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 states initiative and referendum laws to void a new congressional map adopted 10 days ago at the partys urging by the Utah Legislature.
Already, Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson says, the effort is creating an unprecedented level of chaos ahead of Utahs 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 partys 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 governors 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.
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