Ballot Measures

PROPOSITION NUMBER 4 - Commission to recommend redistricting plans

November 6, 2018 Utah General Election
Description:

Shall a law be enacted to:

 create a seven-member commission to recommend redistricting plans to the Legislature that

divide the state into Congressional, legislative, and state school board districts;

 provide for appointments to that commission: one by the Governor, three by legislative

majority party leaders, and three by legislative minority party leaders;

 provide qualifications for commission members, including limitations on their political

activity;

 require the Legislature to enact or reject a commission-recommended plan; and

 establish requirements for redistricting plans and authorize lawsuits to block implementation

of a redistricting plan enacted by the Legislature that fails to conform to those requirements?

Initial Fiscal Impact Estimate:

The Governor's Office of Management and Budget estimates that the law proposed by this

initiative would result in a total fiscal expense of approximately $1 million.

In addition, the cost of posting information regarding the initiative in Utah’s statewide

newspapers and for printing the additional pages in the voter information packet is estimated at

$30,000 in one-time funds.

Voting Options:

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