Utah Legislature Passes Changes To Redistricting Initiative

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Changes to a voter-approved law aimed at curbing gerrymandering passed the Utah Legislature on Wednesday.

The plan now before Utah Gov. Gary Herbert comes after supporters of the 2018 initiative agreed to a compromise revising the measure that creates an independent redistricting commission.

It will advise lawmakers as they begin the once-a-decade process of drawing new voting districts after the 2020 census.

Lawmakers from both parties spoke in favor of the deal, though some say it would not be as transparent as the law originally approved at the ballot box in 2018.