(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Governor Spencer Cox is calling on the state’s legislature to appeal a judge’s ruling denying a congressional map drawn by Republican lawmakers. The map would’ve protected the state’s all-GOP congressional delegation. In her decision, District Judge Dianna Gibson called the map an “extreme partisan […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Republican Party filed paperwork to run a referendum to repeal Map C in the state’s court-ordered redistricting process, two weeks after endorsing it. If the party collects roughly 141-thousand signatures by November 17th, Map C would be blocked from taking effect and instead […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah lawmakers pass a new GOP-backed congressional map aimed at protecting the state’s all-Republican U.S. House delegation. Monday’s vote follows a court order requiring the legislature to redraw the map ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The proposed map splits Salt Lake County into two […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Lawmakers return to the Utah State Capitol this morning for a special session to approve a new congressional map ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. A judge has ordered the legislature to redraw boundaries in compliance with a 2018 citizen ballot initiative. The GOP-controlled redistricting […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A lawsuit challenging Utah’s congressional boundaries continues, with the case judge asking for additional arguments by April 8th. The plaintiffs, including the League of Women Voters, argue the legislature violated Prop 4, which established an independent redistricting commission. The case, which began in 2018, could […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Supreme Court says lawmakers overstepped their authority when they changed a voter initiative establishing an independent redistricting commission. Yesterday’s court decision is in connection with the League of Women Voters of Utah and others’ challenge to action by the legislature. The ruling overturns […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Supreme Court is stepping in to hear arguments in a lawsuit over congressional redistricting. The associate chief justice of the court granted a request by the state legislature on Friday. That will allow the court to step in and review a motion to […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A Utah judge is refusing to stop a lawsuit involving congressional redistricting boundaries. Third District Court Judge Dianna Gibson scheduled a trial to start in May. This comes after she rejected a request to dismiss the lawsuit outright. Several groups, including The League of Women […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A Utah judge is refusing a request to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the state’s redrawn congressional maps. The ruling issued yesterday rejected the state’s motion to end the lawsuit filed by groups such as the League of Women Voters and Mormon Women for Ethical Government. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A Utah judge is considering whether she should grant a request to dismiss a lawsuit that wants to throw out the state’s congressional maps. The judge heard from both sides yesterday during a hearing in Third District Court in Salt Lake City. Lawyers for the […]
