Cox said during a virtual town hall Tuesday night that he planned to approve the congressional redistricting map because the Legislature passed it with enough votes to overturn a veto.

Utah lawmakers approved a new Congressional map Tuesday. It cracks Salt Lake County into four districts.

After a three hour comment period, hundreds of people spoke against the legislative redistricting committee map that splits Salt Lake County into four districts.

The Utah Legislature will consider proposed redistricting maps during a special session Tuesday. People can comment on the maps Monday afternoon.

Utah’s Independent Redistricting Commission presented its maps to state lawmakers this week. Something that sets them apart from the Legislature’s redistricting committee is one of the principles the commission used to guide them: communities of interest.

Proposed maps that create a Democratic-leaning district were given an “A” in partisan fairness. But Republicans in charge of redistricting still say they’re biased.

Utah’s Independent Redistricting Commission presented its maps to lawmakers Monday.

Utahns’ views on how rural and urban areas should be mixed in Congressional districts has a lot more to do with their party affiliation than where they live.

Courts have ruled that, unless each county somehow has the same population, creating state legislative districts for each county violates the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which requires equal protection under the law.

Some of Utah’s prominent Republicans say the new independent redistricting commission might not be working the way it’s supposed to. But the commission’s supporters stand firmly behind it.

The Grand County Commission says it should be put into a district with northern San Juan County, but some officials there think the areas are too different.

Utah County residents shared their thoughts on redistricting to the Utah Independent Redistricting Commission at a public hearing in Provo.