Poll: Most Utah voters oppose GOP lawmakers' effort to end anti-gerrymandering initiative
Nearly two-thirds of Utahns support Proposition 4 — the 2018 ballot initiative creating an independent redistricting commission and banning gerrymandering — and 57% oppose the Legislature’s efforts to repeal the measure, according to new poll numbers from backers of the law.
The new findings come as lawmakers’ attorneys are asking the Utah Supreme Court to overturn 3rd District Judge Dianna Gibson’s rulings that rejected lawmakers’ congressional map as a partisan gerrymander that violated Proposition 4 and imposed a new map for the 2026 midterm elections.
Legislative lawyers filed a motion before the Utah Supreme Court on Friday, arguing the state constitution gives lawmakers the sole power to draw congressional and legislative boundaries and attempts to limit that power are, themselves, unconstitutional.
They are asking the five Republican-appointed justices to decide by Feb. 20 whether to pause Gibson’s decision while they argue the decision should be overturned.
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