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Senate unanimously adopts redistricting principles to guide special session maps
Summary
The Utah Senate adopted a set of redistricting principles unanimously during a December 2006 special session, directing use of single‑member districts, a four‑district congressional plan, near‑equal population (±0.5%) and other criteria before maps are debated.
The Utah State Senate on Dec. 1, 2006, voted unanimously to adopt a set of redistricting principles that will guide any congressional maps considered during the fifth special session.
The motion, offered by Senator Bramble, lists five guiding rules: districts should be as nearly equal in population as practicable with a deviation not greater than plus or minus 0.5 percent; districts must be single‑member; the plan should create four congressional districts; the official population enumeration of the February census…
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