The Better Boundaries ballot initiative has scheduled seven public hearings this week to discuss its proposal to form an independent commission to handle once-every-decade redrawing of congressional and legislative district boundaries.
The meetings are part of the process required by the state before it will give that group the green light to start collecting the required 113,143 signatures needed to put the initiative on the ballot.
“We are pleased to continue taking the steps necessary to get this important initiative before the voters in 2018,” wrote the co-chairmen of the group, former Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker and Jeff Wright, a former GOP candidate for Congress.