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A Utah judge ruled on Monday that the state must redraw its congressional map ahead of the 2026 U.S. midterm elections, saying Utah’s Republican-controlled legislature had overstepped in overruling an earlier ballot measure passed by voters against drawing districts to favor any party.
“Plaintiffs have proven, as a matter of law, that the Legislature unconstitutionally repealed Proposition 4, and enacted SB 200, in violation of the people’s fundamental right to reform redistricting in Utah and to prohibit partisan gerrymandering,” Third District Court Judge Dianna Gibson said in the ruling.
A 2018 ballot proposition had created an independent redistricting commission to recommend congressional maps. The current map in Utah was adopted in 2021. The judge ruled on Monday that the state legislature overstepped when it repealed and replaced the 2018 ballot initiative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Utah judge ruled on Monday that the state must redraw its congressional map ahead of the 2026 U.S. midterm elections, saying Utah’s Republican-controlled legislature had overstepped in overruling an earlier ballot measure passed by voters against drawing districts to favor any party.“Plaintiffs have proven, as a matter of law, that the Legislature unconstitutionally repealed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nJudge orders redrawing of Utah's congressional map - Metro Plus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2025\/08\/26\/judge-orders-redrawing-of-utahs-congressional-map\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Judge orders redrawing of Utah's congressional map - 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