reflect the people of Utah. We need to give all people a voice and not try to manipulate the system by making weird map boundries to try and get the desired outcome.
Teresa DeAtley
I would like to advocate for an independent redistricting comission. It feels like votes are not getting a fair representation with these maps, and this map is no exception, with arbitrary lines that do not actually represent Salt Lake City and neighboring towns and cities.
Cory MacNulty
o Does not adhere to the standards laid out in Proposition 4 and therefore does not follow the ruling of Judge Gibson o Makes unnecessary county splits in Salt Lake and Utah Counties o Is not compact and does not consider communities of interest o Specifically including SLC with Southeast Utah is clearly not a community of interest. o Including parts of SL County with Tooele County also fails on its face to keep communities of interest together. o When the guidelines from Prop 4 are properly implemented a district would fit entirely in Salt Lake County and a second district would fit mostly into Utah county. This map fails to be compact.
Laurie Payne
The Escamilla-Owens map is the most balanced and reasonable-is map. Other than that, this, map B is the least awful at meeting the Prop 4 standards.
Brandon Tullis
We the people of Utah voted for Proposition 4. We expect these maps to be drawn by an independent redistricting commission, which STILL has not happened! This map (among others) flagrantly and brazenly gerrymanders away. This map should not even be a consideration.
Brandon Tullis
We the people of Utah voted for Proposition 4. We expect these maps to be drawn by an independent redistricting commission, which STILL has not happened! This map (among others) flagrantly and brazenly gerrymanders away. This map should not even be a consideration.
Samantha Tullis
This map does not accomplish the objectives of Prop 4. Communities are divided and lumped in with far-flung communities that have little in common with their needs and issues. I also don't like how Provo is split and divided from half of the southern Utah county. Cities should not be split up.
Cher McDonald
This is a minor improvement over the options A, C-E, that available. I think the city/county splits here are still odd, it still feels very manipulated and it does a bad job keeping broader communities of interest intact. It is better, but minimally.
Pedro Liska
This one is getting better, but there is another one that is much better.
Carol Liska
Salt Lake County keeps getting divided into 4 sections. Why?
Gail Jean Boling
This map again artificially divides Salt Lake County in what appears to be another gerrymander. It should be rejected.
Brian Wilkins
Yet another map to divide up SLC. We need representation to respect community lines.
Alycia Spencer
This map does not reflect political balance or keep communities whole. It sharply divides urban areas, including nearby areas I frequent, featuring absurd, sprawling shapes that do not follow natural features or facilitate easy travel through the districts without leaving them. It does not give equal voice to urban and rural areas. It directly opposes what Utah voters asked for in Prop 4. I object!!!
Elizabeth Cornwall
I do not support Map B because it still fails to fairly represent voters in Sandy and across Salt Lake County. While it is better than Maps A, C, D, and E — with slightly fewer splits and a somewhat improved layout — it still divides our community and lumps suburban neighborhoods like mine in with distant rural areas that have completely different priorities and needs. This approach waters down our collective voice and keeps us from having meaningful representation in Congress. Utah voters passed Proposition 4 to end exactly this kind of gerrymandering, yet Map B continues to ignore that will by prioritizing partisan outcomes over fair representation. Our congressional maps should keep communities like Sandy together and give all voters — not just one party — a real chance to elect leaders who represent us. Map B does not do that, and I urge the Legislature to reject it.
Kathy Olsen
This map still has the Salt Lake valley chopped up. I'm not even in the same district as Salt Lake City, which is just minutes away from me. Urban communities should be together instead of grouped with rural areas.
Janene S Bowen
Redistricting should create districts that reflect the nature and common interests of the counties within them—urban or rural—as much as possible. To achieve this, Salt Lake County must be divided north/south. Forming two districts out of the densely urban Wasatch Front—one with the older northern SL County cities and adjacent southern Davis County cities and another with the newer/growing southern SL County cities with adjacent northern Utah County cities—creates two compact districts of counties with shared interests. This allows the creation of two more rural districts where rural/less urban counties can be grouped according to region and shared tourism/national parks/recreation, tribal, and farming and/or extraction industry interests. With its east/west split of SL County, Map B does not serve the interests of either SL County or the counties in District 2. The public comment dots for this map have a greater balance of red to green dots and more yellow than Map A, but there is still much more red than green.
James Smith
Again, I feel like my needs are being trumped by the needs of the rural parts of the state with this. I would like a rep that is focused on my needs. Smaller districts with similar urban & suburban voters together would work best.
Sheila White
I got involved because I felt that my voice isn't represented in Congress. This maps splits communities apart. Splitting cities and counties silences local voices. It seems to carve up districts to protect incumbents or punish parties. It allows one party, not voters, to decide elections. Again, many of us share the frustration that our issues don't matter to our elected officials. Right now lawmakers are looking at these maps, so now is the best chance we have to do better to keep communities like mine together and give every part of Utah a real voice. I'm asking the Legislature to NOT approve this map and to respect Proposition 4 and the real Utah. If we do this, each neighborhood and county will have fair representation.
JaNay Larsen
Option B makes a good attempt at balancing districts, but it doesn’t keep urban communities fully intact. I prefer the Escamilla/Owens map because it keeps Holladay, Millcreek, Murray, and Sugar House together, preserving shared priorities like transit, housing, air quality, and public spaces. Escamilla/Owens best reflects Proposition 4’s goal of fair representation and respecting communities of interest.
Nancy Radigan-Hoffman
This map continues to gerrymander Salt Lake City and County to achieve partisan aims. Our communities are stronger when we have meaningful representation in government. This map doesn't achieve the goals of Prop 4 and should be rejected.
April Tingey
I strongly dislike how this map divides Salt Lake City. By grouping rural and urban communities together, neither of the unique needs present in these locations will be met. Please honor the will of Utah voters who demanded independent redistricting reform. Please honor Proposition 4.
Riley Douglas Corrigan
This map still splits up Salt Lake County, though apparently it has the most competitive districts (not very competitive in my opinion) out of the options proposed, so there's that.
Tina Jensen Augustine
Living in Salt Lake City, I have for a long time felt that I don't have representation in Congress. The Legislatures insistence that every district must have rural and urban areas has effectively meant that urban interests get overlooked because our votes are diluted by rural voters clear across teh state. This map has the same problem. The way it carves up Salt Lake City is very strange. It does not keep communities together. I have a vested interest in issues affecting Millcreek, for example, more than Monticello (and Monticello deserves a representative whose interests are not divided with bits of Salt Lake City's). Please use a map the Independent Redistricting Committee proposed, in keeping with Prop 4.
Jamie Pearson
This map splits up communities too much. It won't allow for communities to be represented as well.
Kirsten Dodge
This map is better than most of the other maps. It keeps more of the high density areas together. Please consider a map that keeps SL County together; it makes sense and would provide opportunity for this high-density area to be represented in Congress.
Karen Otto
Map B does not meet the requirements of Prop 4 and will not provide fair representation to Utahns. It does not use compact districts and does not preserve communities of interest – it splits urban areas, and also combines urban areas with rural areas, which does not allow adequate representation for either urban or rural communities.
Meghan E Khater
Dislike. this is blatant gerrymandering
Stephen McNary
This map is preferred over option C in my mind. Some jagged edges in Salt Lake Valley and the bottom of Utah valley are not preferred, but I do like how most of Utah valley is kept together. It does not make sense that Murray would be in the same district as Blanding. Not very compact. It is better than Map C, but not nearly as good as the Escamilla_Owens map. Please use the Escamilla_Owens map. That one represents the will of most Utah voters.
Craig Mills
My number 2 of 6 preference. Map Option B offers a clearer layout and better population balance than some alternatives, but it still falls short of fully meeting Proposition 4 standards—particularly in how it splits Salt Lake County and compromises compactness and community cohesion. While it’s an improvement over the current map, further refinement would be needed to ensure it truly reflects the integrity and interests of Utah’s various communities.
James Ramsay
Another map designed to break up to communities.
Mariah Smith
While this map is not ideal, it is the closest to a fair map of all the proposed maps. I would prefer that Sandy, Murray, Holladay, Draper, Emigration, etc be kept as a single voting block with SLC as we are part of the greater metro area and therefore share many of the same concerns, this map is definitely the lesser of all evils. Choose this map above A, C, and D especially, but we need better options.
Cathryn Stevens
This map is another false division of the SLC area to dilute urban voices. Urban and rural communities have different interests, stop lumping us in together. I know politicians like to claim that doing this makes legislators "think of the entire state," but when was the last time any congressman even visited the rural communities they're supposed to be representing? Let rural and urban communities have their own voices, like in the Escamilla/Owens map.
Tricia Bunderson
This map seems to be fairer than Maps A, C, D, or E. It keeps cities like Salt Lake City intact. However, I am concerned about the irregular borders of these districts and the sprawling nature of district 2 that groups together communities with very different interests and needs.
Jenifer W Gordon
Why is it so hard for you to follow the wishes of the voters? Do not vote for this map. Pass the Escamilla/Owens map. Follow our wishes. We want competitive elections. Do not vote for this map.
John Colton
The way Salt Lake County is split in half seems very artificial and frankly, designed to aid the Republican party rather than keep things non-partisan. It does not fit the voters' requirements from Prop 4.
Matthew Jones
My 2nd favorite of the 6 maps to vote on, though not entirely pleasing. The experiences for rural and urban areas are so different. Small districts for high population density. Large districts for lower population density.
Sarah Schear
This map artificially separates the neighborhood where I live in Salt Lake City from the nearby neighborhoods where I attend church and spend time with friends. I don't feel that the people of Salt Lake City are adequately represented by this map.
Mary Ann McDonald
Why would Salt Lake county voters have the same interests as voters in the little populated areas of the western desert. This map, though it keeps Salt Lake City intact, it dilutes their issues as well as those who live in rural areas.
Collin Ray
This option is at least twice as preferrable to Map Option A and 5 times more preferrable to Map Option C. It provides decent continuity and compactness for its' proposed districts, but still lumps dissimilar regions together that would limit effective redistricting efforts as laid out in Prop 4. Please only consider this option ABOVE Options A or C.
Lisa Sun
This map violates the requirement of Prop 4 that the map not “unduly favor or disfavor . . . any political party.” Prop 4 requires that the Legislature evaluate maps using the best available methods, “including measures of partisan symmetry.” A standard and well-accepted method of partisan symmetry is the efficiency gap. Generally, maps with an efficiency gap above 7 or 8% are considered to be unduly biased in favor of a party (i.e., considered partisan outliers). When this map was uploaded to PlanScore, it calculated an efficiency gap of 19.6%, which makes it the third most partisan-biased of Options A/B/C/D/E, which are all unduly partisan (well above any acceptable efficiency gap threshold). (Map A: 20.3% in favor of Republicans; Map B: 19.6% in favor of Republicans; Map C: 22.9% in favor of Republicans; Map D: 19.0% in favor of Republicans; Map E: 17.0% in favor of Republicans; Escamilla/Owens Map: 3.5% in favor of Republicans.) Because this map violates Prop 4’s requirements, it should be disqualified from consideration. Any attempt by the legislature to dilute Prop 4’s requirement that the map not by unduly biased by amending the statute’s language (yet again) to cherry-pick standards for partisan bias that give the legislature essentially a free-pass to do whatever it wants would fly in the face of the people’s expressed intent and the Utah Supreme Court’s decisions.
Kaitlin Julander
Please do not split salt lake county like this! I live right on the divide. What do I have in common with South Eastern Utahns? Please keep local communities together, instead of trying to dilute our vote!
Maren Stanley
While this map is better than many of the others, it is not perfect. We already had the bipartisan commission draw maps and should be using those maps. That said, I do prefer this map to A, C, D, or E.
Rafaela Perez-Alvarez
This map is not good and does not meet the fair requirements behind Prop 4.
Manuel Alvarez-Scott
This map creates un-natural divisions across the states. It is clear it its aim was split up Salt Lake City.
Skylar Mendenhall
This map does not reflect the majority of the population in one district like it legally is required to. This map is illegal and gerrymandered and Utahns have voted against gerrymandering. I want my representatives to uphold the law and listen to the people. This does not uphold the requirements of proposition 4.
LisaHahne
Now, as in the past, we do have an uneven population distribution across the state, and I'm sure any map is going to look a bit odd as its drawer tries to represent population fairly and according to law. However, the pizza-slice approach makes no sense, even from the legislature's reported preference for mixing rural and urban communities. Splitting communities unnecessarily doesn't result in fairer districts, just more confusing and disjointed ones. Even with such clustered population density, surely we can divide things more sensibly than this.
Monica Alvarez-Scott
This map is not as good as the Escamilla map. This map splits up areas, like Salt Lake County and creates un-natural districts.
Juliene Snyder
It makes no sense to split the city of Provo or to separate Payson off from other cities in the I-15 corridor. It doesn't make sense to follow an interstate to split the districts. It isn't a wall like in post war Russia.
Alec Goldfield
This map unfairly represents the constituents of Utah
Ryan Graves
Cutting up southern Provo like that is weird, and Salt Lake County being split like that still divides communities. Also, each district is unnecessarily large when considering how a vast majority of residents live along the Wasatch Front. Diluting the voice of rural areas by shoehorning urban areas into every district goes against both the spirit and letter of Prop 4.
Laura Eyi
Does this map meet Prop 4 criteria to guard against partisan gerrymandering? It does not appear to meet the standards set forth.
Samuel Johnson
This is another map that does not meet the redistricting guidelines. It splits up communities of interest along the Wasatch Front. It also dilutes the voice of rural voters by making them a minority in all of the districts.
Clark White
I recognize this is a complex topic but I feel the votes of both rural and urban areas should matter and districts should not be created to minimize the voice of any group or region. In reviewing the proposed options of maps it seems to me that perhaps map B is the most fair and provides the most hope of giving more people an actual voice and meaningful vote. It seems that map C will water-down the urban vote. I grew up in rural Utah and now live in a more urban area. The voices of all should matter.
Ashley Kern
This map is preferable to maps A & C. However, it still creates an odd division between similar communities in the western and eastern portions of the central and southern part of Salt Lake Valley. It also doesn't seem to represent citizens of Lehi, American Fork, and Orem very well by lumping these suburban areas in with rural southwestern Utah.
Mary Ann Vascotto
SL County is large enough to hold its own district. One district should exist within the county. All your maps have SL County and the surrounding areas split between the 4 districts. So, I request that you reject all these maps and propose a map in true conformance with Proposition 4! Also please reject, Senator Brammer's proposed legislation. It is just a thinly veiled attempt to eliminate Prop 4 - which the citizens of Utah approved!
Julie Gallegos
This is my second choice for a somewhat more fair map. The rest seem way too partisan. Please do the right thing and make it fair for everyone when voting.
Lauren King
If you refuse to consider the Escamilla/Owens map, this is the best option out of the other 5.
Jeffrey Peter Seagrove-Nelson
While not perfect, this map does a fair job of representing what voters asked for by passing Prop 4. I support this map.
Rex McDonald
Whoa!!!!! Way distorted alignments of areas and unequeal representation.
Jesse Hansen
This map divides cities/counties/areas that share common interests and goals as a community. This map does not represent the needs of the people. I do not support this map.
Ian van Natter
This map doesn't align with the intent of prop 4.
Lauren Tatsuno
This map does a poor job of meeting the requirements of Prop 4, albeit less poor than A, C, D, and E. It is still far and away much worse than the Escamilla/Owens Map. It continues to split the urban community of SLC into separate districts, thereby robbing its residents of fair and equal representation. It does not keep communities with similar concerns (urban vs suburban vs rural) together.
Maurena Grossman
Counties and neighborhoods should be kept together, not torn apart.
Elizabeth Layne
Another really poor map that does not meet the law set forth in prop 4. Ridiculously bizarre boundaries that split people in the same neighborhood.
Scott Adamson
I do not understand how this map achieves anything other than gerrymandering that we have with our current maps. This map needs to be removed from consideration.
John G Evans IV
This is not a good division of Utah into districts. My community is cut in half. If I walk 300 feet south and cross 114th South, it’s a new district. Likewise if I drive three minutes east underneath I-15. Please do not choose this map.
Britt Miller
Thumbs Down. Community & neighborhood disruption. This map has residents on the same street in different districts.
Stephen LaValley
Similar to Map A and similar to what our current map is (which does not meet the requirements set by the proposition). Again, urban areas are split into rural areas. These two areas have differing needs and concerns. How am I in Cedar City going to have my voice hear over all of Utah Valley?
Joseph Kennedy
This map would have me, an SLC resident, represented by the same person who represents Dugway, rather than Millcreek. I wonder why?
Leslie Barrowes
This map meets the Prop 4 guidelines, however, though not quite as cleanly as Map C which better preserves community boundaries.
Andrea B
This map is the only halfway decent map proposed by the Committee/Legislature but needs to score higher on competitiveness and proportionality. When you choose out of the five maps prepared by the Committee/Legislature this would be the best choice but still not a great choice. Utah is no longer a one party State and the districts should represent that.
Emily Perry
This map is better than A,C, D, or E, but still doesn't meet Prop 4.
Jacqueline Carpenter
This map separates the city in a way that doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Not a fan
Bryant Perkins
Why should we use maps that splits salt lake city? I would like to vote with my local community. this is not fair representation!
Josephine Hansen
While this gives more representation than the current, severely gerrymandered maps, SLC is still divided in ways that defy Prop 4. Of the 5 maps proposed by the legislature, this one is preferable. But I would like to see an option that is more in line with the conditions of the voter passed law against gerrymandering.
Phillip Sanders
This map is awful. Why would you split so much of Salt Lake county and still try to have each of the four districts including so much rural and urban area. It seems much better to have rural areas (even a large geographical area) with their own representation and urban areas split only as needed but with separate representation. This would better allow individual representatives to help rural constituents and urban constituents served their representatives. I understand that all of SL County cannot be in one single district because of the site of the population; but why are you still having both urban and rural in each of the four districts?
Brittany DiPaolo
While I like that this map tries to follow county boundaries for the most part, the clear exception is salt lake county. It clearly divides the densely populated salt lake county and merges it with rural regions. Rural areas are distinctly different in their interests and need separate representation. It also dilutes the representation to salt lake county. The boundary dividing Salt Lake County does not make logical sense. Similar communities should be kept together.
Jessica Henning
Dislike: Strong proportionality but weak compactness and competitiveness - still too tilted to be a fair map.
Daniel Price
I grew up in Logan, but have also lived in Odgen, Salt Lake, and Vernal. In each of these cities, I have found that my motivation to engage in my communities corresponded to whether I felt my voice would be fairly considered. I think that's true for all of us. Lately, I have felt my sacred right to vote is under attack, both by gerrymandered maps as well as efforts to suppress voter turnout. I'm grateful that the Utah courts are upholding Prop 4 so that we have a chance at unbiased, competitive district maps. Voters should choose their politicians, not the other way around. I believe the Escamilla-Owens map is the fairest because it ensures perfect proportionality. But I believe in ranked choice voting as a more fair way to comprehensively ensure the will of the people is done. So my second map choice is map B, which is the most competitive map. I still dislike this map, though, because my vote for Midvale issues will have to compete with votes from Vernal, who do not have the same issues. I believe out of all the choices map C is the least fair map, and should not be considered.
Erin Kaufman
This is the least worst map of options A-E. It is still insufficient.
Jennifer Strauss Gurss
This map cracks SLC and SL County into fissured pieces, diluting the Democratic vote that is concentrated there. While I know the legislature wants to keep the urban/rural mix, that arbitrary decision effectively excludes any chance of power sharing at the state level. Urban areas have different issues than rural areas and while a good politician SHOULD represent both equally, when the urban piece is small, we have seen Utah politicians ignore or override the urban in favor of the larger rural piece. Do not vote for this map
Otto Stuart
Map B continues to split the Democratic-leaning Counties and Larger Cities into each of the four congressional districts. This deliberate cracking prevents all but the Republicans from forming a majority in any district. We have seen first hand - If one party's victory is virtually guaranteed, extreme policy outcomes prevail; elected officials become less accountable to the electorate and abuse of power corrupts the democratic process by prioritizing political interests over fair representation. Who will buy your housing when the Great Salt Lake blows away?
Rebecca Barley
I have lived in Utah my whole life. I own two properties in Salt Lake County. This map is not a fair representation of my community. It won't allow for representation that knows the specific needs of my area. This is a jerrymandered map that will not allow for unbiased voting. My vote matters. My voice matters. I need representatives that represent me. Do NOT vote for this map.
J Michele Stuart
Maps B continues to split the Democratic-leaning Counties and Larger Cities into each of the four congressional districts. This deliberate cracking prevents all but the Republicans from forming a majority in any district. It also splits my personal community, church, and family members.
Jess Perrie
This map is okay and is my second choice. First choice is Escamilla/Owens Map
David Stringfellow
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Lindsey D Carrigan
This is even worse than map A with strange divides of the Wasatch Front. The west desert doesn't have much population that would share priorities with the urban areas and why would part of SLC area be with Southern Utah.
Susan Klinker
I do not support this map as it splits urban voices and priorities into separate districts & does not comply with the standards mandated in Prop 4. The splitting of Salt Lake County diminishes the voice of both urban and rural votes in favor of dominant party politics. I strongly prefer the Escamilla/ Owens Map.
Lenore Hutchison
I prefer the Escamilla/Owens map, but map B is my second choice.
Stephanie Pino
This map does not meet the requirements of Prop 4. It splits up communities.
Patriica Lingwall
I believe the rural part of the state have unique needs that the urban parts of the state do not. Our districts should represent the community they serve and that is impossible if they are trying to serve everyone. I do not think this map represents our communities as needed.
Tevita Langi
This map is similar to Map A. It doesn't won't work with fairly representing the concerns and needs of the communities within each district. A Utah County resident will not likely consider the circumstances of residents in St. George or Ivins and vice versa. Every community should have equal weight in their representation.
Anne Findlay
This map does not meet prop 4 guidelines.
Temis Taylor
Better than A, C, D, or E, but this map still does not do the best job of meeting Proposition 4.
Kirk Martinsen
This map also breaks my community apart. If artificial barriers must be used (roads) at least make them interstates. Roads I can walk across are my neighbors. This map isn't acceptable.
Alexandra Pham
This map does not follow the requirements of Prop 4. Districts 2 and 4 split the the most urban parts of the state in Salt Lake County and group them with rural regions with much different representation needs. I don't support this map.
Colin Gregersen
Strongly oppose. Unfairly splits salt lake county and eliminates opportunity/competition for proportional representation.
Jackson Pingree
This is splitting SLC county more than is necessary and appears to be gerrymandered. This map does not comply with proposition 4. I prefer the Luz/Escamilla map as it keeps SLC mostly together, and doesn't mix urban and rural representation.
Laura Pierce
While this is better than some maps it still is giving too much rural/urban mix. I have lived in both rural farm country and urban city and find mixing the two gives neither the representation they deserve. The problems and issues that rural and urban areas have are often different. I would prefer other maps that give better representation and meet Prop 4 better.
Cameron Ground
do not support this map. It does not follow the requirements of Prop 4, with Districts 2 and 4 splitting the the most urban parts of the state in Salt Lake County and grouping those areas with large rural regions with much different values and needs from their Congressional representation.
Matthew C Morriss
This map breaks the larger urban areas of Salt Lake Co. up in uneven ways that separate important cultural centers in the county. Please consider the Escamilla map instead.
Jacqueline F Solon
This maps breaks Salt Lake County into pie pieces. The urban areas and rural areas need to be intact as districts to assure that their interests are addressed. This map is not in line with Prop 4
Sarah Bolander
This map is putting urban centers with rural communities, with vastly different interests. How are our representatives supposed to express a clear representation of their constituents when they are so far spread in terms of priorities.
McKenna Mendenhall
While Slightly better than A, it is grouping metropolitan areas with rural.
gigi (grace) Brandt
This the least objectionable of the five maps It keeps Salt Lake City as a whole, something that hasn't happened for a long time. Putting emigration canyon in with southern Utah is problematic. A good map would kekep Saalt Lake City whole and only split Salt Lake County 2 times.
Jeff Bitton
I like the Escamilla/Owens map. While not perfect, it does a much better job of distinctly representing our urban and rural areas. This allows for representation that can better use their limited attention and time on understanding the lifestyle and needs of their constituents. Prop 4 original maps could have been utilized as the judge did not disqualify them.
Justin Pace
This map has the same problems as the existing map. You mean to tell me that Taylorsville has more in common with Blanding than it does with West Jordan, just across the road in a separate district? Or that Emery has more in common with Millcreek than it does Kanab? This map is another take on the bad existing map, with the borders shuffled just enough to hope it gets approved.
Hannah Faulconer
This map is a lot better than map C, but this part of the map doesn't follow the redistricting guidelines well. Why is the map cutting through Provo? It looks like the boundary also cuts between neighborhood boundaries inside Provo. Is it also cutting through Spanish Fork? Furthermore, the highly populated Wasatch Front shouldn't be divided between rural-heavy districts. Dividing Salt Lake county between these rural districts makes even less sense. At least the Salt Lake county divisions are less bad than map c.
Jaron Ehlers
While the Owens-Escamilla is probably the best map, this is the least bad of the Committee maps, shown by it scoring the best of the nonpartisan analysis.
Stephanie Jonsson
This may be the best of the worst maps, but it doesn’t seem to meet the requirements of Prop 4. Communities of interest don’t appear to be kept together. This map puts me in the same district as Manila and Blanding, rural communities at opposite ends of the state which have entirely different interests and concerns from Midvale. Urban and rural constituents deserve representation more appropriate to their unique interests and concerns.
Sheridan Lynette Dastrup
I still don't like this map but it is better than the others proposed by the legislature with the exception of the Escamilla Owens map.
Jonathan Hanson
This map splits me off, I am in Taylorsville just on the edge of District 2, and puts me in a giant district separated from West Valley and Salt Lake City. This is a ridiculous and partisan way to split up Salt Lake County. I would not accept a single one of these options from the partisan and self-interested committee. But this one is almost as bad as option C for me. Keep the Urban areas together as much as possible. They know what that line just south of me represents, a heap of Republicans that they want to amen sure are lumped in with West Valley and SLC....
Karen Romrell
This does not comply with geographically compact or contiguous with this carve out.
Monica Jones
Map B appears to be the best of the worst. It still divides Salt Lake City in ways that don’t make sense - grouping major urban areas with rural areas. These communities have wildly different needs and concerns, so neither one will receive the full attention or representation deserved. But if Utahns aren't given the independent maps we actually voted for - this one is better than options A-E.
Elizabeth Nakashima
This map divides the most populous part of the state into 3. It does not follow pre-determined boundaries of county lines.
Aliza C Taylor
This map maintain the gerrymander effect, Proposition 4 is intended to fix. This map does not fairly or accurately represent our Salt Lake City community and splits Salt Lake from Salt Lake County. The Escamilla Map is the only fair map proposed.
Johanna Mathews
This map does not follow Prop 4 guidelines and does not provide a fair and equal opportunity for communities and individuals to have their vote equally represented in the state of Utah. I oppose this option. The Owens map is the fairest map for Utah.
Cammie Easley
The only district that seems close to acceptable on this map is district 2. Districts 1, 3 and 4 unnaturally separate constituents with similar needs.
Lauren Brown
This map might by the least bad option initially presented by the legislature, but it still divides communities in a way that undermines communities and does not follow the requirements outlined by prop 4.
Elizabeth Gordon
This map divides SLC and Salt Lake County, splitting my communities of like interest. My community of interest is SLC, University of Utah, East Bench, Millcreek, Olympus, Sugarhouse, Canyon Rim, Holladay, Sandy, Murray and nearby areas. I spend most of my days in these areas.
Brian Stephens
This map does not follow the guidelines set out by Proposition 4. Just like Option A, this should not be the map chosen. This is the 2nd to worst option presented (next to Option A). Option D is clearly the best choice and the one that most aligns with the law under Proposition 4.
David Fox
While sharing many similarities with Option A, Option B's boundaries curiously divide portions of Utah County (around Spanish Fork) and take the entire of Sanpete County and place these locations in proposed District 2. This does not make sense as the communities in these areas would be better represented in District 3.
Sydney Shoell
This is the map that keeps the most communities with mutual interests together of the maps submitted by the legislature. However, it is not as succinct and compact as the Escamilla/ Owens Map.
Genevieve Mathews
This map isn’t fair to all of us voters. The boundaries were drawn to benefit one side, rather than to give everyone an equal voice.
Linda B. Collett
No to map B. It still splits SO Co in ways to weaken community representation and doesn't ensure equitable representation.
Peter Fieweger
I don't like this map and here's why: 1. If the goal is to remove gerrymandering, then why is the legislative committee so gung-ho on making even the SL county district so uncompetitive? 2. The legislative committee keeps saying it wants to keep communities of interest together, yet it keeps mixing urban, suburban, and rural areas together; each has different concerns, strengths, problems, and needs. 3. The committee touts the fact that the percentage of registered Democratic voters only number in the teens; they ignore the fact the Democratic candidates routinely capture 35-40% of the vote statewide. It’s not the percentage of voters that counts, it’s HOW they vote. 4. And finally, there are many ways to test for partisan bias, each test with its strengths, weaknesses, and appropriateness. The best way to test for bias is to use multiple tests that are appropriate to the situation. The ONE test the legislative committee uses is the least appropriate test for Utah.
Jacob Majers
This map may be the least bad option presented by the legislature, but it still dividing communities in a way seems unacceptable.
Amanda Majers
This map combines city centers and rural areas that would have few needs in common.
Brita Engh
Salt Lake County has the largest number of voters in Utah out of any county, and it should have one district from it that is compact and undiluted by other counties. That would preserve conditions 1-7 for most of the county, which has the highest concentration of voters of any place in the state. The current districts that have both Salt Lake City and rural parts of Utah in every district have resulted in urban parts of our state being ignored by their representatives.
Elijah Mathews
I don't think splitting one city into different districts is very fair.
Thompson Tabitha
What in the world does the east bench of the Salt Lake Valley where I live have in common with the needs of those in Kamas? This map clearly will not meet the needs of either rural or urban communities. Any map that splits Salt Lake County is inherently making it impossible for our community to thrive.
Monica Jones
Out of these options, Map B would honor what Utahns actually voted for: a map that doesn’t distort representation. It better aligns with the spirit and fairness standards set out in Prop 4. According to Better Utah’s nonpartisan scoring, it’s one of the best balanced maps available. This isn’t about “blue vs. red”, it’s about one person, one voice. And let’s be clear: registration stats don’t equal representation. Many Utahns cross-register just to have a voice in closed Republican primaries. Using “14% Democrats” to dismiss fairness completely misses the point. Fair maps are supposed to be blind to party data. Otherwise, it’s not fairness … it’s engineered bias. It’s gerrymandering by design. And yet Map C is being pushed hard, even though it’s the least competitive option. According to Better Utah’s redistricting scores, it’s the only map with a single-digit competitiveness rating (6 out of 100). That’s a red flag: a map with built-in partisan bias doesn’t reflect nonpartisan fairness. Every voice deserves equal weight. Prop 4 was passed so maps would serve voters, not politicians. If Map B is the fairer option, then it’s the one that respects that principle - and fulfills what we voted for.
Chris Collier
I live in Salt Lake County, and Utah’s real divide isn’t Republican vs. Democrat — it’s urban vs. rural. As a Democrat, I see how our communities are sliced up to silence us. Despite Democrats winning about a third of the vote statewide, we hold zero of four congressional seats. That’s blatant gerrymandering. The new map might look better on paper, but it still splits key communities like the East Bench and Jeremy Ranch/Park City. It’s designed to protect partisan power, not fair representation. I’m demanding the Legislature honor Proposition 4 and stop rigging the system. Fair maps mean fair representation — not more political games.
LMecham
I appreciate that this map meets the criteria for Proposition 4, but I think that the Salt Lake metro area should not be split. I prefer the Escamilla Owens map, which would better represent the needs of urban Utahns.
Shelley Marie Hill Worthen
I prefer Map B second after The Owens Escamilla map. At least it is compact.
Connie 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. This map goes against allowing a single group to choose its own representative. This map fails to meet the requirements mandated by court order. The power of the citizenry is diluted with any division of this county. Stop splitting this single most diverse community of interest.
Aarim Farnsworth
While admittedly the best of the 5 maps originally proposed, it still suspiciously splits up the Urban center of the state in favor of mixing urban and rural populations, who have very different concerns and needs.
Andrew Gram
Horrible map - I'm in favor of maps that don't split the urban Wasatch front into pieces of rural districts.
Vanessa Bryant
Combining metro with rural in every district leads to representation that doesn't effectively address the needs of either population (and is obviously done to water down liberals in SLC). Map B is the least gerrymandered of the R maps but still bad.
William Hanewinkel
While I prefer the Escamilla/Owens Map, Map B would be my second choice. Map B allows the Salt Lake City metro area and most of its west side to remain intact. I have lived and worked in Salt Lake City for 39 years. While I know the problems and issues of our community, I have never felt that I was well represented in Congress. Our urban life is my community of interest. While I love my rural neighbors and wish them well, our neighborhoods and rural issues do not run together. Map B seems to allow both rural and urban residents to have true representation although it could be better, more like the Escamilla/Owens Map.
Lindsay Anderson
This is the second best option but i do not like that it splits salt lake county.
Michael Miles
This map is slightly better than some other options, but it still has splitting in Salt Lake county that divides communities of interest and is still quite a poor option.
Casey Tak
Of the five "options," probably the most aligned with the Prop 4 guidelines. The Escamilla Owens map is my preferred, though.
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. This map goes against allowing a single group to choose its own representative. This map fails to meet the requirements mandated by court order. The power of the citizenry is diluted with any division of this county. Stop splitting this single most diverse community of interest.
Lori Ames
While of the 5 maps presented by the legislature, I feel this one is the best overall, it still chops up my neighborhood, with neighbors across the street, a few blocks north and a few blocks east of me in a different district. I understand Salt Lake County does need to be split to meet the population requirement, splitting it through the center and through common neighborhoods is excessive. If I had to pick one of the 5 it would be this, but I still do not like it. It also, buts urban areas with rural areas and I do not feel that either get fair representation that way.
Jacob Allen
I do not support Option B. While it avoids some of the extreme urban-rural pairings seen in Option C, it still fails to meet the standards set by Proposition 4. The map splits Salt Lake County in ways that weaken community representation and dilute the voices of suburban areas like Sandy. By combining distinct regions with vastly different priorities, Option B undermines the goal of fair, non-partisan redistricting. Compared to Option D and the Escamilla-Owens map, Option B does less to preserve communities of interest and ensure equitable representation. I urge the committee to reject this proposal in favor of one that better reflects Utah’s legal and democratic values.
COURTNEY CLAIRE MARDEN
The proposed maps, A through D, fracture counties along the Wasatch Front and Back with a web of unnecessary lines, undermining the very communities they are meant to represent. This piecemeal approach to redistricting dilutes the collective voice of citizens and stands in direct opposition to the will of the people, who clearly endorsed fairer, community-focused maps through Proposition 4. For the sake of genuine representation, I strongly urge the committee to set these flawed proposals aside and adopt the coherent, minimally-split boundaries crafted by the independent redistricting commission.
Amelia Dunn
Maps A, B, C and D are unacceptable; there are too many lines that split up counties, notably counties along the Wasatch Front and Back (Salt Lake, Summit, Utah, etc). Chopping up counties and communities defeats the purpose of representation in Congress. Please go back to the maps created by the independent redistricting commission. They have minimal splits within counties and communities. Utah voters spoke: use the independently drawn boundaries as detailed in Proposition 4 of 2018.
Kirk Coombs
Option C appears to group disparate communities—ones with very different demographic, economic, or social interests—into the same district. That dilutes their shared voice and forces representatives to juggle conflicting priorities rather than championing coherent local goals.
David Rollo
This map is only a slight perturbation from the current illegal maps. None of these districts are compact and divisions of Salt Lake/ Utah area are egrigious
Gregory Neil
Map B is the best between the A-E maps, but still falls short. The legislature's goal is obviously to dilute the influence of urban voters with rural voters whose needs and lives are vastly different. Salt Lake County residents deserve representation.
Rikki Sonnen
This map does not conform to the principles of Utah law as per proposition 4. It appears to be purposefully splitting up urban areas when I should be able to vote with people within my communitee
Laura Rodriguez
Not fair to the urban voters as it divides the Salt Lake area in many pieces.
Kevin Emerson
As a lifelong Utah, I am concerned with the Option B map. While this has some advantages, this map, like the others, dilutes my voice as a voter by blending the Salt Lake Valley’s urban core with rural areas that I don’t have much in common with. This map appears to intentionally dilute more Democratic leaning communities of interest with other Utah communities who have very different concerns. The proposed maps should include at least one district that keeps approximately 817,904 voters from the urban core of Salt Lake County together.
Renee Tran
This map is better than options A, C, D, and E. However, the Escamilla/Owens map is better when considering city/county splits, proportionality, and competitiveness. It's not perfect, but if my first choice of the Escamilla/Owens maps is off the table due to the legislature continuing to ignore the independent commission that we the voters requested, then map B would be second.
ANN RICHARDSON
This map is trying to slice up Davis, Weber, and Salt Lake County along with Utah County. This map is better than A because it's keeping counties whole, but still trying to mix both rural and urban concerns which our totally different. Our representatives aren't traveling to the rural areas as it is, and only focus on the urban areas, and at that, they're not even holding open meetings to listen to their constituents. This would aggravate the problem of even trying to get out to the more rural areas. This is not a fair map because the map will mix rural and urban voters again. In Utah, rural and urban voters don't have the same needs, and both deserve fair representation according to those needs. Please do not adopt this map because it is not fair to representation or the population and access to their representatives who struggle to listen to rural areas already. Most representatives live within the city proper and have no idea of the needs of the rural population. They are being underrepresented and ignored.
Christopher Rawlins
While there are some good things about this map, it seems to focused on cutting up Salt Lake County. And rural south-west Utah would have no voice being combined with Utah County. The Escamilla/Owens map is way better, and option D is better than this. A, C, and E are worse. It is unfortunate that we couldn't just get the districts from the independent redistricting commission we voted for.
Michelle Pruitt
Ridiculously biased map
Kate Bjordahl
While not complete following the rules of Utah Law (proposition 4), this map is better than A,C,E, & D. It does reunite Park City. But It's time that the people who live in this state have a say. I've lived in Summit county for 20 years and I'm a business owner and a veterinarian. Over my time here, I have seen the maps change and I have lost my representation in congress. My city of Park City has been divided in half and Salt Lake City was split into quarters. My representative is now located far away in Ogden and spends his time up north. I have never had a chance to see him in my community. This map is not ideal, but better than the other choices.
Patricia Beth Costello
The Utah County part of this map is good. Provo to Alpine should be all together. But then you get up to the point of the mountain and what is going on? It's split East/West and North/South. Neighborhoods are all cut up and this map won't allow the voices of Utahns to be heard. I have to comment NO on this map.
D. Judd
Maps A, B, C, and D are unacceptable; there are too many lines that split up counties, notably counties along the Wasatch Front and Back (Salt Lake, Summit, Utah, etc.). Chopping up counties and communities defeats the purpose of representation in Congress. Please go back to the maps created by the independent redistricting commission. They have minimal splits within counties and communities. Utah voters spoke: use the independently drawn boundaries as detailed in Proposition 4 of 2018.
Amanda Mills
This map has such strange divisions. What common interests connect Draper and Blanding? This map also fails to meet the guidelines in Proposition 4 by unnecessarily splitting counties instead of trying to keep communities with like interests together. That ends up leaving so many voices unheard.
Lauren Peterson
This map seems to split communities in ways that are not reflected in reality - for example, my hometown of West Jordan sits in a completely different district than Midvale, an area that isn't even a fifteen minute drive away. Rather than respecting the way different areas of Utah hold different populations and different desires and making sure to divide them out in a way that gives these areas a voice that reflects the reality of the density, it groups people from one end of the state with people from the other while not grouping neighbors together. How does that make sense?
Alexander Sherwood
This is my second favorite option behind the Escamilla/Owens map. It maintains high ratings for proportionality while minimizing splits. I a fan of the lower compactness scores, but the higher proportionality scores make up for that. If we absolutely could not have the highest rated map for proportionality due to too many splits, this would be the only other map I would feel comfortable with.
Samuel Tew
This is a poor split of Provo - these central and eastern areas are all one community.
Kelsey Nelson
This map is hardly different from option A. It still dissects Salt Lake County in nonsensical ways.
Traci Parson
This map does not follow the requirements of Prop 4. Utah County should not be in the same district as Southern Utah. They have very different interests and communities. This map does not keep cities and counties whole. The way that Pleasant Grove, Provo, and other cities in Utah county are all carved up between districts does not follow the requirements of Prop 4. They districts have irregular shapes as well.
Cory Stokes
This map fails to uphold the intent of Proposition 4. By dividing neighborhoods throughout Salt Lake City, it separates communities that should remain connected. The result is a map that does not accurately or fairly represent Utah voters, as it overlooks the value of uniting areas with common priorities and interests. Mixing rural, urban, and suburban populations within the same districts ultimately diminishes fair and equal representation.
Jessica Stokes
This map is inconsistent with the principles established in Proposition 4. It splits neighborhoods within Salt Lake City, fragmenting established communities and weakening their collective voice. As a result, it fails to fairly represent Utah’s voters by disregarding the importance of grouping neighborhoods with shared interests and concerns. Combining rural, urban, and suburban areas within the same districts undermines balanced and equitable representation.
Ben Parson
Total gerrymandering in North Salt Lake. Someone took a scalpel through the area instead of using the county lines that are right there
Pam Maehr
None of the Legislative maps are as fair as the independent committee maps were. They all dilute Salt Lake County. They split counties, cities, and neighborhoods with similar interests. They combine urban and rural areas, which have completely different interests. They do not use natural boundaries. They do not represent fair, proportional and competitive maps and therefore do not meet the needs of the people and are not what the voters mandated in Proposition 4 . Salt Lake County represents the largest population and should be represented as one district, not split up and picked apart.
Samuel Tew
Out of all the maps presented to the Redistricting Committee, this is my preferred. It could be made better by removing splits in North Salt Lake, Lehi, and Spanish Fork. If there is any way to reduce or eliminate splits in Provo and West Jordan, that would be welcome.
Ramona Stromness
This keeps my city of Millcreek together, but lumps us and half of Salt Lake County in with all of (rural) eastern Utah. It makes no sense and will not give fair representation to Salt Lake County OR to eastern Utah.
Samuel Tew
Unnecessary split of North Salt Lake/Davis County - this could be included in District 1 and still remain within the population tolerance.
Tara Shreve
The primary requirement in Prop 4 is maintaining equally sized districts while minimizing city and county splits. While it's true that Salt Lake County needs to be split, this could be done without splitting, or "cracking", communities. I live in Millcreek, two blocks from the district boundary. Splitting my community silences my voice and makes representation in Utah less effective. This "cracking" was my main concern with the current district map, and that concern is not solved with this option.
Samuel Tew
According to current municipality boundaries, this map splits Spanish Fork (not included in Dr. Trende's analysis).
Brian Nordberg
Once again, this map chops up the Salt Lake Valley and puts residents into districts with very different needs and views. This is exactly what is not wanted by citizens.
Samuel Tew
According to current municipality boundaries, this map splits Lehi City (not included in Dr. Trende's analysis).
COLLEEN ANN NORDBERG
splitting salt lake into 3 districts? seriously? Urban folks don't align with rural needs.
Kristopher Carlos Toll
Splitting up Salt Lake County with Rural areas doesn't make sense. Rural areas will be overpowered by urban areas when it comes to selecting reps. Salt Lake County should be kept as much as it can intact and not mingled with rural areas. Rural areas deserve their own voice.
Anastasia Gonzalez
This map does not align with Prop 4. It divides neighborhoods across Salt Lake City separating communities. It ultimately does not fairly represent the Utah voters because it does not group neighborhoods with common concerns and interests. Having these districts represent rural, urban, and suburban voters does not provide equal representation of the voters.
Maria B Evans
District 2 is significantly larger than Districts 1, 3, 4 by 23,000 to 25,000 voters. Considering the ease of adjusting several boundaries along natural barriers like I-215, I-15, and south SL County communities, this seems like an intentional aberration. Ultimately, I question the integrity of this map.
Carter Bruett
Of all the maps put forth by the commission, except for the Escamilla Owens Map, this one manages to meet the en face requirements of Proposition 4. However, much like the worse maps in C or A, it sections the Urban core and would produce situations with poor represantation for both Urban and Rural Utah. There are certainly better options, like the Escamilla Owens Map, for achieving equal represenation in our government. The needs of urban and rural Utah are very different and each community deserves to be representated by someone who can focus on advocating and voting in those communities best interests.
Avi MacVicar
I strongly OPPOSE option B. The way this map splits Salt Lake County makes no sense and is completely unnatural. I live in Cottonwood Heights, what issues and needs do my community and rural/south-eastern communities share? Urban communities and rural communities deserve fair representation that prioritizes their needs, not districts that lump together unrelated populations.
Mark A Ulrick
This map is closely aligned with fairness but you still are not following BiPartisian plan set up by the commission. You are not following the wishes of the people . You trying an end around with codification requirements which are not what Prop 4 was about follow the maps that commission recommended !! DO NOT TRY TO IGNORE THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE!
Paula Kae Smith
This map cuts up the state of Utah and Salt Lake County like a pizza. It cracks up Millcreek, where I live, into two parts. While it cuts up some municipalities, it ignores communities of interest, in particular urban versus rural. The rural urban divide is more important in Utah that Republican versus Democrat. If voters want someone who represents both rural and urban interests, they can call their U.S. Senators. Congressional districts are supposed to be compact and include a community of interest. My interest in urban transportation, traffic congestion, and air pollution (especially that from the Great Salt Lake), are different from someone in Vernal, St. George, or Moab. My community of interest is with Salt Lake City (one street away), Holiday (12 blocks away), and Sandy (10 miles away) where I travel. Finally, any “political bias” test should be ignored. Such a test, directed primarily at states close to 50/50 party divides with “political packing” and not “cracking” problems like Utah, was described in an article published at the end of November 2018 (the earliest), long after Proposition 4 was drafted and after it was adopted by the voters. If the legislature and courts believe in original intent, “political symmetry” means what it did in early 2018 when Prop 4 gained enough signatures.
courtney hamer
I do not like that this map breaks Salt Lake County up into more than one district. It doesn't really make sense for a representative to represent the most populous city in the state and many rural areas because the interests of the constituents are likely not the same.
Ken Shifrar
Another blatant gerrymandered map that invalidates my vote. Another carve out of your tax base which contains the highest population, industry and voters who do not support the Legislature.
Sara Javoronok
This map awkwardly divides up Salt Lake County. It doesn't makes sense to have districts include suburban areas and geographically distant rural areas. I appreciate that this is more fair than others, but the boundaries aren't logical.
Michael Rubin
This map does not conform to the principles of Utah law as per Proposition 4. Specifically, it does not keep cities whole (SLC), it does not keep counties whole (Salt Lake), and it does not preserve neighborhoods and communities. As a Salt Lake City resident, I want to be able to vote with people who share the same community ties as I do.
kyle berglund
Splits the Valley unnecessarily. Creates groups with wildly different representational needs within the districts.
Emily Kaplan
I understand that this is supposed to be the fairest of many options, but I still don't see how I can be effectively represented when my district includes urban, suburban, and rural areas. I live in an urban area and my priorities will be most similar to others in the Salt Lake area, so I'd like to see a district specific to that.
liz rank
least offensive of the lettered maps ... still unclear why the salt lake metro area is chopped up (other than disallowed reasons, like splitting up party representation)
Jacob Cooper
There are a lot of communities of Salt Lake County grouped in with communities from eastern Utah. Salt Lake County has enough people to have one core district that represents the majority of the county, better aligning with prop 4.
Matt Poppe
I don't love this map. It cuts through the county of SLC and separates neighborhoods and communities.
Andrew Sorensen
i live in District two, but my job, kids schools, and main shopping locations are in district 4
Marti Jones
Looking at all of these options a second and third time, this one (sadly) creates the most competitive districts. So I guess I have to dislike is less than all the others. Doesn't mean I like it, just that the districts is creates are the most competitive (22 out of 100), so this version is my least bad option.
Eros Papademetriou
Splits SLC up too much and doesn't allow full representation of rural communities.
Ann Batty
Urban areas have totally different needs than rural areas.  Rural areas have 20% of the population but this map gives them 100% of the representation while the urban areas have 80% of the population and 0 representation.  The only thing this map accomplishes is total gerrymandering.  The Escamilla/Owens map is the only map that represents the state’s population.
Marti Jones
This map also is created to be NON-competitive. Non-competitive elections are polarizing. This is the opposite of healthy. Safe seats for any particular party become a competition WITHIN the party, and this results in extremists getting elected, rather than actually a competition to find the center.
Jennifer Anderson
This map groups highly urban areas with highly rural areas. The needs of these areas are vastly different and both deserve to be represented. They cannot be fairly represented jointly. Please follow the guidelines provided to keep this process in line with our constitutional rights. Every Utahn deserves to be represented.
Taylor Walls
This map splits too many cities and communities apart and does not adhere to Proposition 4. There are way too many areas in close proximity with the same needs that split into 4 wide spread rural districts. It doesn’t seem fair to people in rural communities far away from the metropolitan areas and it is not fair representation for urban folks either.
Kellie Henderson
I do not like how Salt Lake County is split down the middle. Cutting out Taylorsville and Mill creek, putting Salt Lake with Tooele instead of its own county?
Jahn P Curran
And yet another horrible map that dilutes representation of urban SL county voters. It is not in compliance with Prop 4, and attempts the same ugly gerrymandering that our current illegal map has. I OPPOSE this map.
Cameron Ellsworth
I believe that the Utah Legislative Redistricting Map B does a decent job in balancing the representation of urban and rural communities across the state. However, I do have concerns about the separation of Millcreek from Salt Lake City, as it may not fully reflect the shared values and community interests of that area. Overall, while Map B has its strengths, I feel there’s room for improvement to ensure that all communities are adequately represented.
Emily Hayes
This map is inherently unfair, as it dilutes the voices of hundreds of thousands of Utahns.
Bryan Wise
This is a horrible map. SL County should not be split 4 ways in a blatant attempt to dilute the voice of SL County residents.
Robert Edmunds
Although this map is better than the current gerrymandered situation, it is strange to split Salt Lake & Utah Counties in this way. I prefer the Escamilla Owens map.
Hazel Coffman
This map spreads the urban/suburban Wasatch Front into 4 districts so that a large fraction of Utahns, both rural and urban, do not get the focused representation they expect to have. Other maps do a better job of meeting the Prop 4 Independent criteria.
JoLynn Rice
This map tears communities apart instead of keeping them together. It splits Salt Lake and Utah counties and pairs them with rural areas where priorities are very different. Proposition 4 was passed to guarantee fairness, compactness, and community-centered maps, but this proposal fails on every single one of those standards. My concerns are not being heard by those who represent me, and this map would only make that worse. Utah is home to a diverse population with varied needs and perspectives, and every resident deserves fair representation. This map does not make that possible.
Rebecca Noonan Heale
I have mixed feelings about this map. It's better than some of the others, but still divides urban centers in a way that hinders representing urban interests. Also, the Millcreek border is non-sensical. It violates the goals of contiguous districts with natural boundaries.
Vincent Wolff
I do not support maps A, B, or C. I do not believe they meet the best interests of the voters and what PROP 4 was all about. They do meet the best interests of the GOP.
Bret Heale
If I were representing the districts on this map, I would be most likely to ignore urban voters concerns. Primarily, as I connect with the voters, I would spend more time on rural concerns and ignore the numerical majority of the state that dwells in an urban environment. Nine out of every ten Utahns reside in urban areas but this map divides those urban areas up so much that zero out of four districts represent urban concerns.
Keith G Chalmers
This map dilutes a voting block that does not have representation in Congress, yet represents at least 30% of voters in Utah during nearly all elections
Mike VanVoorhis
This map unfairly divides the east side of Salt Lake County and the southern Utah "Painted Desert" which combines urban / suburban and rural interests to dilute cultural characteristics. It appears to prioritize party politics over fair representation.
Lenora Olson
This map does not follow the requirements of Proposition 4. It divides Salt Lake County into multiple districts in a way that stretches across very different regions and communities, which weakens compactness and undermines community representation. The map creates unnecessary splits that fail to keep communities of interest intact.
Jeff Ridges
This map splits Salt Lake County to severely. We passed proposition 4 which sets up a non partisan group to draw voter maps. The legislature is overstepping its authority by trying to map the voter districts. Let’s let the commission decide where the lines should be drawn. Legislators should not be allowed to pick their voters
Rich Interdonato
I do not support this map.
Michelle Interdonato
This map goes against what prop 4 mandated. We are looking for better boundaries. This map is biased.
Julie Wright
I don't think this fairly represents the population of Utah and do not support this option
Sierra Hawkins
Stop dividing urban centers. The rules on whether or not something is gerrymandered are absolutely bonkers, and make me unable to trust the veracity of the "expert" hired by the Republican legislature.
Matt Kitterer
This option does not provide full representation in Washington, D. C. for the citizens of Utah. Please disregard my previous 'Like' comment.
Kent Burke
Another Map where if feels as if our voices are lost. Boo
Darl Sorenson
This map is biased and no better than the current map. It breaks Salt Lake into 4 districts which makes no sense at all.
Nicholas Adams
This map had the highest competitive score out of all the maps, and I think that it would be good to have a map that could properly represent the people in this state.
Jamie McDonald Kamm
My priority is to create voting districts that keep Urban and Rural communities together- so that each gets the representation they deserve for their unique circumstances. I believe this Map accomplishes this relatively better than the other Maps put forth by the Redistricting Committee, However, I believe Map B will still unfairly minimize voter voices in, and the specific needs of, Urban areas.
Keith Roberts
An obvious Gerrymander in favor of GOP and the formalization of non-competitive elections. This map does not achieve the intent of Prop 4 and clearly demonstrates the GOP goal of a permanent super majority. To so brazenly attempt to bypass the will of constituents shows nothing but contempt for them and in your role in our democracy. The clear hurdles to making a public comment and obfuscating the fact that these are not the original Prop 4 maps speaks volumes about the intention eliminate minority voices.
Tucker Marsing
I am a public education teacher living in Murray and working in the West Valley area. This map is so damaging to the communities in Kearns and West Jordan. Their communities are completely divided and they need to ability to work together to improve their communities. I also feel that its unfair to divide communities like S. Jordan and Riverton from Draper and Sandy. I am strongly opposed this new map. Our new map should bring communities together, not divide them.
Cheralyn Anderson
This map does not account for the growth in Utah County. With the expected growth, the urban voice would overwhelm the voice of the rural residents of like Millard County, whose needs are vastly different.
Elyse Niederee
The GOP will do anything to separate Millcreek from Sugarhouse and from the rest of SLC. There is an extremely suspicious cutout of Brickyard in a different district from the rest of Millcreek? This is literally where the beautiful new, Millcreek City Hall is, and it's not with the rest of the community/city? Not in the same district? This is suspicious, as they all are except for the Owens/Escamilla map. This map is not good, it is clearly gerrymandered to benefit one political party.
sam w klemm
I like how this keeps Salt Lake County's west side together. I still prefer map C, however.
Lyndsey Jarman
I like that this map keeps Saratoga, Lehi, and American Fork together (as these cities have similar needs) but I don't understand why we are in the same district as southern Utah (an area that doesn't even have the same daily temperature). Still, I prefer it to the other maps, like map C, that have my local post office in a completely different district.
Mamta Chaudhari
Not a fair map. Division of SL county is unfair.
KAREN HEVEL-MINGO
For Map B, District 4 contains the greatest concentration of Salt Lake County residents at 769,788. Unfortunately, this map still cracks Salt Lake County as an additional 48,116 individuals in Salt Lake County could still be included in District 4 without exceeding the population ceiling. I like Map B the best of all if Millcreek were to be included in District 4 and that portion of West Jordan west of the Jordan River moved to District 2 with the rest of West Jordan. This would keep District 4 below the population ceiling and consolidate West Jordan into the same district and consolidate Salt Lake County closer to the populations ceiling.
Lauren Cabrera
I just moved 5 minutes south of my previous residence. I would now be a new district despite being in the same community. I use a grocery store and park in a separate district. This map makes it easier for the same politicians to keep their seats, not represent my community and livelihood. I have a master's degree in GIS mapping and this map was not well made given the Prop 4 priorities.
Amy Gaddis
This map fails to meet the standards outlined in Proposition 4.
Trina Harding
Of the proposed options, this is probably the least bad of the Legislature's options, and while it still breaks up some communities, it doesn't carve counties into as many pieces.
Paul Mathews
I don't like this map at all, nor do I understand the logic of it. Dividing up huge swaths of cities all along the wasatch front? I thought the idea was to try and create logical boundries, not just shred roughshod over the most populous areas in the state. This map is simply awful and should not be considered.
Tammy Brice
How does it make sense for these rural communities to be grouped with Salt Lake City? They have such different needs and voices that deserve to be represented.
Cathryn Bangerter
These maps (A-D) fail to meet the standards set by Proposition 4, which was passed to ensure fair, transparent, and nonpartisan redistricting. The maps divide communities, reflect partisan bias, and lack transparency—directly contradicting the intent of Prop 4. Utah voters demanded fairness, and these maps do not deliver.
Tiffany Larson
This map does not follow Prop 4 guidelines. As a southern Utahn, I don't want to be lumped in with urban areas. It doesn't benefit anyone's interests and is not a fair map. It's a no for me.
Kimber Nelson
Absolutely not the fair representation that Utahns voted for and expect our Representatives to honor.
Patricia Goff
Maps A-D are still heavily gerrymandered and clearly trying to separate out communities that have similar interests. Stop the cheating and corruption please; start being ethical. Map E is a bit closer to the intended target but still separates SL county. The Escamilla/Owens map does the best job of keeping urban together and rural together.
Celeste Chantal Dolan
I do not support this redistricting map.
Christie Fox
This map continues to split and otherwise divide Salt Lake County. Citizens of the county need representation. Our needs are different from those citizens in rural areas, who also need to be heard. This map respects no one.
Alek Konkol
The east side of Salt Lake County is very closely knit with the residents of Salt Lake City. A lot of folks work at the University, Downtown, in Sugarhouse. People in Millcreek and Holladay ride their bikes along Parley's Path to Sugarhouse. We are a connected Salt Lake County community. This map attempts to dilute the political power of Salt Lake County once more.
Richard Mingo
For Map B, District 4 contains the greatest concentration of Salt Lake County residents at 769,788 but is still cracked and well bellow the population ceiling limit of 817,904. An additional 48,116 individuals in Salt Lake County could still be included in District 4 without exceeding the population ceiling. Millcreek should be included in District 4 not District 2 and taking that portion of West Jordan west of the Jordan River out of District 4 and put in District 2.
Olivia Bennett
This map is not sufficient as it splits up Salt Lake County three times, which makes it so Utah's political balance is not reflected and fails to comply with Prop 4 requirements. Splitting up Utah's largest urban center tips the scale in favor of one political party over the other.
Sharla Arnold
This map is too similar to the "pinwheel" maps we currently have. It doesn't make sense to lump southern Utah in with so many northern residents.
Alessandro Rigolon
This is my second favorite map (after the one by Escamilla). It aligns more with Prop 4 than the others, but it still splits the more Dem-leaning urban area of Salt Lake County. Can Republicans please draw maps aligned with what people voting for Prop 4 asked? Or do they think they need to cheat to win elections?
Natalie Rodgers
This seems about as bad as current maps. Why the line cutting through Taylorsville / Kearns? This does not keep neighborhoods in one district and again seems to have as a goal the division of the voting power of Salt Lake County.
Jackson Jacob Skousen
Carving up the Urban areas is unacceptable.
Kerry McQuaid
What in the gerrymandering is happening around Bountiful and N Salt Lake (Districts 1 and 3)? What about those inanely squigly borders between Districts 2 and 4 from Yuma View to Windsor Circle? Or any of those weird little Distrct 2/4 cut outs from April Meadows all the way down to where Districts 2, 3, and 4 meet? And why does District 2 cut into District 3 so weirdly just east of the triple point with District 4? Why is Santaquin part of District 2 when West Mountain, Payson and Spring Lake is not?
Lee Wallen
This map is not a fair representation of the Utah communities.
Chris Abel
Just like option A, This is an unfair map and does not meet the intentions of Prop 4. Division of Salt Lake County is diluting the voice of those voters in favor of rural less populated areas of the state. Prop 4 calls for keeping communities of interest intact to avoid favoritism of a political party. This map does the opposite.
Christine Nelson
This map continues to split Salt Lake Country and break up communities with similar values. It does not comply with Prop 4 which was voted on by Utahns and upheld through the judiciary. I can easily walk out of my district when I take my dog on a walk, fracturing communities in ways that the proposition does not support.
Robert L. Dood Jr
Shame on you Republicans. This illegal, rigged map doesn't respect Utah law or the will of Utahns. This doesn't respect the unique Salt Lake City community and cynically breaks it up so we have only taxation WITHOUT representation. Only maps drawn by the independent redistricting committee are legal.
Andrew Judd
Terrible
Audrie King
Strange division of Salt Lake County
Kajsa Kjelgren Hendrickson
Splitting up the major cities is not fair representation and doesn't align with Prop 4. As someone in West Jordan, this doesn't give me or my community the representation we deserve looking for. Maps A-C are blatant gerrymandering.
Gabrielle Burns
this map is not a fair representation of the communities.
Daniel Steven Brinkerhoff
How is this meaningfully different from option A? It just splits all the cities up and pairs them with enough Rural areas to make sure those seats "stay safe." Representatives should have to work for their seats, not just draw maps that keep them safe. They aren't entitled to an easy job.
Shayna Brinkerhoff
I dislike this map because it breaks up SLC, lumping urban areas with rural areas. Most Utahns (90% according to the 2020 US Census), live in urban areas. Those urban areas should have at least one district, so that the respective representatives can focus on the needs of urban or rural Utahns.
Marianne Erekson
I do not approve of this map. The split of Salt Lake County 3 ways does not make sense. Please consider the maps drawn by the independent commission. Escamilla/Owens map is much more aligned with the Prop 4 criteria.
Therese Berry
Based on where I live and many other like me, I am baffled and see no logic in grouping me and those in my neighborhood with people and their neighbors that are hundreds of miles away - who have completely different interests, lives, priorities etc. Federal representatives and their constituents from urban and rural communities are so much more than just geographically miles apart. Utah needs one if not two urban districts. This is what Prop 4 was and is all about. Respect the proposition in it's entirely! No 'one fairness test' only! Don't gut Prop 4!
Blake Romrell
If this map, or any of the other similarly drawn maps, are chosen over maps that better fit the prop four requirements, to, as members of the committee and public have expressed "mix interests of urban and rural comunities", than they are breaking proposition 4, as it forbids deciding on maps to unduly favor or disfavor anyone, and you are using urban and rural as a thinly veiled proxy for demographic information and biasing the decision in forbidden ways.
Sterling Nielsen
I do not think this map is fair, and it is another variation of the same map that was ruled illegal. The same issues exist with this map as the one that has been ruled against. Why are Utah and Salt Lake counties split equally? That can only be a result of gerrymandering.
Kenneth Neff
I do not approve of this map. It seems to not adhere to the principles of the voter approved plans. It seems to carve out specific population areas.
Karen Auman
This map appears to not comply with the letter or spirit of the law passed by voters and upheld by the courts. This map still splits Salt Lake County into multiple districts and distributes the urban vote among multiple rural counties.
michael budig
I oppose the lumping of all urban areas into districts intended to be dominated by rural majorities. There are enough urban Utahns who deserve to be in districts within the same community of interests.
Samuel Shumate
This isn’t much better than Map A. It keeps Utah representation unfair and marginalized.
MorganAnn Waggoner
While this is rated as the most competitive map this map still leaves much to be desired. Three county, and three city splits with Salt Lake City being looped in with parts of state that are logistically hours away? This is supposed to be about fair representation and making Utah a purple state? This map doesn't accomplish this is the slightest.
Carina Dillon
I'm not sure about the split between Kearns and Taylorsville or some of the other unusual carveouts, but it's less bad than the other options. Somewhat more fair politically. Still not sure it entirely fulfills the intent of Prop. 4, though.
Brett Corless
Still carves up metro areas and gives much too weight to rural areas. This is a not a map that provides equal representation.
Amy Brunvand
I strongly dislike urban/rural districts. I am lumped in with people hundreds of miles away who have completely different interests. My federal representatives continuously post about how much they love their rural constituents and meanwhile ignore or even belittle urban constituents. Utah needs at least one urban district. Since 90% of Utahns live in urban areas, there should ideally be 2 urban districts.
Patti Hobfoll
NO. Splits Salt Lake's urban constituency all over the place.
Daniel Gardner
I agree with other expressing that representation for communities is being split when San Juan and Grand are connected to East Salt Lake.
Andrea Whipple
This map splits up the Salt Lake Valley into the other regions of Utah. It splits the county into several fragments, and I would definitely cross districts on a regular basis traveling around the valley. The political concerns of Holladay are very different from the political concerns of rural eastern and south-east Utah communities.
Catherine Caine Christensen
Again, communities of interest should not be separated. This map separates me from places in my community that are a 3-minute drive away, places where I go every single day, and puts me in a district that extends all the way to the state's southern border. Our needs are different, our interests are different. This map divides cohesive communities while pitting urban and rural voters against each another.
Shelley Marie Hill Worthen
This map violates a few of the rules under the law. First it violates rule 3 by splitting Salt Lake county and Utah county in half combining them with more rural areas. Rural and Urban areas have different needs and need different voices in congress. It also violates rule 6 by again splitting communities with shared values and combining them with other districts diluting their voice.
LauraMichele Childs
This map violates a few of the rules under the law. First it violates rule 3 by splitting salt lake county and Utah county in half combining them with more rural areas. Rural and Urban areas have different needs and need different voices in congress. It also violates rule 6 by again splitting communities with shared values and combining them with other districts diluting their voice.
Katherine Clarke
While this map does not wholly encompass the spirit of Prop 4, it does appear the be the best option of the proposed maps in terms of competitiveness.
Shauna Bona
This map violates the principles of fair redistricting and Proposition 4. Salt Lake County is divided to diminish our representation. Residents in Sandy do not have the same concerns as residents in Payson.
Jessica Barney
I dislike this map. This map ignores Proposition 4.
Liz Robinson
This map does not follow the guidelines of Proposition 4 by creating community division. I am not in favor of this map which combines urban and rural interests.
Ariosto Ferro
This map does not honor the intent of the independent redistricting ballot initiative that was passed by the majority of Utahns. It unfairly divides neighborhoods in densely populated urban areas, which should share a common representative. This map is a clear gerrymander and has clear partisan bias.
Alyssa Facer
This map does a much better job than the others in the Salt Lake area, but I don't love that jagged line in Provo. I do think Provo and Orem could afford to have a more jagged line between them...
Christopher Riordan
I'm not sure the reasoning to have Murray and Taylorsville put into District 2
Ronald Beckstrom
Of all the republican maps, this is the least obviously gerrymandered option. It conveniently splits Salt Lake from the other liberal parts of the Salt Lake Valley like Murray and Holladay, which is clearly a deliberate partisan attempt to avoid a predominantly liberal district. The entire notion of combining rural and metro goes against the principles of Prop 4 and defies logic. I want a representative who understands my needs living in a metro area and I'm sure someone from rural areas wants a representative who understands theirs. When you put one person split between the needs of rural and metro, everyone loses. The only reason Republicans are trying to merge these two dissimilar groups into the same districts is to try and prevent any House seats from flipping democratic. It's a deliberate partisan gerrymander, and we see it for what it is.
James Gardner
Designed to split up Urban areas.
Jasmine Nakayama
Prop 4 Standards: - Equal Population: Met with no deviations. - Minimize division of counties, cities, and towns: Not Met. Significant divisions within Salt Lake County (SLC, Millcreek, West Jordan), Davis County (Bountiful, N. Salt Lake). - Geographically compact and continuous districts: Partially Met. Districts 1, 3, and 4 are geographically compact. District 2 is less geographically compact. - Preserve Traditional neighborhoods and communities of interest: Not Met. Divisions within Salt Lake County do not preserve traditional neighborhoods (April Meadows Neighborhood, Millcreek Common Area, Southern edge of Provo Area). - Follow natural and geographic features: Partially Met. Follows most major features and transit corridors, however there are some carveouts in the southern portion of Davis County, Salt Lake County, and Utah County that do not adhere.
Kathryn Tonkovich
Another map where my house is split from the next street over on either side. This is less bad than some of the other map options but our neighborhood should be kept together.
Jessica Mue
This map is deeply flawed and should not move forward. It repeats the same gerrymandering tactics Utah courts have already rejected, carving Salt Lake County into multiple districts and pairing urban neighborhoods with distant rural areas that share little in common. I could change districts multiple times just by walking up and down the street near my house. Communities like Sugar House, Millcreek, and South Salt Lake are arbitrarily split, while voters in Murray or Taylorsville are lumped with places as far away as Moab or Vernal. These choices ignore the requirements of Proposition 4—compactness, minimizing county and city splits, and keeping communities of interest intact—and instead dilute the voices of both urban and rural Utahns. Voters passed Prop 4 to stop exactly this kind of manipulation. Representation should be about keeping neighbors together, not dividing them for partisan gain. Reject this map.
Kathryn Storrs
This map clearly and intentionally cuts Salt Lake County and the more liberal areas of Salt Lake City, Millcreek, and Canyon Rim into different areas to dilute the democratic vote and representation. Just stick to Prop 4. The people voted for it, just use it.
Brian Manecke
Yet again, thumbs down. What an odd split of SL and Utah counties.
Telsa Chase
Map B does a better job of splitting the districts than A and C. I prefer map D and Escamilla Owens map over B but this would be a better choice than A or C which split up the communities in Salt Lake County. B keeps communities together better but it does seem odd that we are sharing our voting with so many rural communities to the east and south of Salt Lake. This map does align with what was asked of Prop 4 but I do think Salt Lake County should have been split differently. Most communities in Salt Lake County are very similar and separating them makes little sense.
Michael Rush
I disapprove of this legislature drawn maps; the legislature should defer to the maps drawn by the independent commission as defined by Prop 4.
Devin Williams
This map still misses the mark. It carves up Salt Lake County in ways that don’t make sense, splicing cohesive cities and neighborhoods into districts that stretch to far-flung rural areas – diluting everyone’s voice. Odd carve-outs and jagged borders suggest line-drawing for advantage, not community integrity, and the urban–rural mash-ups (e.g., Murray/Taylorsville tied to Green River or Monticello) undermine fair, focused representation. It falls short of Prop 4’s spirit on compactness and minimizing splits, even if it’s marginally more “competitive” than other legislative options. Utahns asked for fair maps that keep communities together – not another gerrymander that fractures the Salt Lake Valley.
Jessica Brown
Splitting Salt Lake County like this is an illegal partisan gerrymander. I love how the committee is rigging the comments by soliciting feedback on their preferred map just like they are rigging the maps.
Maicy Downton
The divide in SL county doesn't make sense.
Bethany White
This map awkwardly breaks up similar communities seemingly arbitrarily.
Toye Edmondson
This is my 2nd choice after the Escamilla map. I realize Salt Lake County has the largest population, so it can't be kept in one district, but this seems to be fairly good at dividing and combining areas if you HAVE to have urban mixed with rural areas. The Escamilla map does a better job at keeping the areas with similar lifestyles together (farming vs. city).
Tiffany Greene
Of all the maps (A-E) officially proposed by the legislature, this is the one I dislike the least. It looks to be the most politically competitive, with minimal county and city splits.
Matthew Pruss
This map splits Salt Lake County and is designed to ensure that the Republican party continues to hold all 4 seats in the House. It does not meet the requirements of Prop 4 or Judge Gibson's order. It is further gerrymandering by the Utah Legislature.
Mitchell Ward
This map doesn't make sense. How could the needs of Taylorsville and Murray ever match the needs Green River and Monticello?? This is an example of extreme splitting of urban and rural. Leave Salt Lake County alone to manage itself.
Marissa Van Dyke
This one is the most competitive (although that’s not saying much) and gives the best chance at preserving democracy and making people feel like they can be heard. It scored average all across the board so it feels like a safe choice, but it’s really not that great and still is gerrymandered.
Ian Kiwan
This map does not give fair representation to the urban and suburban salt lake valley citizens as it splits them among the more rural areas which have different interests and goals than the suburban and urban citizens
Katherine D Wright
I do not think this map follows the standards of Prop 4.
MARK CIULLO
How are my needs and representation anywhere close to the needs of someone in southeaster rural Utah? This map feels like it divides up the state to spread things thin, rather than to have representation based upon needs of the population areas. I don't like this map! Our government isn't listening to the people, they are playing every game in the book. Stop playing games and represent the will of the people.
Beth Cottam
Murray, Vernal, Moab, Mexican Hat, Park City, and Morgan, what do all of these utah Cities have in common? I don't know either so why are we in the same district? This is unacceptable and not why I voted in favor of prop 4 do better.
Amy Ellsworth
This is wrong. Any map that carves up urban areas to dilute them wuth rural areas is gerrymandered by definition. This map is a sick joke.
Chad Smith
I do not like this map. That said, it is the best of the maps officially provided by the legislature. It is especially better than map C and others that appear not even to attempt fair representation. I think we should use a map—any one of the maps—provided by the independent redistricting commission already. If you’re still unwilling to do that for whatever reason, I would support the Escamilla map, which was designed with similar goals… the goals of prop 4, which you keep trying to ignore! Failing that, if you remain unwilling to adopt any maps other than your own, and if you also remain unwilling to actually produce a map that sticks to the letter and spirit of prop 4 as directed by our judicial system, then—and only then—would this map be the best option left for you to select.
Sarah Spencer
I think the current districting is gerrymandered and unfair representation. This map is not great. I have been so UNHAPPY with utah reps and they continue to make terrible choices with terrible consequences for your constituents. Do not use this map. Stop gerrymandering and voter suppression.
Bri Montalbo
I’m weary of this map and the explicit splitting up of Salt Lake City. I also have concern with each boundary lumping rural and urban voters together. While I understand this may create some competitiveness, I worry that voices of either group may get over shadowed. The intent behind prop 4 is to allow for the voice of the people to be more clearly heard, and I don’t believe this map is the best for upholding that intent, though do appreciate the high competitive ranking this map receives.
Leticia Stucki
This is my second choice map after the Escamilla/Owens map as it has a high competitiveness score. Our maps should not favor one group over another. Thanks.
Hether Telford
Splitting Salt Lake County does not follow Proposition 4 intent. Salt Lake County as an urban area should not be combined with rural Utah. The needs of these areas is very different to be in the same District and do not follow Prop 4.
Kelsey Brown
I am confused as to why all of the maps lump the most populous and rather urban city in Davis county with largely rural communities.
Ann Vance
This map is better than map A and C, but still has some odd splits including splitting up salt lake and grouping northern areas like Morgan county with very southern areas. There are better options.
katelyn pursel quichocho
Is second in line to Escamilla's map but it still doesn't meet requirements.
dustin anderson
This map is another example of splitting up communities. It does follow natural boundaries until you get to urban areas, then communities get unnecessarily split. This does not follow prop 4 guidelines. Salt lake City should not be divided into four
Avery Larsen
This map splits up Salt Lake county in a way that does not make sense. This splits like minded communities and is not as compact or proportional.
Kristi Kleinschmit
Not as bad as some of the others, but still splits in a way that does not allow fair representation of Salt Lake City
Alexa Keller
Map B does not meet the criteria for Proposition 4. The criteria of 'Minimizing Divisions of Municipalities and Counties' is blatantly ignored. Which, also does not meet the criteria of 'Contiguity'.
Shanna Anderson
This map is much better than the current map and is the lesser evil of the all the Legislative drawn maps (A, b, c ,d), however there are still issues with how things are divided.
Stephen Steadman
I just feel like all these are dividing up the cities and counties and not following the rules of Prop 4, this is why we need an independent committee drawing these maps
Natalia Arizmendez
Dilutes voices in the most populated regions. Elected officials should represent the population they serve.
Ammaron McQuivey
Large cut into salt lake City area
Juliana McIntosh
This map is better than most at keeping cities and counties together. My preference overall is still the Owens map
Jennifer Gibb
This do not Minimize division of cities and counties
Richard eth
This is an awful map. Fails to evenly mix rural and urban areas. Our state is a 80/20 state. There should not be gerrymandering to get a democrat house seat from a 80/20 state
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.
Jeffrey Beck
This map has very large disparities among the 18+ populations of each district. The adult population in Utah should be more evenly split between districts.
Kevin Steiner
This is not a good faith attempt to comply with Proposition4.
Megan van Frank
This map again divides Salt Lake into tiny fragments. While I would be voting with folks in Tooele, my neighbors in Millcreek would be voting with folks in Blanding. Not to mention that Utah County is split to divide their interests. This dilutes the voices and concerns of rural and urban voters alike. Let's try to keep communities of interest together.
Chelsey Feldman
This map splits the community of Salt Lake and does not allow fair representation of Salt Lake residents wishes and needs. This does not meet the guidance of Prop 4.
Brendan Shanley
This map splits the community of Salt Lake and does not allow fair representation of Salt Lake residents wishes and needs. This does not meet the guidance of Prop 4.
Michael Keil
Seems like a reasonably fair map. Still don't love the East/West split in SL County, but I like that Tooele County is included with the Westside of SL County.
Nathan Toone
This carveout looks suspiciously gerrymandered - why not just follow legacy parkway? It seems to specifically pull all the Kingston property into district 4 for some reason...
Alice L Steiner
No better than what we have now. District lines seem designed to make certain that Salt Lake County is split into pieces. Ignores that urban and rural areas are distinct communities of interest. Asks Congressional representatives to represent both points of view, which will leave either the urban constituents or the rural constituents poorly represented.
Courtney Cano
I feel like this map would be my second choice with redistricting to allow communities to vote together. Escamilla/Owens seems the most logical.
Joan M Gregory
MAP B. Grouping SLC with the desert to the west and Provo/Orem with all areas south, does not make sense. Combining VERY urban areas with VERY rural areas does not assure representation for either group.
Benjamin Gittins
This map feels like it will make nobody really happy. The treatment of SLC is really odd, being exactly split in half with D2/4. I don't get it. According to the internet, this is apparently the plan that the democrats want, but I don't see how it really benefits them either, as democrats also care about more than just party affiliation? And then republicans will be mad because there districts are split as well with the diluted Urban communities. It just doesn't make sense.
Reagan Donnelly
Does not reflect the outline given by Proposition 4. Just blatantly disregards communities. Boo, thumbs down. At least act like you care about voters.
LeeAnn D Miller
I don't think the representative for a district like district 2 is drawn here would give that person a chance to talk with those they would represent. This is a lot of distance to travel and would give competing view based on locations
Taylor P
This map does not follow the requirements of Proposition 4. It divides Salt Lake County into multiple districts in a way that stretches across very different regions and communities, which weakens compactness and undermines community representation. The map creates unnecessary splits that fail to keep communities of interest intact.
Cory K Ward
Even though this maps splits Salt Lake County based off the Salt Lake City municipal boundaries where the Brickyard area is located, it does not keep neighborhoods and communities of interest together. District 2 reaches down to southern Utah County and it is not compact. Salt Lake County should either be divided East-West or North-South in the best clean line possible. This would better represent the different communities of interest in the county.
Hunter Keene
This map is blatantly gerrymandered, splitting our urban region into 4 districts. It violates Prop 4 by separating cities, earmuffs and snakes into other counties, separates areas of interest by diluting economic urban centers with rural swathes, and provides no fairness by any viable metric. 30% of utah voters vote Democratic. For any map to provide only Republican representations shows clear intent to maximize the unrepresented population of the state.
Tonua Hamilton
This map literally splits my zip code (84108) and my favorite bicycle route to dilute my voice by adding me to the ocean of rural folks whose needs are very dissimilar. I would have to get into my car and travel to areas of this district that I have never even visited.....let alone sharing similar healthcare settings, community parks, walkable area/crime awareness, etc.
Daniel McKnight
My preferred map is the Escamilla/Owens Map - it seems to be the most fair and most inline with the voters wishes with Prop 4. The map would be my second choice. While it still contains some problematic splits of communities in Salt Lake County that co-mingle (like South Salt Lake and Murray) - it has less problematic splitting of communities and related regions of Salt Lake County than maps A,C,D, and E. Salt Lake County communities should not be split in their representation.
Kelly Kopp
Map 234 shows incremental adjustments to congressional and legislative boundaries, reflecting attempts to balance urban and rural representation while addressing growth along the Wasatch Front. However, this map divides cohesive communities, particularly in Salt Lake County, diluting the political voice of urban voters by pairing them with distant rural regions. It does not reflect the spirit or intent of Proposition 4! DISLIKE!!!
Amber Cheney
North Salt Lake City being split into two again. Davis County should remain in the same district. Please stick to Proposition 4.
Elise Zimmerman
This map divides SLC into pieces and clumps them together with areas that are not at all related and are literally hours away. This representation would not serve anyone well as the people in rural utah vs downtown SLC may have different needs.
Ira H Marcus
This is still heavilly geremenderred.
Allison Hanson
More representative than maps A,D, E, or C, but still not great. As a resident of West Jordan I would feel more represented by being in a district with more of Salt Lake County than the rural areas this map groups me with.
Debra Chen
Salt Lake City is split into three, the map clumps SLC literally with areas at the northern, eastern, and western parts of the state. Does not meet the requirement for Prop 4.
Shane Coleman
This may be the second best. Not perfect, and I still won't really have a voice, but it doesn't reek of gerrymandering like Map C.
Alisha Gunn
Why are we dividing up the wasatach front and adding all parts with very rural communities?
Cielle Smith
I think it works okay, but I think it's really odd that the North Salt Lake, Woodscross, Bountiful area is split up like this; its a bit nonsensical. Of maps A-D, this is the best one, but I think there could be room for improvement so it doesn't split up our districts, cities, communities.
Natalie Van Horn
I like this map the best out of all the maps proposed. However, dividing Provo in this way is very odd. Keep Utah County and Provo whole. Salt Lake County is less divided, but I would still prefer it to be whole.
Jacob Jensen
This map is... ok. Escamilla Owens map is better, but this is slightly better than the current map.
Isabelle Anderson
Does not comply with prop 4 requirements AT ALL. Transparent attempt to gain party control.
William Brimley
This map breaks up communities. It does not provide fair representation. It appears to be drawn for partisan purposes. It looks nothing like any of the maps drawn by the non-partisan independent redistricting committee in 2021. The district court is likely to reject this map if it is chosen.
Elysia Forsgren
This map does not follow the requirements of prop 4. So why waste our time? Follow the requirements. Urban, Suburban, and rural voices have differing concerns, but they EACH want to be heard.
Kathryn McCormack
While better than the other Republican drawn maps, Salt Lake County should not be split up in this fashion. We deserve to have a voice in Washington that is like minded. 1 party rule does not result in good governance as those in power have no reason to work for the people they represent. They know they will stay in power as long as they desire by simply having an (R) behind their name on the ballot. Salt Lake County deserves better.
Niccole Smith
This map has some good stuff like keeping Summit County and Utah County separate and not totally chopping up Salt Lake but I'm sure we can do better.
William L Trost
Not the worst, but my vote still doesn't count
Jeff Robertson
2nd best map after Escamilla. I don't love that it splits Kearns and Taylorsville. I also feel that the west side of Salt Lake County has much less in common with Tooele than with the east side of Salt Lake County. If possible, I'd rather see a north/south split of SLCo.
Trevor Linton
This is the second best map, but still not great.
Taylor Easton
Pretty sure the guidelines were to keep counties, cities, and communities together as often as possible in order to fairly represent the population and needs of the district. I really don't see how this map provides that when it splits some of the most densely populated counties up and tries to combine them with the more rural areas of the state. Obviously the needs of these areas are going to differ so why not listen to the guidelines and allow both communities to have separate voices. All that this map is going to do is split a district representative's attention in too many directions which isn't helpful to any of us.
Jenny Lieb
I appreciate the improvements in Map C compared to the other options, but I urge the commission to keep Salt Lake County as a single, unified region rather than dividing it. Splitting cities like Sandy and then pairing them with far-flung communities such as Vernal creates districts that don’t share common interests or needs. Residents in the Wasatch Front suburbs face very different challenges than those in Eastern Utah. Please prioritize keeping Salt Lake communities together to ensure fairer and more coherent representation. Note: if i had to choose, this is the best option for a map.
Amy Kammeyer
I've lived in Cache Valley and Utah County my entire adult married life and recently moved to Weber County. This map looks like they just chopped up Salt Lake City to make the Population in the other areas look equal-ish. Things in Salt Lake are way different than other communities I've lived in. They need their own representation. Just as I don't want city opinions making water rights decisions for farmers, I don't want a bunch of country bumpkins who only go to the big city once or twice a year telling me what to do with the homeless population. If the people don't live in my community, they shouldn't be making up rules for me. This is not a good map.
Riley Lundquist
Let's follow reasonable lines and support interest of all communities.
Heather Dopp
The boundaries in this map are intentionally drawn to favor a specific population.
JOSHUA L HONE
This map is the most competitive with the least amount of city/county splits. Still looks gerrymandered, but the best out of A-E.
Velvet Kirstin Olsen
This still splits too many like communities up but is better than some of the others. Map C is the worst and the most fair is probably the Escamilla-Owen map. I'm not sure why we aren't going with on of the independently created maps though that Utahns originally asked for.
william babcock
I prefer C
Kristina Rhodes
I think this Utah county split is the worst that I have seen through each of these maps. Does not comply with Prop 4 requirements, and makes no sense
Jennifer Bowden
Still not great. Too much splitting of communities.
Bryan Baron
This map does not support the goal of Prop 4. It divides a large population center into multiple districts. The fragmenting of cities and counties in maps A-E is inconsistent with the intent of Prop 4 and undermines fair representation. The only map that truly seems to embrace the intent of Prop 4 is the Escamilla/Owens map.
Taylor Dankmyer
This map doesn't seem to uphold the goal of Prop 4. It divides a large population center into at least 3 districts. I do not believe this makes sense in any logical sense and is unfair to the community of Salt Lake City, South Salt Lake (where I live) and Salt Lake County. The constant fragmenting of cities and counties I see in map B is inconsistent with the intent of Prop 4, and undermines fair representation. We should use some of the maps from the Independent Commission.
Connor Duffy
This map is inconsistent with the intent of Prop 4. It divides the largest population center and merges it with rural areas, while also fragmenting counties and cities, which undermines fair representation.
Eleanor Horrocks
Same with option A, I haven't been to the south east of the state in over 15 years and I feel like people living in rural southeast Utah have different priorities than I do and a representative would have a hard time advocating for people with different priorities.
Shasta Lawton
This map is gerrymandered to benefit Republicans by splitting Salt Lake County in half. This map does not follow prop 4.
Jesse Deveraux
This map does not align with prop 4. It should not split the highest population center and combine it with rural areas
Elizabeth Blankman
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Lydia Salmond
This map is better man most, however it still doesn’t align with prop 4 and splits SLC. The Escamilla map is the best of the options. A map made my an independent agency could be fairer.
Erik Swanson
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Alan Chavez
This map does not keep Salt Lake County together. Why are the boundaries not following natural borders?
Alex Taylor
This map does not follow the requirements of proposition 4. Please use one of the maps that was put together by the independent commission that we voted for.
Kelly Neumann
This map does not meet the criteria for prop 4. It splits up communities and is not competitive at all due to splitting up of Salt Lake County.
Zachary J Landers
This map splits cities and communities. As growth occurs on the west side of the valleys, these communities do not represent rural areas in South/West Utah. This map does not support the requirements of Proposition 4. It is a better map than others submitted, but still falls short of meeting fairness expected of Utah Voters.
Randy Keinz
Another GOP gerrymander map. Another sign that the GOP policies are losers. This another map that gives the residence representatives that useless and in the position for life.
Roxanne Christensen
My neighborhood includes Canyon Rim. This map does not keep my community together. This map does not keep politics out of drawing the voting maps. Stop wasting money and create a fair, functional, and focused map.
Rejil Ramkissoon
Why are we splitting Utah County again? Why would Orem be a different district then Payson? Also District 3 is just stupid.
Cate Dolan Mitchell
This map violates the requirements of Prop 4 because it splits cities, communities and counties. It appears that Millcreek (and possibly other cities) are split into two districts -- and the 2nd principle of Prop 4 is that cities will not be split (2nd only to following federal election law and the constitution!).
Michael William Dale Francis
Map Option B still breaks up core communities from Logan to Provo, diluting the voices of millions of Utah citizens who deserve to be heard. I implore you to reject this partisan redistrictment as it does not meet the requirements of Proposition 4.
Logan Mitchell
This map appears to keep more communities of interest together, but it is still not the best option. The Escamilla/Owens map is better.
Scott Troxel
This map has some very troubling dividing lines and inappropriately divides communities that should logically remain together.
Alex Keller
Splitting up Salt Lake County down the center doesn’t make sense. I don’t think this map gives a fair vote to people in the more urban areas. When the county is divided like this, it dilutes the voice of urban voters and makes it harder for our shared priorities to be represented in Congress.
David Bell
While none of the proposed maps seem to truly follow the spirit of Prop 4 and the true will of Utah voters, Option B seems to come the close.
Rachael Chappell
This map does not follow Proposition 4 well, and there is clear gerrymandering happening.
Brent Verhaaren
This map does not meet the requirements of Proposition 4 and unnecessarily splits communities. We need a solution that closely matches the citizens' wishes as outlined in Prop 4.
Joshua Reece Manwaring
I dislike the map. All of rural Utah will be under-represented with each district being dominated by urban areas.
Megan Bates
This does not preserve traditional communities. My community in Yale crest is more aligned with Holladay than Barro. Salt Lake County should be kept compact and not be the center of so many county splits
Scott Fisk
Option B is the most Prop-4 compliant of the legislative drafts A-E, balancing compactness and proportionality with relatively few city/county splits (six total). However, I still prefer the Escamilla/Owens map, which performs better on fairness overall. If Option B is considered as a fallback, I suggest revising it to consolidate Wasatch Front communities like Cottonwood Heights and Sandy and to improve proportionality — but Escamilla/Owens remains the stronger starting point
Ethan Lewis
This map does not follow the guidelines set by Proposition 4 as it clearly is creating community division and removing fair representation as it splits communities across arbitrary and irregular borders between the districts. Taylorsville being isolated on an island is a clear indicator of this as it is enclosed into a different district.
Vic Tolley
This map ignores the law and carves up Salt Lake County at the neighborhood level. It forces people who live, work, and go about their daily activities together into different districts, which makes no sense. Communities should be kept whole to ensure fair and accurate representation.
Kirsten Rivera
Similar to Option A, District 1 fails to meet the rules set out in Prop 4 as it needlessly divides counties and cities. The southern border of District 1 of this map fails to preserve neighborhoods and communities. District 1 also lumps together urban and suburban areas like Davis and Weber with rural Northern counties, reducing the competitiveness of the district. This map appears to unnecessarily gerrymander several areas for no apparent reason. I do not believe that a prudent person would consider this map to be representative of Utah communities.
Joshua Craft
This maps keeps Salt Lake City whole, which is helpful and appropriate for the largest community in the state. It is more compact and keeps more regions of Utah together than some of the other maps.
Elizabeth Craft
This map is fairer than Maps A, C, D, or E. It keeps cities like Salt Lake City intact. I am concerned, however, about the irregular borders of these districts and the sprawling nature of district 2. For these reasons, it is inferior to the "Escamilla/Owens Map."
Chase Stelling
I'm not a particular fan of this map, though it seems an improvement over some of the others. Urban and rural needs/interests do not always align. I would love for my neighborhood to have a chance at representation that actually reflects our needs and values.
Kaitlin Platt
I like this map a little better than some others proposed. The dividing lines seem pretty unnatural and I worry that they are not serving the people honestly. But I do prefer that Layton, Ogden, and South Ogden are all grouped together rather than divided like some of the other maps.
Ashley Sheesley
This map does not follow the rules voted for in Prop 4.
Kelsey Koprowski
Rural areas of South Eastern Utah should not be mixed with Urban areas of SLC. This map does not uphold the mission of Proposition 4. Our needs in Grand and San Juan County are utterly distinct.
Randy Larson
This map does not represent me or my community, as a tax-paying citizen of Salt Lake City.
Lisa Rutherford
The 8 criteria used to develop the current maps under consideration were based on Prop 4 requirements. Having viewed the maps and listened to the 9/24 redistricting legislative meeting, I feel the criteria that have been set are extremely difficult to meet precisely. There will have to be give and take. Fair and equitable political representation, which we do not have currently, should be the overriding goal. In our super-majority state, any map that is being considered that would not provide an opportunity for a Democrat to win should be considered biased politically, which is exactly what the redistricting committee said during the 9/24 meeting it would not allow: biased maps. This map seems to be the only one that offers a chance to Democrats who deserve to be represented by people who will support their political positions. Although the map requirements are fine goals they allow for some flexibility, as in splitting municipalities and counties where “minimize” is advised but not required.
Madeline Hock
This map does not follow the criteria of voter-supported Proposition 4. Salt Lake County is subdivided in a way to silence a significant number of Utahns who should have a voice. Salt Lake County voters have significantly different interests and concerns than rural voters and should not be represented by the same individual. The whole point of having a representative is that person should represent the values of its area, Salt Lake voters have different concerns than rural Utah voters. Each should have a voice.
Cynthia Jeffs
Of the A-E maps, this one gets the highest "competitiveness" score, which would help to bring in a wider breadth of views into congress. This is closer to fair representation.
Adam Fortuna
I live in downtown Utah, and this map splits the vote - even of friends of mine who only live a few blocks away. This does not adhere to Utah Prop 4.
Ryan Cramer
Seriously? Why is St. George with American Fork? I mean technically it does a good job of keeping counties together. But why not let Moab be with St. George. Or other similar communities and reduce the amount of Urban area that our southern utah representative will have to split her attention with. We have vastly different needs. Also, the split of Salt Lake City seems really strangely done.
Jennifer Manwaring
Canyon Rim gets cut off from our neighbors in this map. This map is not fair representation and will not solve the gerrymander problem.
Ryker Bailey
This map does not give fair representation to Utahns and does not follow the requirements of Proposition 4. This fails to keep communities of interest intact providing for fair community representation.
Ryan Pack
Best of the legislature provided maps (it's a really low bar). It tries to minimize county/city splits, but it's still trying to skirt around the requirements put forth by prop 4. It TECHNICALLY follows the guidelines, where the others don't, but it's still obviously attempting to create a partisan gerrymander by diluting votes in salt lake.
Rebecca Richards-Steed
This is another example "packing" and "cracking" non-GOP voting blocks in the State. This map was blatantly designed to diminish votes coming from the most populous place in the State, which is also the center of amenities and services. It makes little sense when seeking high-integrity Utah representation to use this map.
Elizabeth McKnight
Option B doesn't meet the requirements of Proposition 4. This map fragments Salt Lake County in such a way that it dilutes the voices of a significant number of Utahns and impedes the communities abilities to contribute meaningfully in the democratic process to share ideas, solutions and concerns with elected officials.
Anne C. Madeo
This map does NOT align with voter-supported Proposition 4. It does not create compact, contiguous districts nor does it keep municipalities and communities of interest together. It unnecessarily splits Salt Lake County. It supports the lie that congressional districts "should" contain equal amounts of urban and rural voters, a goal that simply serves to disenfranchise urban voters. Urban and rural UT interests are not sufficiently similar that they should be piled together; they NEED to be split. UT voters approved Prop 4 so that their needs could be adequately represented in Congress.
Jessica Zarnofsky
This map does not match the letter or intent of Prop 4 and splits up like-communities to be paired with areas with regions holding no similar interests.
Katherine Liu
This does not follow the letter of the law and is in violation of prop 4. This is a horrible way to split things which does not represent the people of the district.
Preston Wagner
While this is technically better than A or C for not splitting up Lehi and Saratoga Springs, the fact that it cuts Salt Lake in half makes it still unfair and against the requirements of prop 4.
Jacob Skousen
This map is the best of the legislature proposed maps, but that isn't saying much. For fair representation, this is a poor map because it combines wildly different rural and suburban communities, and stretches across vastly different areas.
Jason Lyons
This map does not follow the requirements of Proposition 4. It divides Salt Lake County into multiple districts in a way that stretches across very different regions and communities, which weakens compactness and undermines community representation. The map creates unnecessary splits that fail to keep communities of interest intact."
Jay Jordan
This map does not follow the law. It inappropriately splits Salt Lake County at the neighborhood level. Someone traveling for daily activities would easily cross district boundaries.
Matilda Gibb
I dislike this map as well because it does not preserve neighborhoods or communities of interest. This plan divides cities across multiple districts, which is not supposed to happen under Prop 4. The people of Utah want fair maps that represent our interests and do not cut cities into pieces.
Nicole Nelson
This map is still not aligning with the request of Utah voters and the request for fair maps. My district according to this map is still very out of touch with my actually community.
Chiao-ih Hui
This map does not give proper representation of Utah in Washington DC.
Darin Menlove
This is the second best map for its competitiveness, after the Escamilla/Owens map. Of all the criteria in Prop 4, competitiveness is the most important. Therefore, I rank Option B as the second most that best aligns with Prop 4 (after the Escamilla/Owns map)
Nicholas Hoffmann
This map flagrantly disregards the standards laid out by Prop 4: Salt Lake County is split 4 ways, the districts are not compact, the neighborhoods and communities within Salt Lake County are not preserved, and there is minimal regard for natural boundaries. This map is deeply against the spirit and intent of Prop 4.
Bradley North
Why is Salt Lake so obviously split up here? This is another gerrymandering attempt. The Escamilla/Owens Map is much better. All Utahns deserve a voice of representation in Washington.
Riley Chappell
This does not adhere to prop 4. There is clear gerrymandering in SLC and Utah counties
Raeleen A Sanchez
I am opposed to all redistricting maps prepared by Utah State Legislative members. The Public voted for an independent redistricting committee and all proposed maps to be considered should be prepared by that committee!
Jullee Petersen
This map does not meet my expectations for a fair map split. Odd shapes used to split areas that make no sense. This map should not be chosen, as it is not fair and equitable.
Jullee Petersen
This map makes odd splits in communities and does not match my expectation for a fair map. This map should not be chosen.
Michael Julander
This map does not follow the requirements of Proposition 4. It divides Salt Lake County into multiple districts in a way that stretches across very different regions and communities, which weakens compactness and undermines community representation. The map creates unnecessary splits that fail to keep communities of interest intact
Melissa Riggi
This is another conspicuous attempt at gerrymandering.
Robert Cook
Another option that is clearly splitting SLC with cut up their votes into rural areas. This is intentional gerrymandering of the vote
Dallin Glen Mills
Map B is worse than map A. It primarily suffers in its division of Salt Lake, Utah, and the southern edge of Davis County. Much like A, it splits major suburban areas and groups them with dramatically different communities in districts 2 and 3. How can a single individual adequately represent the wildly differing needs of both of these communities? I was raised on the Wasatch Front, but have also lived in rural Cedar City, urban Pittsburg, and even super-urban Seoul. The needs of these communities from their governments are wildly different, even if they share the same state. A single individual aiming to represent all of the needs of tiny rural towns in Emery county while also representing the needs of half of Salt Lake county will often be asked to compromise a large portion of their constituents needs in favor of another portion of their constituents.
Corey Wilkey
this map does not honor the intent and spirit of proposition 4
robert burns
The "Escamilla/Owens" redistricting map is preferred over this Option B--that is, "Escamilla/Owens" better achieves compactness, competitiveness, and proportionality. This Option B would be my second choice out of the all the remaining maps - thanks.
Jamie Laulusa
I'm sure this map is full of similar issues across the board, but zooming on Provo and seeing that zigzag line carving up the city is surreal. No attempt to follow Prop 4 guidelines.
Brian Bosworth
Great proportionality but I worry that we are dividing suburban communities too much. They have little in common with rural communities that have different jobs, transportation needs, socio-economic opportunities etc. Utah's population centers should be in compact distinct districts so their interests can be fairly represented.
Jerry Towler
This map does not follow the requirements of Proposition 4. It divides Salt Lake County into multiple districts in a way that stretches across very different regions and communities, which weakens compactness and undermines community representation. The map creates unnecessary splits that fail to keep communities of interest intact.
Sydney Ottosen
This map violates the rules put forth by Prop 4. Salt Lake and Provo metro areas should not be split into unrelated districts. I am a resident of SLC and do not feel represented by this map.
Chandler Davis
Not compact enough. Too many fingers.
James Michael
As a resident of Sandy, I cannot support this map because it splits Salt Lake County and connects our urban communities with distant rural regions. Parts of the county are tied north with Box Elder and Cache, while the southern portion is pulled into a huge district that stretches to St. George. This divides Sandy and Salt Lake City instead of keeping them together as one community. This map does not reflect how people along the Wasatch Front live and work. Our daily concerns like air quality, transportation, housing, and growth are very different from the priorities in rural areas. By dividing Salt Lake County in this way, the map weakens our voice and leaves us without a district focused on our shared needs. Proposition 4 says that counties and cities should be kept whole whenever possible and that communities of interest should be preserved. This map fails to do that, and that is why I oppose it.
Jennifer Schmutz
his map does not follow the requirements of Proposition 4. It divides Salt Lake County into multiple districts in a way that stretches across very different regions and communities, which weakens compactness and undermines community representation. The map creates unnecessary splits that fail to keep communities of interest intact.
Dustin Baugh
Bad map. It violates the rules put forth by Prop 4 by awkwardly dividing both Salt Lake and Provo metro areas into unrelated districts. It one of the rules is don't divide counties unless nessicarily, utah valley can definitely be kept more complete than this.
Kristy Cottrell
This map does not follow the rules of prop 4. We want fair maps and fair representation, keep communities together!
Lauren Fraatz
This is not an improvement on the current districting. Splitting communities in half creates the same misrepresentation issues that we already have.
Steven M Mullenax
This map should not be considered for approval since it was not drawn by the UIRC and thus does not meet the intent of Prop 4 that voters approved. Voters wanted an independent commission to draw maps.
Ryan Ferguson
Horrible map. Stop splitting up communities. Rural and urban have different needs. Respect the voters.
Heather Ferguson
This splits communities. How is this a fair representation? Stop gerrymandering and start being American. We need to represent communities and the only way to do that is to keep them together.
Zaley Kaelberer
Breaking up the Wasatch Front into pieces and encompassing rural Utahns with rural Utahns divides communities (like the counties on the WF) and ends up being a disservice to everyone. Rural communities have different priorities and needs than urban communities and putting a little bit of both into each district means no community is well represented.
Pearl Wright
This map ignores the premises of Prop 4 by splitting too many cities and counties in arbitrary ways.
Daniel Rogers
Districts should be grouped according to population types, as they will have the most similar needs and concerns. Splitting urban centers up makes no sense.
Amanda Daniels
The splits between neighborhoods in this maps are so arbitrary and creates breaks where it shouldn't. It really breaks up Utah and Salt Lake counties is a very strange way.
Therese Berry
I prefer the Escamilla/Owens map over this map. This map does not minimize city/county divisions, divides communities, and does not offer proportional and competitive voter outcomes. This map would be a distant second choice out of the initial five A-E maps.
Stephen Dodson
Brooke Nelson Edwards
This map is the best of those presented by the legislature for the state as a whole. It still does not do nearly as good a job at creating fair boundaries as the map created by the independent commission. That map should be used instead. Of these poor options our leaders have provided, however, this is the least terrible choice. The split of Salt Lake County is still awful. Rural and urban areas should not be combined.
Tyler Wilde
The main problem with this map is that the districts are sprawling. Instead of keeping communities together, the boundaries stretch widely across areas that do not share common interests, weakening the ability of residents to have effective representation.
Victoria Jackman
This map does not create equal districts with adequate representation but of the initial five is the best option
Savannah Moorehead
It feels strange to have my city connected to very rural areas but the map does a good job being more porportional.
Kayn Curry
This map puts my work, my home, and my primary doctor's office in 3 different districts. That is ridiculous.
Annekke Hale
This map splits up southern Davis County unevenly and sporadically. The county line goes between houses and businesses that are right next to one another, dividing the community.
Carleton DeTar
Urban, suburban, and rural areas have widely different needs. Splitting the urban areas of the Salt Lake valley in this way weakens urban interests. Don't use the "bias" measure. It is more properly called the "gerrymander success" measure. A 2-2 outcome assures that the members of the minority party have very little chance of representation. Use one of the IRC maps.
Jordan Angerosa
this also break my community in pieces, places I visit daily withing a few minutes drives are different districts.
Will Anderson
This map is not great, but its better than A, C, D, or E. The SLCounty split is pretty ugly, but this would be a better option than the rest.
Reagan Halpin
This map adds cities like Lehi to very rural areas. These cities have very different needs.
Suzanne Pierce Moore
I don't like this map. Urban and rural communities have different needs.
Karin Harmon
Still is splitting up Salt Lake Wasatch front unevenly
Melanie Wolcott-Klein
This map breaks my community apart. A few blocks away the district changes. My community does not have the same needs as Wendover. Breaking sugar house and Millcreek areas into districts that encompas state lines doesnt make sense.
Zachary Scholes
Salt lake county and Utah county have similar needs which are completely different from what rural communities like eastern utah, the west desert and southern utah have. This map would not allow for the elected official to represent those unique needs. Splitting them among widly different communities is an injustice to all communities they would serve.
Tyler Andersen
Still gerrymandering. Still disgraceful.
Henry Randolph
This map clearly splits Salt Lake County's residents and dilutes their representation. It does not meet voter requirements as outlined in proposition 4.
Anthony Kaye
As with Map A, this map splits up Salt Lake County and consolidates portions of the county with rural areas. Concerns of urban areas regarding pollution, affordability, individual freedoms and other matters are very different here than in, say, Wendover. More of Salt Lake County should be included in one district.
Bruce J. Finch
Second district disaffects the people in that district.
Pam Maehr
This map does not adhere to the guidelines established for drawing fair maps. It lumps rural and urban areas together, and we have completely different needs. It divides communities that share common interests. It divides cities and counties. This is a disadvantage to the voters. Typical gerrymandering, and the Option B map should not be considered.
Robert Stinogle
This is just another attempt to dilute Salt Lake County.
Kathryn LIndquist
Again, my urban neighborhood is split from most of the people who share my concerns about polluted air and other urban problems.
Megan Judkins
This map divides up the salt lake valley in a very strange way. On my route to take my kids to school from my house, I would start in my district, drive through a second district, then drop my kids off in yet a 3rd district. And I live in Salt Lake County! Why would i need to drive through 3 out of the 4 districts just to drop my kids off at school? My church is even in a different district than the one I live in - this map would not provide my family with accurate representation at all.
Jessica DeAlba
This map does not follow any reliable boundaries, it splits up neighborhoods, school districts, cities, and counties in a harmful way. Any political candidate would most likely have zero competitiveness when it comes to elections and zero accountability to represent their districts responsibly. The populations may be pretty equally distributed but that is the only positive this map has and it's at everyone's expense. A classic example of gerrymandering, unfortunately.
Shelley Smith
Another unworkable variation of the same thing: lumping dissimilar interest and splitting similar ones. NO!!
Monica Hilding
How does splitting Sugarhouse from Holladay and Murray keep communities of interest together? This divides my city across multiple districts.
Hunter
Another clear attempt to dilute the Salt Lake County vote. The Utah legislature has already lost in court after dividing Salt Lake County into four districts. They should save time and keep Salt Lake County largely intact before wasting more taxpayers' money on an unfair map.
Carol Hansen
It may be better than some but it still divides salt lake city!
Angela Wambach
Maps should be drawn by an independent committee. This map is heavily gerrymandered and does not meet the requirements of Prop 4. It does not minimize city or county splits, or preserve communities of interest. However, it is the closest to fair choice compared to maps A, C, D, or E. It still does not come as close to meeting Prop 4 as Escamilla / Owens.
Annette Lavoie
This map splits urban areas and will not represent my neighborhood concerns adequately.
Susanne Janecke
This map is another gerrymander. It divides SLC into three districts!
Julie Jones
This map does not follow the guideline to keep cities and communities of interest together.
Andrea Rodriguez
This map (Leg Map B) does not meet the requirements of Prop 4, as it divides neighborhoods and communities of interest. It combines urban and rural areas that have very different issues and priorities. The cities with large populations, such as Salt Lake City and others along the Wasatch Front, should be kept together as much as possible in one district because of common interests. It also does not follow geographic or county boundaries.
Amy Fulton
Would love if we could consider the independent commission's map or the map proposed by Sen. Escamilla and Rep. Owens. Salt Lake City should not be split apart, I would love to vote and be represented by the same lawmakers as my neighbors.
Randy Jay Green
Urban and rural areas of the state have very different concerns and should not be lumped together. As in the past, the majority party in the legislature is trying very hard to dilute the urban vote by abitrarily dividing up the urban areas. This is a contorted attempt to do just that and is a clear attempt to ensure that a Democrate is never elected to Congress. This blatantly ignors the will of the people when we passed Prop 4.
Elliot Goldman
This map does not do a good job of keeping communities together. The Salt lake Valley splits alone just have no basis in topography or culture.
Joshua Brewer
Still feels like you're carving up Utah's urban corridor.
Sarah Salzberg
This map does not conform to the Proposition 4 standards for creating districts that are fair to voters.
Ryan Hayes
Communities share common challenges and common needs. While we all share the common uniting feature of living in Utah, the communities along the urban corridor of the Wasatch front have unique and very real concerns that are much different than the equally real and unique concerns of rural communities. We do not live, operate, nor vote as once single statewide district, thus splitting urban communities and grouping them with rural ones only serves to dilute the voices of those communities, to the detriment of their very real concerns. This map artificially breaks up logical and functional communities. Please do not use this map.
Autumn Ellsworth
This isn't much different than what we have
Pascale de Rozario
While initially I thought that Map D was the least absurd of the 5 submitted by the outside expert for the redistricting committee, upon further review of the details, Map B now appears to be the least objectionable in terms of minimizing city and county splits, compactness, competitiveness and proportion of political parties in each.
Judy Gustafson
crazy lines through salt lake county! try holding areas together rather than finding ways to split them apart.
Allison Barlow
I became involved with passing Prop 4 because I truly believe we are a better state and society when we have representation that supports whole communities, keeps cities whole, and communities of interest together. This map completely cuts Salt Lake City and County in half. We need Salk Lake City to be represented for their specific needs, just as St. George deserves proper representation. Please abide by the Prop 4 specifications. I don't believe this map does this. As I look at the various maps, I believe that the map built by Escamilla/Owens best meets the criteria outlined in Prop 4 that the Citizen's voted for. Thank you!
Rebecca Major
This map fails to reflect the intent of Proposition 4, the court’s order, and the will of the people. The proposed single partisan symmetry test compounds the problem. Please respect the will of the people and do better. We need maps that strengthen Utah, not divide and weaken our voices.
McKinsey Robertson
I feel this map has a lot of strange carve outs clearly meant to manipulate the outcomes. Let's let natural geographical boundaries and community borders alone and stop trying to represent only those with money.
Alexis Puffer
I dislike this map. It does not follow neighborhoods, natural boundaries, or any other reasonable lines along Salt Lake City. The intent of this map seems to be to divide Salt Lake City. I'm in a different district within a half hour drive from my house if I go north, east, or south.
Cedar McDonald
This one still gerrymanders SLC, breaking it apart on purpose. The only one I support is the Escamilla-Owens option.
Marshall McDonald
Still cuts up SLC. The Escamilla-Owens map is the only option that does not combine my SLC community with rural interests.
Kristien McDonald
This map is the least bad of the five presented by the legislative committee, however, it still breaks apart my SLC community severely in ways that do not make sense except to benefit a certain party or politicians. People in my church stake are in a completely different district.
Matthew Podolinsky
Of the maps the legislature submitted, this is the best one. However, I still feel this is a gerrymandered map that still benefits the Republicans. While republicans are the majority of Utahns, 30% of Utahn's vote democrat. Therefore, the maps should represent this. Also this style of commenting is confusing and difficult. Seems like a way to keep public comment to a minimum.
Laura Lunceford
I can't understand why you have to combine Salt Lake County with Utah county. Isn't the idea to keep communities of interest together? And this isn't just a matter of geography. It's a matter of crossing county lines instead of keeping Salt Lake County in one district. The politics in these two counties could not be more different and now we'll be back to not feeling like our urban/suburban communities have the same interests or concerns.
Alicia Cunningham-Bryant
I love Utah and I love my community. I have worked to support my community in community councils, and serving on local boards, it showed me that neighborhoods matter and local representation matters. Having to share a representative with folks clear across the state has meant I have never felt like my voice was heard in congress. Many of us in Utah share that same concern. These maps really matter, they are a chance ot keep communities together, to make sure the voices of all Utahns are heard and that our kitchen table issues make it to the halls of congress. That's why I'm asking the commission to pass maps that reflect the real Utah and respect Prop 4. This map separates our community from Murray and Millcreek and links us all the way out to the western edge of our state, neighbors with very different kicthen table issues. Following Prop 4 instead would mean we have the chance to make sure all of our neighborhoods and local issues are seen and heard.
Lara Niederhauser
This map does not create equal districts with adequate representation.
Dylan Miller
Dicing up the wasatch front to dilute our votes with rural areas, how does that reflect the voice of the people of our great state?
Osman Sanyer
This map included badly gerrymandered districts and divides communities. It ignores most of the requirements for proper redistricting and should be rejected outright. The Escamilla Owens map remains the only option that meets the requirements for fair redistricting
Noah Smith
This is just a worse version of option C which should also be discarded. It might not be as bad as our current map, but this is not how you split up Salt Lake to give Utahans the voice they deserve.
Rebecca de Schweinitz
This map is as unbelievable as our current, obnoxiously gerrymandered map. It splits not just SLC into three districts, but also Provo Utah. The voters who live across the street from me will be in a different congressional district. This is an unconscionably attack on citizens' rights to fair representation. Go back to the maps created by the independent commission. None of these serve the interests of voters. They only serve the interests of a narrow group of politicians who continually think they can thwart the will of the people. We need maps that respect Utah voters.
Diane Hartz Warsoff
This is terrible - I live in an urban area, and my own neighborhood is split up?!? We need the legislature to look at the original maps and work from there. Shame on them!
Rebecca de Schweinitz
This map is terrible. My neighbors who live across the street from me are in a different district than I am. This map splits Provo Utah into different districts and also splits of SL county too much. This does not follow the intent and substance of the laws that are supposed to be guiding our political maps.
spencer brudnicki
this is an awful map and deliberate jerrymandering. it saddens me that we live in a state that claims to love everyone and to support one another and yet when it comes time for the peoples voices to to heard and for equal representation out politicians turn a blind eye and a deaf ear on the people and continue to do what interest those in power not the people. how does it make sense for both rural and metropolitan Utah to be lumped together? this does nothing to help Utah citizens we have different needs that need to be met and this gives power to continue to ignore all of Utah. please choose better maps all the maps you have chosen to vote on do nothing to actually help the state of Utah or its people.
Diane Hartz Warsoff
This map is almost indistinguishable from our current, horrible map. What am I missing? It continues to split Salt Lake County into different districts. LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE
Jacquie Bernard
Terrible map. Again, Salt Lake City in same district as Wendover and cut off from most of Salt Lake County.
Christine Hult
Terrible map. It splits the state in ways that dilute the population into groups that have nothing in common. The whole point of a district map is for it to be from a "district"!!
Joseph Boucher
I may as well copy and paste my comment from option C as this map is virtually indistinguishable from that one. This is another map that groups together populations with very different political interests and subsequently guarantees and significant portion of people go completely unheard. Another bad map.
Amanda Newberry
It makes no sense to me how the lines can divide neighborhoods. This map also combines rural areas with urban areas. Urban and rural areas have different priorities and wants and needs. We need a map that allows those differences to be addressed instead of trying to lump them all together.
Bowen Weeks
I see very little difference between this and Option C. Both are awful and do not follow redistricting requirements. The Salt Lake valley is broken up and shared with rural areas, which is a clear violation of the requirement to keep districts compact and preserve communities of interest. Why are urban and rural areas forced to share the same district when they clearly have different needs, priorities, and problems? It does a disservice to all constituents when we are lumped together like this.
Sara Goeking
This map splits the heavily developed suburban areas of the Wasatch Front and lumps them together with rural areas. The interests, concerns, and livelihoods of people in rural areas are very different from those on the Wasatch Front.
Miranda Giles
Now you are just being silly. Why am I not in the same district as the rest of my street in Taylorsville. My church building, my friends, and my neighbors will have a different congressional rep than I will? Please use the map we paid a lot of money for. The people have spoken. We want independent redistricting, not gerrymandering!
Shannon Herbert
Once again, this map puts me- who lives in SL county- in the same district as someone in San Juan County. My community of interest is not rural Utah. This is an intentional effort to water-down urban votes.
Jeremiah Leonard
This map very unfairly represents Utahns
Matt Gardner
This map puts me, who lives in a suburban city, with folks who live in rural areas. Our interests don't align and are often times contradictory. Please do not choose this map.
Arlin Jacob Cooper
This map fractures Salt Lake communities and prioritizes urban-rural pairings over cohesion.
Gregory K. Forbush
My interests will rarely if ever be fairly represented if this map is adopted.
Hilary Forbush
This map does not represent the interests of communities.
Michelle Goldsmith
This map is not good.
Claire Louise Nelson
The Escamilla-Owens map does a better job of dividing the state by community boundaries
Sariah Busby
This map is not good. It divides counties and communities. This map does NOT serve the best interests of the residents of this state.
Devynne M Andrews
My district would include portions of Northern Utah with completely different goals and interests. Not a fan of this map.
Rachel Shilton
Creating updated district boundaries is hard. It is hard when it is embarked upon with honesty and integrity. The previous legislature made redistricting infinitely more difficult on this legislature than it inherently is by destroying trust the first time around. This legislature isn’t helping itself in that regard. This map is not an example of trying to restore or reestablish trust. I strongly oppose map B for many of the reasons already stated in other comments. It unnecessarily splits communities to maintain a strong republican influence in all districts - as if that wasn't going to be the case anyway.
William Lentz
This map cuts up communities, including mine, in a non-logical and gerrymandered fashion. It does not give urban areas a united voice and true representation. My representative in district 2 could never represent my interests in Canyon Rim while also trying to represent most of eastern rural Utah. With this map I have neighbors to the north that are literally within a mile of me and are placed into another district, for no logical reason. Others within several miles are also placed into other districts. The communities all have the same interests and concerns and should be represented collectively. This map splits up communities in odd ways that should instead be grouped together to ensure proper representation of those areas of Utah. It seems to split up neighborhoods to the point that two neighbors could be in completely different districts. Also, the needs and concerns of the rural corners of Utah are going to be different than the more population dense urban centers and both need to be represented.
Brandon Daniel
This is just as bad, if not worse, than option A. It looks to split communities like West Jordan and others in that area into different districts. Again, it looks like neighbors in many of those areas in the those areas could be in completely different districts? And how is both rural Utah and urban Utah supposed to be properly represented if they are lumped together in such a way? Seems like this option and option A both do not allow for appropriate representation for Utahns.
RACHEL QUIST
Analysis for compliance with the rules of Prop 4 for Option B Plan 234: This map ranked the lowest of the 6 maps with an overall grade of D, failing to pass most of the standards of keeping communities whole, natural geography, population balance, and compactness. Specifics: 1) Splits at least 3 major cities such as Ogden, South Jordan, West Valley and splits 3 counties Salt Lake, Davis, Utah; 2) Population deviations are within acceptable limits but with ±1% of ideal equal representation it is the worst of the 6 maps; 3) Some alignment with mountain geography but mostly minimal alignment as half of the districts cross multiple natural boundaries or only use partial natural boundaries, and in general completely ignores the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau geographic boundary; 4) The population balance is skewed, for example it splits the Latino population in SLC and splits the Utah military community; 5) Two of the districts are very irregular. Overall, very poor compliance with the standards of Prop 4 and the least compliant of all 6 maps.
Leandra Bitterfeld
Similar to map A, this divides one community into several districts.
Alisa Brough
This map divides my community of Draper into two different districts while combining my neighborhood with Oakley. Why? My neighborhood's needs are more like those if west Draper than the needs of those in Oakley. Please keep urban areas and cities together.
Laurie G Forbush
Completely disrespectful of the people in Salt Lake County. So completely cheating to stay in power instead of really representing the people.
Tyler Christensen
This is a less terrible example of a partisan gerrymander, something that Prop 4 STILL forbids and which the courts have repeatedly struck down. It puts me with distant suburbs, exurbs, and truly rural communities. No one can fairly represent the Avenues, Herriman, and Wendover and you know it. Shame on the legislature. Maybe ask Escamilla and Owens what they have been up to!
Christian Hansen
Another cowardly map that refuses to represent SLC.
Lisa Mensinger
Stick to the original maps from 2021 that already went through this process. Salt Lake County should be one district. And the idea of 2 rural and 2 urban districts is the fairest.
Chelsa Roberts
I prefer Option D.
John Walter Aitken
This map splits SLC neighborhoods in an unreasonable way. SLC should be able to have congressional representation that fairly represents the views of the people of the city
Adrienne Cachelin
This map is not in keeping with the law as cities and counties are not kept together, nor are neighborhoods and communities of interest preserved.
Russell Norvell
This map does not follow the intent or wlll of the voters because it divides areas of common interest, and combines rural and urban areas which have very different priorities. It does not follow logical divisions of geography or county lines, making for incomprehensible divisions.
Megan DuVal
The best map, that most fairly represents Utahns, is the Escamilla-Owens map. Option B divides the neighborhoods of Salt Lake City in confusing ways. It is not fair or balanced, creates confusion among Salt Lake City voters, and doesn't group people with common concerns. Sugarhouse and Millcreek share more common concerns than Millcreek and Moab, or Sugarhouse and Tooele. This map is unfair to both urban and rural voters, neither of which will have their interests fairly represented.
Sean Udell
I do not understand why we would opt for another map that joins rural and urban communities together. This map goes out of its way to do that. What do Murray and Kamas have in common? They should not be in the same district. Our representatives should know the communities they represent. Rural communities should have representatives that understand rural needs. Urban communities the same. This map ensures that our representatives don't understand the needs of half of their constituents.
Suzanne DuVal
This map is not as good as the Escamilla-Owens map or Map E in keeping communities with common interests districted together. I dislike how this map divides areas of the Salt Lake Valley in strange ways that separate neighborhoods and communities. While it is better than Map A, it still dilutes all urban voters with large rural areas which have different concerns and deserve different representation.
Jennifer Weidhaas
This map breaks up my community.
Fabian Liesner
Partisan gerrymander that dilutes the power of voters, by adding rural voters to Salt Lake County so that then nobody gets the representation based on their needs, not political affiliation. A Salt Lake City politician, regardless of party affiliation, can not adequately represent the people of places like Cedar City, Castle Dale, Ivins, or Monticello, and vice versa.
Stephen E Olson
Another map that dilutes the power of rural voters by placing them with Salt Lake County voters. Not great.
Lynette W Shupe
Again, this is a gerrymandered map meant to divide up the voters in Salt Lake City and dilute their vote.
Patti Case
What?! The family on 900 E Elgin Is in a different district than their neighbors at 700 E? Makes no sense. Come on legislators….. pay attention to communities and neighborhoods
Samuel A Stoops
a deliberate gerrymander by the gop. this map does not give equal representation
Kirsten Aalberg
The Escamilla-Owens map is the one that best represents the intent of Proposition 4 by keeping communities together. Given the recent court decisions, we should be using a map created by the independent commission. Short of that, the Escamilla-Owens map is my top choice. Out of options A-E, option E while still gerrymandered, appears to be the least gerrymandered. I cannot support A-D.
Patricia Kimes Garver
I dislike this map.
Anthony Thomas Buck
This map puts me as an urban voter in a district with West Wendover. It does not represent me well at all.
FLORENCE ANNE EVANS
I do not support maps A, B, C, or D, which do not follow the intent of Proposition 4, the court's order, or the will of the people.
Amy Verkler
This map splits Salt Lake Valley weirdly in half (which should be one district). It also makes no sense to put me who lives in the first suburb south of SLC in the same district as Moab in the SE corner.
RICHARD CHARLES EVANS
I do not like this map
Keith Steurer
This maps looks like it is trying to have better use of urban vs. non-urban areas, but the lines being drawn through Salt Lake County are quite zig-zagged. This option doesn't meet the goals of fair districting such as not splitting urban cities, or counties, and avoiding irregular boundaries.
Conrad Verkler
This still splits Salt Lake Valley into multiple districts which will leave it being poorly represented
October Taylor
It seems that this one could possibly be trying to keep North Salt Lake and SLC in the same district, but this is terrible and doesn't actually accomplish such a goal.
Jon Ross
It attempts to break up communities of interest, like urban voters, in order to achieve a partisan end.
Eleanor Sundwall
This is hard work—thank you for doing it. I feel much more aligned with Salt Lake City (i.e. the far east section of this plan's District 4) than I do with District 2, as drawn here, but that's far less bothersome to me than the fact that we have to go through this process AGAIN because Utah's legislature disregarded the will of the voters' Prop 4 initiative, in the first place. We wanted maps drawn by an Independent Redistricting Committee (that cost Utah taxpayers ~$1M) but got cheated out of our votes & our tax dollars, instead. If our elected leaders can choose to overturn voter-initiatives that have been approved by a majority of Utah voters, then the Utah legislature has no respect for the entire voting process. This has been a disappointing learning experience for me—and something that has been hard for me to talk to my children about because I can't say I'm proud to be a Utahn or that our elected officials actually represent the varied communities within the state. All of these maps are far better than the one drawn by the legislature against the will of Utah voters so I am "happy" with any one of them.
Becky Jo Gesteland
Another problematic division counties.
Darren Van Cleave
Another map that places San Juan County and Sandy City in the same district, which is an obvious symptom of trying to dilute Salt Lake County votes. It does not align with the intentions of those who voted for Prop 4, and should be discarded.
Ronald Steele
Another attempt to circumvent Prop 4.
Ronald Steele
More of the same old gerrymandering in violation of Prop 4!
Mark VanDyke
Why is Provo split like this? It doesn't even make any sense.
Susan Johnson
This map makes no sense. It gives rural areas a more important vote than cities. Cities are just as important as rural areas.
Tara J Shupe
Another map where I can walk to another district in a few minutes. Why is SLC split from Murray and Ogden? Why are cities still grouped with swaths of rural? I just can not imagine that the many, many communities desperate for actual representation can be adequately represented with this map.
Mindy Kaye Curtis
This map falls short on two of the key principles required -- it splits up municipalities and counties more than it should, and it fails to protect communities of interest. While none of the maps hit the mark perfectly, this one misses it by the widest margin. This map should be abandoned. The comments here are a clear reflection of these shortcomings.
Mercedes Irene Smith
This map ignores the will of the voters. It splits up communities of common interest and forces rural and urban areas with very different priorities into the same districts. It also disregards logical geographic and county boundaries.
Bret Hanna
Salt Lake City should be in one district. Salt Lake County may be too big to be in one district, but the
Jascha Clark
Like Option A, Option B treats the mixing of rural and urban areas as if it were a feature when in reality it is a flaw. Salt Lake neighborhoods are pulled into districts with communities that are hours away and share little in terms of daily life or common interest. Proposition 4 requires maps to be compact, contiguous, and to preserve real communities. Option B ignores that by stretching districts across mountain ranges and deserts, creating shapes that may look tidy but leave voters with representation that does not reflect their reality.
Daniel Herold
This map does not follow the intent or wlll of the voters. It divides areas of common interest and combines rural and urban areas which have very different priorities. It does not follow logical divisions of geography or county lines.
Nathan Burton
Provo and Orem have very different populations and interests than Southern Utah. They should not be in the same district.
Joel Barber
This map does not follow Utah Code 20A-20-302(5)(a), (d), and (f)(iii). Please follow the law passed by a majority of voters statewide. Salt Lake County deserves to be represented in the US Congress.
Rachel Sweet
No! More of the same. What is the legislature afraid of? The will of the people being heard and represented?
Joey DeFilippis
The split of Salt Lake County is reasonable on this map, but Utah county is a mess.
Alan Beukers
At least Salt Lake is spilt into only three groups instead of four groups. There is a lot of weird urban and rural grouping
Andrea Mortensen
This is not a good option in that the districts are a mix of urban and rural communities which often have different priorities. The "hub and spoke" approach divides communities.
Max Rohr
Unnecessary confusion in one community
Sawyer H
Carving up like areas so they become the minority in their district is ridiculous and unethical.
Kevin Daly
Everyone is on here complaining about dividing up Salt Lake County. Salt Lake County MUST be divided up. The county population is ~1.2 million. The target for one district is only 817,000 so unless we start counting people as not whole people we have to split up SL County.
Margaret Palmer
Use the maps the independent commision created. This is again an attempt to make sure one party has an unfair advantage and splits up communities.
Rebecca Nay
This map is just a variation of the current gerrymandered one where urban areas are carved up. Not fair
Campbell
Again there is too much division in Salt Lake County. This is a terrible map.
Quinn L McKenna
Does a very poor job of fulling the "Minimal division of municipalities and counties" principle as well as a poor job of meeting the "Preserve communities of interest" principle. None of the maps do this in a ideal manner, but this one should be rejected.
Braden Kellams
This map divides communities with similar values which will lead to unfair representation.
Benjamin Wu
The committee is virtually exclusively using the Partisan Symmetry Test to create these maps under the guise that it is the norm for creating unbiased maps. This is blatantly deceptive to anyone who takes 10 minutes to do some research on the test (how it works here: https://www.utahpoliticalwatch.news/utah-republicans-drop-a-redistricting-poison-pill/). The Partisan Symmetry Test is INHERENTLY BIASED for states that historically elect a particular majority party; the test methods literally give the majority party significant advantage points and the minority party significant disadvantage points, which ultimately perpetuates the status quo of past elections. The Partisan Symmetry Test IS a good test for historically battleground states, which Utah has not been historically. I'd be less insulted if the committee just said, "We know this is wrong, but we're doing it anyways." instead of trying to pull this one over on us.
Sherrie Bakelar
This map has the same problems as the map that was thrown out by the courts. It is splitting Salt Lake County in a disingenuous attempt to force urban voters against rural ones. Any map that splits a county needs to have a very good reason for doing so and I do not see any good reason for splitting Salt Lake other than partisan power grabs.
Robert Hamlet
The fact that the republican members of the redistricting commission have started every meeting with complaints about how this process is unfair is really telling. They seem to have absolutely no sense of nuance with respect to the reason for the multiple cascading requirements of Proposition 4. Every map they have proposed is exactly down to a person equal for each of the 4 congressional districts, at the expense of some households, streets, communities, or cities. The 6th map has the largest deviation of only 37 voters, keeping communities together. If the only requirement was the number of voters, the republican commissioners would win a medal. Since there are other factors that should be weighed, they have failed miserably by hyper focusing and missed the forest for the trees.
Catherine Wyffels
This map disfranchises urban voters. As a resident of Millcreek, I don't feel like I would get fair representation with these boundaries.
Michael Witting
Carving up Provo doesn't make sense. Utah County has enough people to nearly be it's own district. It ought to be kept whole or if split it should be part of the northern part going with Salt Lake County or a smaller part of the more rural south end of Utah County going with southern UT.
Stephen Atkin
I have similar issue with this map that I have with Map A. The self-imposed need to dilute the urban vote with the rural vote is a clear attempt to gerrymander the people of SLC out of government.
Romel W. Mackelprang
Ridiculous partisan gerrymandering still. Salt Lake County citizens living within feet of each other would be denied voice by being split into three districts with areas covering the north, east and southeast and far western parts of the State.
Jessica Gilbert
They're all bad, but this is one literally a joke.
Sara Christian
Ridiculous gerrymandering right here. Communities shouldn't be broken up like this.
Sara Christian
RIDICULOUS continuation of gerrymandering right here. Just use the independent committee map.
Grady Holm
Not exactly sure what the people of Millcreek and Blanding have in common that would justify putting them in the same district, as well as the splitting of different neighborhoods of Provo from each other. I feel like the people of Provo would have more common vested interests with people who live a few blocks from them than people living in the more rural southeast part of the state.
robert mcneill
No. This does not meet the requirements of Prop 4. Stop splitting up cities and communities. Follow the law.
Kelsey Garner
Not compliant with Prop 4. This map carves up communities of interest in a way that favors some citizens over others. This is better than the current maps but still bad for Utah.
Carey L Valentine
WOW. NO. Please quit trying to rig the system in your favor and circumvent the will of the people. You work for us. Use the maps drawn and give to use in 2021. Your just embarrassing yourselves at this point.
Erika Wood
I wish our legislature would take this task seriously. No serious proposition would split Salt Lake County down the center. Full stop.
Catherine Weimer
I would like the legislature to use the maps that were proposed with the passing of Proposition 4, as they met the requirements outlined in the proposition.
Emma Blanch
This does not meet the requirement of prop 4. This map would still unfairly represent our voters in Utah. Splitting up communities like this is unreasonable.
Dustin Garner
I want to express great disappointment in the attitude the legislature has taken toward this process. In particular, the GOP chairs for this commission have shown great disrespect for utah voters and for the process. Shame.
Kathryn Lynch
This map still splits salt lake county in odd ways and lumps together rural and urban areas, and, as such, still fails to meet the guidelines of prop 4. It clearly splits salt lake county to favor one party over the other, and divides local communities of interest. Why does it assume that salt lake city has more in common with moab than south salt lake and valley city? This mixing of rural and urban votes deprives both voters fair representation from our elected officials. This map should at least try to follow reasonable natural boundaries instead of the suspicious carve outs.
Zachary Smallwood
Though this map seems a little more fair, it splits SLCo on East West furthering the divide between east siders vs west siders. Knowing the history of tension between east and west sides is important here.
Dustin Garner
Poorly drawn and conceived map. Does not meet the standards of prop 4. Biased and divides communities of interest. Better than current maps but still a poor representation of Utah's voters.
Emily Sharp
This map has failed to meet guidelines of prop 4 and it continues to split up SLC and combine it with rural places that don't share the same issues.
Amelia Wilson
This map has failed to meet guidelines of prop 4 and it continues to gerrymander SLC.
Suzann S. Nowels
Not a fair representation for SLCounty voters
Monica Kohler
You have gerrymandered Salt Lake so that you can screw Democrats, and it is why I left the Republican Party. You are dishonest and covering for fascists.
Katie Hamman
This one is bad. Do not like.
Charlotte Pair
Mix of urban rural. Bad.
Thomas Watkins
This map fails to meet the guidelines of Prop 4, and does not have compact districts. It splits communities of interest and clearly favors one political party by diluting the voters of salt lake county.
Jun Hanvey
Having lived in both Saratoga Springs and Cedar City, I think it's ridiculous to have them in the same district.
Scott W Hinckley
Just another attempt at having Urban and Rural voters together to dilute both types of Utahns votes. In full transparency, Utahns voted for an independent committee so the spirit and original letter of the law should require one of the maps from the UIRC, preferably UIRC Purple. 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 UIRC Purple.
Jackson Lewis
same gerrymander, slightly different look
Jackson Lewis
nonsensical and unnecessary split of North Salt Lake City and Davis County
Jackson Lewis
excuse me very unnecessary split of West Jordan
Jackson Lewis
very unnecessary split of West Valley City
Jackson Lewis
unnecessary split of Spanish Fork
Kylie Frederick
This map literally rips the communities of the Salt Lake Valley and Provo straight in half, and stretches that district to rural state borders and small towns that do not have the same needs and interests as the people living in the Provo or Salt Lake valleys. Keep rural areas, and urban areas together so we all can get a representative committed to our unique needs.
Anthony Trovato
This map clearly favors one party and doesn't give the urban and diverse population a fair shot to elect someone to represent our interests. Why should Salt Lake County be split like this? It doesn't make sense. Salt Lake County doesn't need to be slit this much to meet the population requirements of Prop 4. We deserve a map that was created by a nonpartisan group (IRC) that can be modified if needed to meet Prop 4. We in Salt Lake County deserve to have a district that incorporates most of the county into 1 county. It wouldn't be hard to split off a small portion for the county to meet the population deviation requirements and still allow the county to elect a rep that can truly represent the urban area in the county. I disagree that each district must have rural and urban areas - that's just an opinion or an excuse frankly, to dilute the urban vote. The reps elected by rural areas will represent them. We deserve a rep for us in the urban areas that can truly represent our voices and votes.
MARJORIE COLEMAN RASMUSSEN
Again splitting up Salt Lake County does not make sense. Use fair maps that represent the people and keep cities and counties together whenever possible.
Annie Studer
Why is Salt Lake County split so bizarrely? It could at least try to follow council maps. Additionally, this map appears to dismiss independent maps that more fairly represent all Utahns.
Tom McDonald
I can write anything here in the comments. The Republican legislature will not take the time to review the comments. They have already made up their mind to submit another obvious gerrymandered map and will complain again that the judge is making it not fair and that they are only following her guidelines. I trust their honesty as much as I trust Donald Trump stating that he is one of the most perfect person in the world.
Jared Buchanan
Hard pass
TILLI BUCHANAN
Don't like
Pauline Barney
After listening to Mr. Trende speak I had high hopes for a fair map but one of the things he kept emphasizing was keeping cities together and the use of boundary lines, such as rivers, roads etc. It seems clear to me that I-15 is a major boundary and yet every map put forth has over lap on that boundary. All the maps seem to overlap and split cities, counties and overlap the existing boundary of I-15. It was extremely distressing to me to hear the chair cut of Mr. Owens when he ask for some clarification of how certain data was used. I soon guess and verified that Mr. Owens was a Democrat and the chair was shutting him down due because of that. By the way I am a Republican but I don't feel that the best interests of my community are served by the boundaries in any of the five Republican maps. I'm not sure I'm a fan of the Democrat map either but it appears to be more representative of the needs of my area.
Linda F. Smith
Of the legislative map this is the only one that yields a district where democrats have been in the majority (+ 0.7 point) according to SL Trib. So it is the least gerrymandered. However, it still irrationally seeks to have rural and urban voters in all districts--something that goes squarely against the intentions of the Framers regarding Congress. The Federalist Papers describe the framers’ intention that each congressperson understand and represent not state-wide, but local interests. Federalist No. 52 & 56.
Scot Morgan
Why would a judge accept any gerrymandered map produced by the Republican legislature. They have lost all credibility for fairness and demonstrated they are not trustworthy. I think a far more fair approach would be allow the entire salt lake valley area to be one district, rather than carving it up to dilute its liberal influence.
Melissa Purcell
Why is Salt Lake City grouped with Tooele County? They will have very different interests and priorities. This is unfair to Tooele and unfair to Salt Lake City. Keep communities of interest together.
Susanne Janecke
I agree with other negative comments about this map.
Tyler Adamson
This map does NOT represent the voters of Utah.
Sara Maisie Schwartz
Districts should be based on the common interests of the constituents within them so that everyone receives fair representation in our federal government. State representatives, stop splitting Salt Lake City into multiple districts to dilute the voices of the people with whom you disagree. Yes, it's unfair to the predominantly liberal voters in SLC, but it's also harmful to constituents in other parts of the state whose concerns cannot be addressed in full when they are diluted by the needs of urban areas. Here, why is Milcreek separate from SLC on this map, but in the same district as Vernal and Duchesne? Why is North Salt Lake cut out from the rest of SLC but in the same district as Logan when one is an urban area and the other is primarily reliant on agriculture? This is clearly gerrymandered for political gain rather than fair and equal representation.
Brady Russon
None of these districts are compact. I believe that is one of the requirements of prop 4.
Everett Hildenbrandt
This map not only manages to squash rural representation by lumping every rural area into bits of urban areas (rather than keeping more compact urban areas), it does not make up for that by having more compact regions.
Jim Ngo
Though this maps keeps Salt Lake City mostly whole, this carveout is suspicious.
Andrew Ruff
Map B is terrible. It is also gerrymandered and disenfranchises urban voters.
Catherine Voutaz
I have family here in Utah County. Santaquin, Payson, and Genola are neighboring towns in southern Utah County with shared historical and geographical traits. They lie in Utah or Goshen Valley near the Wasatch Mountains. All are traditionally agricultural, the area is increasingly developing. Nearby canyons like Payson and Santaquin Canyon contribute to the region’s natural landscape. Santaquin, Payson, and Genola share a culture rooted in agriculture, family, and traditional values. Even the community events and festivals celebrate their farming heritage and close-knit way of life. The LDS Church plays a significant role in shaping social and cultural norms here. Residents value the land, outdoor recreation, and strong connections to local history.
Catherine Voutaz
I have family that live in the Payson and Santaquin area. These communities should not be split. Santaquin, Payson, and Genola are neighboring towns in southern Utah County with shared historical and geographical traits. They lie in Utah or Goshen Valley near the Wasatch Mountains. All 3 are traditionally agricultural and the area is increasingly developing. Nearby canyons like Payson and Santaquin Canyon contribute to the natural landscape. They have community events and festivals celebrate their farming heritage and close-knit way of life. The LDS Church plays a significant role in shaping social and cultural norms here. Residents value the land, outdoor recreation, and strong connections to local history.
Trevor C Lang
SLC needs its own district. Please stop with the gerrymandering to keep the GOP in power.
Hunter Stuercke
option E is the best, stop splitting up urban salt lake. residents have different interests than rural areas and those interests need to be represented (especially for minorities)
Elizabeth Shade Cardenas
More of the same political gerrymandering. The gall of this legislature to avoid the will of the people!
Gavin Thomas
The Wasatch Front should not be sharing representation with rural Utah. A donut map for one huge district encompassing 3 along the Wasatch Front is the ideal solution.
Jon Bertrand
Solid competition and a good chance of representation are CRITICAL to saving this Republic. You are failing on all fronts. Subdividing communities like this is wrong. Pull up any of the SB200 maps and you'll see the difference. This map is unacceptable.
Daniel Guthrie
This map, along with the others in this initial group, lacks the required information needed to properly evaluate its legitimacy.
Whitney Shaw
This map breaks up Salt Lake County in ways that obviously benefit one party. There is no reason for Millcreek to not be paired with sugarhouse. As proved by Stuart Hepworth’s 2025SHNoSplit7 map, a version of this map is possible with less split counties/municipalities/communities. To be viable as an option it needs alterations.
David Clayton
Option A and B are both plagued by the problem of splitting Salt Lake City from the rest of Salt Lake County, but this map makes it worse by separating North Salt Lake which is Davis County from much of its nearby community of south Davis County.
missi christensen
Obvious corruption
Jason Peacock
This just another partisan gerrymandered hack job on Salt Lake. Clearly the majority party members on the IC are utterly non-serious about creating fair maps. They need judicial supervision and cannot be trusted. Hard pass on this dumpster fire.
Jason Hoggan
As a resident of Midvale, I don't believe this map would represent my city fairly as the district encompasses large amounts of rural Utah.
Tammi Messersmith
Option B is also unacceptable and offensive! To echo what others have said, the five proposed maps fail to meet the standards established by Proposition 4 and the Independent Redistricting Commission Act. I urge you to follow both the letter and the spirit of the law: honor community boundaries, AVOID PARTISAN GERRYMANDERING, and incorporate the independent commission’s recommendations. Do your job, respect the law, and give Utah the fair maps we voted for.
John Alley
This map continues to split Salt Lake Country and break up communities with similar values. It does not comply with Prop 4. This map should be tossed
Dylan Fitt
This map, while slightly better than A, still makes some odd choices with splitting urban/suburban areas. Salt Lake should be in one compact district. As for Utah County, it would make more sense for cities like Draper and Riverton to be in the same district as Lehi and Pleasant Grove than it would be for them to be split into mostly rural districts.
Kirsten A
Provo should not be split into two districts. Keep cities in one district. The maps by the independent redistricting committee would be much better options.
Brooke Freebairn
I am disappointed in this area. The southern Davis county community is very united. We may be separate cities (NSL, Bountiful, Woods Cross, etc.) but we all work together as one community, with shared schools (this area would all attend WXHS), a rec center, libraries, etc. We are ONE community. Intentionally drawing a little chunk of this community into another district show ill intent, rather than common sense. We deserve to shared representation with our neighbors. Elimininating the lower income area of our community feels like they are less-than, which is against the standards of our community.
Julienne Bailey
This map does not keep cities whole, keep counties whole, have compact districts, have contiguous districts, or preserve neighborhoods and communities of interest.
Jeremy Eicker
The five proposed maps clearly fail to meet the standards established by Proposition 4 and the Independent Redistricting Commission Act. Utah voters demanded transparency, fairness, and genuine public input when we passed Prop 4, and yet these maps disregard those requirements. The courts have already shown a willingness to hold the legislature accountable, and it is only a matter of time before these plans are overturned. Instead of wasting more taxpayer dollars defending indefensible maps, I urge you to follow both the letter and the spirit of the law: honor community boundaries, avoid partisan gerrymandering, and incorporate the independent commission’s recommendations. Utahns are watching. If you continue to ignore your constituents and the reforms they enacted, you risk not only judicial rejection but also electoral consequences. Do your job, respect the law, and give Utah the fair maps we voted for.
Melissa Purcell
I do not like the way you split up my city. One of the large goals of proposition 4 was to keep communities together. This map splits up my community in ways that do not make any sense. Please keep North Salt Lake whole. We aren't even a large city, so I have no idea why this is needed. It makes no sense and makes me question your motives.
Stephen Atkin
SLC leans left and every district on this proposed map leans right. This map is still gerrymandered and intended to make Democrats work harder than they should have to for representation in a Democratic region, thereby giving Republicans an unfair advantage.
Craig E Weir
Looking at the current maps I feel like I'm in the Wizard of Oz and being told to not look at the people behind the curtain. So what if a few cities have boundaries located in two counties. The number of voters affected if those cities are split is so minute it will not change the outcome of a district. It does not justify carving up any county into four fragments. This is why we need the independent commission. To keep the Wizards with their imagined perils in check.
Jennifer Gurss
Prop 4 has specific criteria on which to judge these maps. This map does not follow natural boundaries, nor keep communities together. Instead, it still provides for districts that incorporate both urban and rural communities, who have different needs and priorities.
Bressain Dinkelman
As others have mentioned, this map does not, in good faith, follow the Prop 4 guidelines. Please follow the will of your constituents and use one of the maps drawn up by the independent commission. Everyone should be able to be represented fairly in Utah.
Tyler Broberg
Respect the choice of your constituency. Use a map that isn't blatantly disregarding the law as voted for by the citizens of Utah. thanks.
Madalyn Covey
Maps A, B and C are materially no different from the unconstitutional maps we have now - diluting the voting power of both rural and urban voters by putting unrelated communities into the same districts. It would make so much more sense to divide the state into a southern utah rural district, a northern utah rural district, and two (geographically) small urban districts.
Christina Gau
Map Option B: This map violates the law by not keeping counties whole, not keeping cities whole, they are not compact districts, it does not preserve neighborhoods of interest, they are not contiguous districts, and they are gerrymandered. We need to have a non-partisan independent group create new maps, not an out of state “expert”.
Aaron Gau
This map does not follow all of the rules laid out in Proposition 4. There are multiple cities and counties that have been divided when they should be kept together, the districts are sprawling, how can American Fork be in the same District as St George, the needs of those two towns are completely different. Dr Trende used Political Data to draw these maps, which goes against the Requirements of Prop 4.
Kelsey Brown
The five proposed maps clearly fail to meet the standards established by Proposition 4 and the Independent Redistricting Commission Act. Utah voters demanded transparency, fairness, and genuine public input when we passed Prop 4, and yet these maps disregard those requirements. The courts have already shown a willingness to hold the legislature accountable, and it is only a matter of time before these plans are overturned. Instead of wasting more taxpayer dollars defending indefensible maps, I urge you to follow both the letter and the spirit of the law: honor community boundaries, avoid partisan gerrymandering, and incorporate the independent commission’s recommendations. Utahns are watching. If you continue to ignore your constituents and the reforms they enacted, you risk not only judicial rejection but also electoral consequences. Do your job, respect the law, and give Utah the fair maps we voted for.
Nicholas Jensen
This one is okay, but again, it shouldn't be necessary to bisect both SLCo and UTCo. This map violates rules 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7 of Proposition 4, which is law.
Maria Wittwer
The proposed boundaries combine parts of the state that have nothing in common. People in these regions face very different challenges, and forcing them into one district ensures that neither side’s needs are properly represented It is unclear how South Provo is a community of interest with Moab, but not with Orem? Or that Taylorsville is a community of interest with Coalville, but not Kearns?
Sandy Fishler
I agree with detailed comments by Jackson Lewis and prefer the map 2025SHNOSPLIT6 submitted by Stuart Hepworth yesterday. It meets the Prop 4 criteria much better than this map.
Gina L Eborn
The Independent Redistricting Committee presented you with much better maps than what has currently been submitted. Every map breaks apart Salt Lake County while it is so blaringly obvious that you try and keep Utah County together as much as possible. It is time to realize that there are people in this state who want AND deserve representation by someone with the same values.
Blake Romrell
This cuts up provo in weird ways that other maps don't, along with other issues many have raised.
Kim Deacon
This map is unacceptable. The Utah Legislature continues to try to worm its way out of fair voting districts in accordance with Prop 4. Salt Lake City and its outlying communities should not be divided; With this map, I am still stuck in District 4 along with St George. Stop it, already.
Mathew Simons
This map AGAIN, now 3rd out 5 maps that does this, splits Salt Lake county in half. There is no way that carving out half of the county to place towards 2 different districts will result in fair and accurate representation of the individuals who live in this region. Either create substantially fair maps, or use the maps offered by the UIRC please.
Kiersten Stapley
This is just another version of the weird gerrymandered pizza pie that is our current congressional districting map. Rural Utah (particularly Central/Southern) should be all together in its own district. People in Ephraim and Cedar City (I picked those two since my grandparents were from there) generally have more in common politically and culturally than either do with Salt Lake County. Also, this map has a ton of weird inclusions and neighborhood divides between districts 2 and 4 for the sake of numerical balance, I suppose? Keep those neighborhoods together. A deviation of a few hundred isn't the end of the world. As I mentioned before, there should be one district that is exclusively Salt Lake County due to it making up around 1/3 of the state population. Look up congressional maps of Nebraska, Virginia, Nevada, and Washington for a better idea of how to best deal with urban/rural population divide.
Adrian Adams
Again, why am I, a SL county resident, in the same district as the east half of the state? Why not just use the county boarders already in place and keep the SL county in one district?
Benjamin Jones
If SL County population is too large to fit in one district why is it split in half stretching to either state border? A fair split would fit as much of SLC in a single district as possible, and some of the county could be combined with another district
John F Limb
This map is very close to the 2021 enacted map with significant Republican advantage. Respect the voters choice and use the maps created by the independent commission.
Kevin Gillars
All of these maps are still the majority's way of gerrymandering the state to their advantage and totally disregards the intent of Proposition 4 which we citizens passed by a clear majority. These maps should all be disregarded by the court and one of the proposed maps by the independent redistricting committee should be approved.
Hunter Moore
Why would Milcreek be aligned with the entire South-East of the state, instead of the adjacent municipalities? Surely, they have more in common with Sugar House than Moab. Anyone with a decent understanding of Utah and who is operating in good faith would recognize that.
Valerie Castagna
I hate all of these unfair gerrymandered maps! Stop splitting up Salt Lake communities and let us have a voice! Throw all of these out and use one of the maps from the Independent Committee!!!!
Kalley Waller
As a voter in Utah County, I support Proposition 4 and expect our representatives to uphold what we voted for, including using the maps drawn by the Utah Independent Commission UIRC.
Eric Herschthal
This is not a good map. The state legislature must follow the Prop 4 guidelines, and judicial instructions, to consider multiple fairness tests, not just the partisan symmetry test, to ensure each voter is heard, regardless of their politics. We want democracy, not gerrymandered autocracy.
Moira
I dislike this option just as much as Option A.
JUDY
I live in Olympus Cove and I should not be in the same district as Blanding. As nice as folks are in Blanding, our issues are completely different. Use maps drawn up by the independent commission! The committee the Legislature appointed is overwhelmingly Republican. Let the people of this state - who are not Republican - have a voice. The Legislative majority in this state needs to back off of its unrelenting efforts to retain power despite the changing demographics of this state.
Malkie Wall
As is the case with Option A, this map intentionally divides communities of interest and is not compact. The northern part of Salt Lake County should be all one district. Please uphold our state laws and use the fair maps drawn by the Utah Independent Redistricting Commission.
James Brian Hill
Follow what the majority of Utah voters voted for in Proposition 4! Not an amended version. The current maps still appear to lean in favor of retaining the current power vacuum.
Craig E Weir
All of the current options for the four Congressional Districts are in violation of the Statewide Initiative -- Proposition 4, Nov. 6, 2018. There are good and valid maps from the original Utah Independent Commission UIRC, use them. Stop defying the Utah Constitution and the State laws you have sworn to uphold when you were elected. Stop carving up Salt Lake County, we deserve a fair opportunity to choose our elected Federal Representative(s).
Benjamin DeMoux
This map looks far too much like the current map. The greater Salt Lake Area should have it's own district, as much as that's possible. In general maps should be drawn to ensure competitive districts, not uncompetitive ones. That ensures legislators who are more responsive and willing to compromise.
Jennifer Carlin
Same old story. Carve up SLCo for a mix of rural and urban voters. What happened to keeping communities of interest together? That counts for everywhere except the Salt Lake Valley, I guess.
Justin Vance
I understand that balancing populations is first priority and that there has do be some areas where the county boundaries won't work at least once for any district, but it doesn't have to happen more than once. Make up the population differences as much as possible within the Salt Lake County split. Only one dip into a county (like where district 2 dips into district 3) is necessary for the purpose of balancing the population of the districts (like slightly dropping the population of district 3, in this scenario). When a county is split more than once, that seems to indicate gerrymandering and goes against Proposition 4.
Ana Strutt
I would like to echo what many of the commenters made in the public hearing. If you cannot use the maps by the IRC, then we need an new independent committee needs to be made not use maps from just 1 person.
Roberto Feliciano
This is about as bad as the current map. If the purpose is to ensure that Utahns are heard, this map does the exact opposite, much like most of the other proposed maps.
Megan Dunnigan
Please don't split Provo. It doesn't make any sense at all. It's irresponsible. Keep cities in one district. I'd rather have population numbers slightly off than be in a different district than people a few streets north of me.
Luke Peterson
I know you're getting a lot of Salt Lake County resident comments. As a Utah County and Provo resident, this is the only map I strongly dislike. It puts me and my close neighbors into two different districts and I think it divides Utah County in unhelpful ways.
Alan Anderson
Kearns and Taylorsville have more in common than reflected on this map.
Beth Grow
Balancing urban and rural areas should not be the legislatures priority. The focus should be preserving communities with shared needs, interests, and communities. None of your maps prioritize this as you divide up the urban areas in every map.
Jonathan Luke Harward
The County of SLC has far more in common with each other and similar interests compared to the east and west portions of district 2 and 3. Splitting Salt Lake county is needed due to the significant population, but salt lake county must have its own district.
Tyson Carbaugh-Mason
Please j use the UIRC maps. Clearly you guys are not good at following instructions.
james catlin
I would keep all of Utah County in this district and not break it apart. To rerach the required number of people, I would add Herriman and Bluffdale.
Jim Butler
Like the current districts, this map carves up Millcreek, putting other members of my family who live nearby into a different district. This does not meet the criterion of keeping communities of interest together. I much prefer the maps from the independent committee.
Ellen Mae Brady
Same song, different verse from Opt 1. Salt Lake County is cut into fewer pieces than the current map, but the pieces are still hopelessly tied to long rural tails that have very little shared interest with the urban needs of the Wasatch Front/SLCo. A core principle of Prop 4 was that of preserving "communities of interest". This map still aims to disenfranchise a core population center--the urban Wasatch Front and specifically SLCo. The truly independent redistricting commission drew three acceptable sets of maps, all of which preserved both the letter and the spirit of the law. I understand that Rep Bramble is introducing a bill that would allow partisan considerations in redistricting. Shame on him. Do we have a democratic republic or not?
Ellen Mae Brady
Same song, different verse from Opt1. Salt Lake County is cut into fewer pieces than the current map, but the pieces are still hopelessly tied to long rural tails that have very little shared interest with the urban needs of the Wasatch Front/SLCo. A core principle of Prop 4 was that of preserving "communities of interest". This map still aims to disenfranchise a core population center.
Lorenzo Wallace
the Salt lake area should not be divided so harshly. This map, same as the previous option A, tries to separate SLC neighborhoods and dilute their voices. This map is not good.
Hunter Dallas Keene
Splitting Salt Lake county in this manner maximizes the number of voters without representation. It additionally violated Proposition 4 by splitting counties more than 2 times with clear cherrypicking of neighborhoods.
PAUL ANTHONY BRUNO
This map splits up Salt Lake County too much and incorporates Cottonwood Heights into sections of the state with which we have no affiliation.
Andy Hulka
I live here and I feel like this area shares more in common with SLC than Park City. I don't see why my neighborhood wouldn't be in the main SLC district.
Carly Anderson
This map is hugely problematic, for the majority of the population in Utah. The map splits up salt lake county based on 'fair population numbers' but that's a horrible excuse. This is Partisan Gerrymandering at its finest - all of these maps A through E, do not give proper representation to the constituents of Utah. Use the independent maps drawn by the Independent Redistricting Committee. The current legislations excuse after excuse is clear and evident by their over-explaination of literally everything in their meeting today. Represent Utah fairly!!!
Ana Strutt
This is another one of the terrible maps. All of these maps still are in opposition of what the people voted for in Proposition 4, Nov. 6, 2018. All five of the maps provided for public comment are in violation of the Statewide Initiative -- The Utah Independent Commission UIRC gave us maps that meet all the requirements of the lawsuit and reflect the political balance in Utah. We deserve a fair opportunity to choose our elected Federal Representative(s).
Byron Head
Millcreek should not be in the same district as Blanding and Bluff
Richard Smyka
Please use the UIRC maps. This is what Proposition 4 intended.
Magdeleine Bradford-Butcher
Why is Cedar City and Southern Utah being lumped in with Provo? Having lived in both, they have different needs and different lifestyles. They should be in separate districts.
Emily Rushton
Once again, this map unnecessarily splits up SL County. Are we not allowed to have at least one competitive district in this state? Why are we not using the maps that were already created in 2021 by an independent redistricting committee? Those maps were much more fair.
Michael Farrell
This map is just as gerrymandered as the current map and unacceptable. Please use the Independent Redistricting Committee maps.
Daniel Horns
This map seems designed to explicitly reduce the influence of people who live in Salt Lake County.
Daniel Horns
This map seems designed to explicitly reduce the influence of people who live in Salt Lake County.
Sean Jensen
The Independent Redistricting Commission recommended maps based on the same data as you're using, right? You should be using those maps instead of the awful maps you have proposed. We voted for them because they're independent in a way you can never be.
Chance Jensen
This is a weird map, use natural barriers instead of arbitrary areas
Dallon Boyd
This is almost as bad as the map that the court struck down. Prop 4 had a commission that made several maps that met the criteria and already had public comment. The legislature just threw those out. How is it that those aren't the only maps that they are allowed to vote on? this doesn't follow natural barriers or attempt to keep communities of interest together. clearly violating Prop 4.
Dillan Burnett
This map, like all the others has a perfect division by population. There are a couple of cities split (Provo, West Jordan, North Salt Lake (industrial/nature preserve areas), and Spanish Fork (undeveloped areas)). The counties of Utah, Salt Lake and Davis are split as well. I can see the splitting of Provo and southern Utah county being a controversial talking point, but preserving communities of interest is priority 6 in the list of requirements. Not my favorite map but follows most of the priorities.
todd derrick
We already had an independent commission make maps stop reinventing the wheel with these weirdly unfocused. By spreading representation we give politicians a convenient excuse to ignore any voice they choose. Focused representation is true representation. This splitting of provo is aggregious
todd derrick
This map looks and feels wrong. none of these districts except district 4 seem to have any sort of focus in their constituents. which means politicians can conveniently ignore any oppinion they don't like. the valley is awkwardly chopped up and frankly I find this map discusting.
Jared Stewart
Options A, B, and C each split up North Salt Lake, where we live. I know there is a lot to ballance, but it would be great to see options that did not split up cities OR that split along roadways.
Julie Faure
If Salt Lake County has to be made into 2 districts and the split is east-west, why not use the natural dividing line of I-15? Utah's Proposition 4, passed by voters in 2018, established an Independent Redistricting Commission. To follow the law, shouldn't the maps be drawn by the independent commission?
Phillip Martineau
This map is just as gerrymandered as the current map and unacceptable. Please use the Independent Redistricting Committee maps.
Deborah Byrnes
Use the map(s) that were proposed by the Independent Redistricting Committee. These maps don’t accomplish the stated goals.
Teri McCabe
Why are you splitting Provo? Just use the maps the independent redistricting commission made.
Jackson Lewis
Please consider this alternative map (proposal 3) that much more fairly and accurately represents the communities that live in Utah. file attached
Jackson Lewis
Please consider this alternative map (proposal 2) that much more fairly and accurately represents the communities that live in Utah. file attached
Jackson Lewis
Please consider this alternative map (proposal 1) that much more fairly and accurately represents the communities that live in Utah. file attached
Claire Matlak
Map B is absolutely unacceptable. It still very gerrymandered. Use the Independent Redistricting Committee maps. It's what the people of Utah want.
Daniel Friend
This map splits the Sunset, Lakewood, East Bay, Maeser, and Foothills neighborhoods of Provo along a very jagged, stair-step line. The only reason to make such hash out of Provo's communities of interest is to achieve a population deviation of 0 people--which is ridiculous because the numbers are almost six years old at this point! We know the population has changed, so sticking to a 0-person deviation is worse then pointless; it's counterproductive because it gives us maps like this one. It is better to have a district that is slightly off on the deviation if it will keep cities and neighborhoods together--that's why we have an allowable deviation!
Joanne Yaffe
This looks like it accomplishes little to have Salt Lake Valley have meaningful representation. Go back to the Independent Commission's maps. What is wrong with them?
Chris Morgan
Why are we not using the map(s) that were proposed by the Independent Redistricting Committee that were completely ignored and got us into this mess in the first place? The "Utah Congressional IRC Final Plan SH2" (which I found on PlanScore.com) in particular looks incredibly reasonable.
Brent Randall
The UIRC maps did a better job avoiding arbitrarily diluting the urban/suburban communities of interest closer to Salt Lake into the rural/suburban communities of interest of Box Elder, Tooele, Cache, Weber, and Morgan counties. Please stick with the UIRC maps.
Ilene Davies
Box Elder and Tooelehave common needs.
Ilene Davies
Tooele and Box Elder have common rural needs .
Ilene Davies
Box Elder and Tooele have more in common with rural needs. Perhaps the independent maps should be used instead of this.
Jacob K Williams
Use the existing fair maps, stop trying to get the most gerrymander you can out of this state.
Tay Gudmundson
You have split the county, split the city of provo, lumped every city with a rural area - again - which disallows all of us to be represented by somebody in our best interest. USE THE MAPS WE DREW FOR YOU.
Stuart Hepworth
That's because Brickyard is in Salt Lake City's municipal boundaries; these maps are all laser-focused on only splitting 3 cities map wide.
Mason Hughes
Why is 2 awkwardly hooking into four in West Jordan? This makes no sense.
Mason Hughes
Congressional districts should not end in somebody's backyard. They should follow natural borders: major streets, rivers, county lines, etc.
Mason Hughes
Why is the brickyard neighborhood in a separate enclave from the rest of Millcreek?
Jackson Lewis
Sanpete County and Sevier counties should not be split as they create a shared community of interest of towns
Jackson Lewis
Santaquin and Payson should not be split apart
Jackson Lewis
These cuts along the highway are less than ideal, roads do not create shared communities of interest, people and economies do. This area should not be split this way
Jackson Lewis
awful splitting of Provo City
Jackson Lewis
SLC should be kept with its Eastern Bench Suburbs and WVC, not cut down to Bluffdale and into Tooele
Jackson Lewis
Move SLC into the Second district and take out the southern Utah County portion to make it fit
Jackson Lewis
Why is this part of Utah county involved with eastern SLCO
Benjamin Greene
Provo should not be split like this into two districts.
Jacob Hewitson
Please just use the maps from the UIRC, the work is already done and it's a lot fairer than this map. This is worse than Option A in terms of respecting county lines and keeping communities together. District 1 seems to be pretty fair but the rest of the districts are arbitrarily divided. Salt Lake county is split in half still, and district 2 covers half of Salt Lake before getting cut off by district 3 and then beginning again to grab a bit of southern Utah county and then taking the eastern half of the state, and this lumps people with very different interests together. Then northern Utah county is lumped in with all of southern Utah, which again lumps very different groups together.
Benjamin Greene
Morgan County should be in District 1. About two thirds of people in this county commute outside of it to work, most of them to the Ogden area.
Stuart Hepworth
Same comment about Morgan as in A, you're already splitting North Salt Lake so might as well put Morgan in D1