FairVoteUtah is an online resource for Utahns interested in promoting and implementing electoral processes that are more competitive and representative at all levels of government.

FairVoteUtah proposes the following multi-member district redistricting plan for all non-congressional districts to be created by the Utah Legislature:

  • Fifteen five-member districts for the 75-seat Utah House of Representatives (or an adjustment allowing multi-seat House districts to be nested within multi-seat Senate districts, for example, 29 three-member districts for an expanded 87-seat House of Representatives or 21 four-member districts for an expanded 84-seat House of Representatives)
  • Seven three-member districts and two four-member districts for the 29-seat Utah Senate (or an adjustment allowing for equal nesting of multi-seat House districts, for example, seven four-member districts (28 Senate seats) or five five-member districts (25 Senate seats))
  • Five three-member districts for the fifteen-seat Utah School Board.
  • All elections with multi-member districts populate seats using the proportional ranked choice voting method.

The Utah Legislature should also pass a resolution endorsing the passage of the Fair Representation Act by the U.S. Congress so that our four members of the U.S. House of Representatives will be elected by proportional ranked choice voting.

All statewide constitutional officers, countywide elected officials, and citywide elected officials should be elected by ranked choice voting.

All multi-member governmental bodies, such as county commissions, city and town councils, local school boards, and special service districts, should be elected by proportional ranked choice voting.

For more information about how Ireland and other nations use proportional ranked choice voting (also known as the “single transferable vote” method), click here. For videos explaining STV, click here or here.

Article IX, Section 1 of the Utah Constitution provides that “No later than the annual general session next following the Legislature’s receipt of the results of an enumeration made by the authority of the United States, the Legislature shall divide the state into congressional, legislative, and other districts accordingly.”

Article IX, Section 2 of the Utah Constitution provides that “The Senate shall consist of a membership not to exceed twenty-nine in number, and the number of representatives shall never be less than twice nor greater than three times the number of senators.”