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Letter: An opportunity for better government in San Juan County

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby gives details about how the redistricting process was determined to San Juan County residents attending the meeting in Monticello. At left is San Juan County Commissioner Rebecca Benally. The new boundaries would ensure significant American Indian majorities in two of three County Commission districts and on four of five school board voting districts as the result of a January 2012 lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court by the Navajo Nation. The lawsuit seeks the redrawing of voting districts to reflect the 2010 U.S. Census. Last year, Shelby ruled the voting districts in the sprawling southeastern Utah county, which today is home to 16,895 residents, are unconstitutional and violate the rights of American Indians. Shelby intends to accept new voting districts by December 15.