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Letter: To back up his words, Herbert must denounce gerrymandering

Related Topics: Gerrymandering, Utah, Backup

In your State of the State message you said, “This is Utah’s unique spirit of collaboration. It is based on a moral commitment that when we say ‘We the People’ we mean all the people.”

If you really mean those words, then I implore you to denounce the undemocratic and immoral gerrymandering in Utah which has ensured that all six members of Congress are Republicans. When Democrats are not represented in our national delegation, not all the people are included.

In addition, in the state House of Representatives there are 62 Republicans and only 13 Democrats. Republicans do not outnumber Democrats by a margin of nearly six-to-one as the makeup of the state House implies.