Voting rights debate reignites in San Juan County with new commission, school board district proposals

Decades of legal battles have increased Indigenous representation in Utah’s only majority-minority county.

(Zak Podmore | The Salt Lake Tribune) A San Juan County sign identifying an early voting location in Bluff, Utah, on Oct. 23, 2019.

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Zak PodmoreSoutheast Utah reporter

Zak is the southeast Utah reporter for The Tribune. He has been writing from Bluff, Utah, since 2015 and is the author of Confluence: Navigating the Personal & Political On Rivers of the New West. His second book, which will cover the decline of Lake Powell, is forthcoming from Torrey House Press in 2024.