Citizens’ Counsel

The Utah Citizens’ Counsel (UCC) is an independent, non-partisan group of senior community advocates dedicated to improving public policy on complex issues through dialogue, creative problem solving, and consensus building.

UCC’s Current Action Issue:   Utah  Legislative Redistricting

JOIN US IN SUPPORT OF FAIR DISTRICTS

The Utah Legislative Redistricting Committee is in the final stages of recommending new Congressional, State Senate, and State House districts based on the 2010 Census data.  UCC urges legislators to make their recommendations consistent with the public input from their extensive hearings across the state.
We believe districts should be consistent with these ideas:

THE PROCESS OF REDISTRICTING SHOULD BE OPEN AND TRANSPARENT.

DISTRICTS SHOULD IDENTIFY COMMUNITIES OF COMMON INTEREST.

DISTRICTS SHOULD RESPECT EXISTING CITY AND COUNTY BOUNDARIES.

DISTRICTS SHOULD PROMOTE MEANINGFUL COMPETITION BETWEEN POLITICAL PARTIES.

We encourage interested Utah voters to:

*continue to make their views known to members of the Redistricting Committee and to their  own Utah House and Senate members

*attend the Legislative Redistricting Committee’s two important meetings on

August 19th and August 22nd at 9:00 a.m. in the Senate Bldg. at the Capitol, Room 210