Effort to repeal Utah anti-gerrymandering law falls short after losing signatures

By: Katie McKellar

Outlets: Utah News Dispatch

Published: March 26, 2026

Words: 1,180

Last Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago

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The effort to ask Utah voters this fall to repeal an anti-gerrymandering law they approved in 2018 appears to have fallen short.

Thousands of the GOP-led petition signers have removed their signatures across the state — including hundreds in a key Senate district that dropped below the required threshold for the question to qualify for the ballot, according to updated tallies posted on the lieutenant governor’s website Thursday morning.

The initiative, however, …

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