Estimated read time: Less than a minute
This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Leaders of a citizen initiative petition on redrawing voting boundaries say they haven't gotten enough signatures to put the measure on the ballot in November.
Fair Boundaries field director Glenn Wright says the group gathered about 50,000 signatures, well short of the 95,000 they needed by Thursday.
The Fair Boundaries initiative would have set up an independent redistricting commission to redraw U.S. House, legislative and State School Board districts after the 2010 Census. The Legislature would still get the final say on recommendations made by the commission.
Wright says politicians shouldn't ignore the support for an independent advisory commission expressed by those who signed the petition. The Legislature currently handles the task exclusively.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
