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Utah Republicans say they have support for redistricting ballot proposal
Utah GOP submitted over 200,000 signatures aiming to repeal the 2018 independent redistricting law, requiring 141,000 valid signatures from 26 of 29 Senate districts, officials said.
- On Sunday, the Utah Republican Party submitted well over 200,000 signatures by the 5 p.m. deadline, with Rob Axson helping deliver final packets in Salt Lake County and confirming the threshold was met.
- To qualify, UFRG had to meet a 140,748-signature threshold, aiming to repeal Proposition 4, approved 2018, and began in October, with the Utah Supreme Court denying an emergency extension last Friday.
- If certified and approved, the measure would allow the Legislature of Utah to redraw maps after 2026, and opponents of the repeal will have 45 days to contact signers.
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Utah Republicans say they have support for redistricting ballot proposal
Utah's GOP chair confirmed on Sunday that Republicans had clinched enough signatures to have their ballot initiative, which would repeal a 2018 initiative that created an independent redistricting commission in the state, considered for the November election.
Utah Republicans Get Signatures to Try to Repeal Map
“After three months of signature-gathering that featured allegations of deception, intimidation and violence, a Republican-backed group delivered its final packets Sunday and now waits to see if it will be enough to put an initiative on the November ballot asking voters to repeal the state’s ban on partisan gerrymandering,” the Salt Lake Tribune reports.
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