Today, the Republican supermajority of the Utah Legislature adopted a new congressional map, S.B. 1012, and codified tests used to judge that map by lawmakers and the courts, S.B. 1011.
Taylor Knuth, Executive Director for Alliance for a Better Utah, issued the following statement:
“What we saw today was politicians choosing power over people, again.
“The Legislature had six maps to choose from. They picked the least competitive map right after the Utah GOP told members it would ‘stop the Democrats.’ Then they passed Brammer’s bill to change how maps get judged, again.
“That’s their game: pick the most rigged map, then change the test so it passes. That’s not following Proposition 4. That’s undermining it.
“Utahns voted for fair maps in 2018. The Legislature has spent seven years and hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars fighting that vote. SB200. Amendment D. Now SB1011 and SB1012.
“The Court will review both the map and Brammer’s bill. The Court has already ruled once that the Legislature violated Utahns’ constitutional right to reform government.
“We support the courts’ power in checking the Legislature on drawing fair maps and hope to see the Courts side with the people of Utah again.”
