A few weeks ago, the ABU Education Fund released a report addressing the negative impacts of gerrymandering on rural Utah. You probably have not read it, because that report was 20 pages long and full of information that only policy weirdos like us care about. With a fresh coat of tape on our glasses, we
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 10, 2018 ABU EDUCATION FUND RELEASES RURAL REDISTRICTING REPORT “Fair Redistricting: A Better Deal for Rural Utah” Salt Lake City, UT – Today, the ABU Education Fund released a report focused on the impacts of gerrymandering on rural Utah. The report, titled “Fair Redistricting: A Better Deal for Rural
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A judge who ordered a Utah county to put a Navajo man back on the ballot has determined the county clerk violated state law by improperly dating the residency complaint and by overstepping his role. U.S. District Judge David Nuffer said in his written decision filed Thursday night that Democrat Willie Grayeyes’
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 18, 2018 ALLIANCE FOR A BETTER UTAH RESPONDS TO SCOTUS GILL V WHITFORD Salt Lake City, UT – This morning, the United States Supreme Court declined to issue a substantive ruling in the Gill V Whitford case addressing partisan gerrymandering in Wisconsin. Instead, the Supreme Court has sent the
Source: City Weekly Erase Our Sour Feelings Dear Sen. Wayne Harper, you are fabulous and smart, and we will keep saying that as you carefully and thoughtfully consider reining in the Utah Transit Authority. We know that many of the board members and developers are your close friends. But they’ll forgive you. We’ll call you
Source: Salt Lake Tribune and True Viral News A recent Salt Lake Tribune/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll shows that, by a 61 percent to 22 percent margin, Utah voters favor having an independent commission redraw political boundaries to undo the partisan practice of gerrymandering. Poor fools. They just don’t know what’s good for them. So,
Source: Utah Policy The Alliance for a Better Utah criticized Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes for signing onto an amicus brief supporting the practice of partisan gerrymandering. Reyes’ signature on an amicus brief in the case of Gill v. Whitford, a case challenging partisan boundaries drawn by the Wisconsin legislature, had gone previously unreported in
This past Friday, Alliance for a Better Utah hosted a panel discussion at the Sandy Senior Center about redistricting. Our founder and board chair, Josh Kanter, facilitated the discussion with Rep. Chavez-Houck (D) and Quang Dang of Represent Me Utah. The subject of redistricting may seem a little dry at first glance, but the subject
You can find this post on our ABU Education Fund website, which sponsored these debates. To be frank, I remember very little of Thursday’s House District 34 debate between Republican Mr. Macade Jensen and Democrat Dr. Karen Kwan. Not because it wasn’t an interesting debate; it was. If you don’t believe me, listen KCPW’s recording,
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