Group sets hearings for ballot initiative aimed at curbing ‘gerrymandering’ of political districts

Public meetings required before the group can start collecting 113,143 signatures needed to trigger public vote on changing how political boundaries are redrawn.<br>

(Steve Griffin | Tribune file photo) Better Boundaries ballot initiative co-chairmen Jeff Wright and Ralph Becker discuss plans. The group is holding seven public hearings this week. Former SLC Mayor Ralph Becker, right, and Jeff Wright talk about the formal launch of the Better Boundaries initiative, which will ask voters to create an independent commission to redraw political districts . The pair spoke from the Cicero Group offices in Salt Lake City Thursday July 20, 2017.

Group sets hearings for ballot initiative aimed at curbing ‘gerrymandering’ of political districts

Public meetings required before the group can start collecting 113,143 signatures needed to trigger public vote on changing how political boundaries are redrawn.<br>

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