The voter redistricting, as adopted through Utah Legislative House Bill 3001, has chopped Duchesne County in to pieces and administrators are now seeking the public's help in getting accurate counts of residents.

County commissioners and county administrators are grappling with the redistricting issues.

“Because of legislative changes that Duchesne County has to incur, there will be some major changes to some precinct and school board boundaries,” Duchesne County Chief Deputy Clerk JoAnn Evans said. “We won’t be able to do everything for everyone.”

The major area of concern is drawing the boundaries for Duchesne County precincts for the Utah House of Representatives. Duchesne County will basically be carved into three areas of representation.

Boundaries are still under consideration, but have to be finalized with the state by Jan. 31.

Roosevelt city limits, a little bit of the county, and Myton will be grouped with Uintah County and a part of that area will be with Carbon County, Evans said.

The area toward Altamont, bluebell, Neola and Tabiona will be with Daggett and Summit counties, she said. Duchesne city, Fruitland, and a part of Myton will be with Carbon County, Evans said.

None of these proposed changes are permanent yet. The 75 seats in the Utah house have been realigned so that each district has 36,852 people in them, plus or minus three or four people.

On Friday, representatives from the Republican, Democratic, and Constitution parties met with county officials reviewing possible boundary adjustments.

“We’re trying to have the local party leaders involved to make it as equitable as possible for all,” Evans said.

The need for accurate counts of residents and registered voters is critical.

“We really, really, need people to send in a new voter registration, even if they haven’t moved,” she said. “We need to have the address assigned by the county.”

The database for the county needs to match up to the Utah state voter Automated Geographic Reference Center, Evans said.

“If you’ve had family move that were registered voters, we need to know whether to take their names off the roles,” she said, reemphasizing the importance of everyone helping in the process.

“It’s a major event,” Evans said. “The people need to know. Everything will be set in stone by Jan. 31. They need to reconfirm their addresses.”

Local school board boundaries are also an area for redistricting and are a work in progress.

In the redistricting of state school board boundaries, Duchesne County will be in a different district, but will stay intact as a whole, according to Evans.

Those interested in viewing the proposed boundaries for the House of Representatives as they are currently drawn, should go to http://www.redistrictutah.com/maps/house-of-reps/hb3001enrolled.