SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Legislature released five proposed congressional maps for public review this week. In response, the Utah Foundation has added a tool to its website that lets ordinary people try their hand at redrawing those maps.

Foundation President Shawn Teigen said they’re hoping to get more people to pay attention to the redistricting process going on right here in Utah.

“I think it’s important for people to understand this process. It’s been in the news a lot. People talk a lot about redistricting, particularly lately,” Teigen said. “They’ve been talking about Texas and they’ve been talking about California. Well, this is happening in our own backyard.”

Teigen said to play with the map, just get onto their website , click the tool, and start changing the districts.

“So y

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