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RandySF

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Fri Oct 17, 2025, 12:16 AM Friday

Utah GOP bid to repeal Prop 4 adds 'chaos and confusion' to election process, Lt. Gov. says

he Utah Republican Party launched a bid this week to use the state’s initiative and referendum laws to void a new congressional map adopted 10 days ago — at the party’s urging — by the Utah Legislature.

Already, Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson says, the effort is creating an “unprecedented” level of chaos ahead of Utah’s 2026 U.S. House of Representatives elections.

And the plaintiffs defending Proposition 4 — the 2018 Better Boundaries initiative that sought to ban partisan gerrymandering — responded Wednesday night with a court filing challenging the party’s initiative push, alleging it is the latest unconstitutional attempt to circumvent the will of the voters.

On Tuesday, Republican officials, including Attorney General Derek Brown and former U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop, filed paperwork with the lieutenant governor’s office to kick off a referendum effort to repeal the map legislators adopted under protest on Oct. 6 in order to comply with a court ruling.


https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2025/10/16/utah-republicans-got-they-new-map/

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