Prop. 4 repeal is just eight signatures away from qualifying for November's ballot
Eight signatures. That’s all that separates the campaign to repeal Utah’s Proposition 4, the anti-gerrymandering law approved by voters in 2018, from the November ballot. After county clerks verified another 8,515 signatures on Thursday, the effort has now met the district-by-district threshold in 25 of 26 state Senate districts.
Senate District 7, represented by Senate President Stuart Adams, is just eight signatures short, according to updated numbers released by the Lieutenant Governor’s office. For comparison, District 13 is still 746 signatures away.
If SD7 clears the bar, the repeal appears headed to the November ballot. That is likely just a formality at this point.
The lone obstacle is the ongoing signature‑removal drive, which can knock districts back under the threshold. Clerks pulled 388 names on Thursday, including 78 in SD7. Without those removals, SD7 would have cleared the bar in today’s update.
Utah law gives signers up to 30 days from signing—or 45 days from when their names are posted online, whichever comes first—to withdraw. Clerks have until March 9 to finish verification.
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