Votewiser 119th Congress News Hub

Congress Member

Celeste Maloy

Republican

Utah state flag Utah

Latest Coverage

See all articles
Image for Letter: Maloy and Owens should drop the frivolous lawsuit regarding Utah’s redistricting map
via: sltrib.com

Letter: Maloy and Owens should drop the frivolous lawsuit regarding Utah’s redistricting map

Dear Rep. Maloy and Rep. Owens,

Please cease and desist from your frivolous lawsuit using taxpayer money against Utah’s voter-approved and court-upheld map.

Contrary to your suit, as reported on KUER, Judge Gibson did not draw any electoral map. That work was done in due diligence and transparency by Utah’s Independent Redistricting Commission, and should have been in place since 2020.

Judge Gibson simply chose an appropriate existing map when the Legislature flouted the law anew with another newly gerrymandered map. The fact that this may disrupt your and Rep. Owens’s tenure in Congress is simply not Salt Lake County voters’ problem.

You are of course welcome to seek reelection in primary and general elections like any other citizen of the district.

Loren Carle, Salt Lake City