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Signature removals torpedo another Senate district in Prop. 4 repeal effort

The campaign to repeal Proposition 4, Utah’s 2018 anti-gerrymandering law, keeps backsliding. After dropping below the qualification threshold last week, new numbers Thursday show another hit: Senate District 12

By Bryan Schott

/ 8 Apr 2026

Signature removals torpedo another Senate district in Prop. 4 repeal effort

Utah's new congressional map created 2.1 million 'orphaned voters.' Here's what that means

Utah’s new court-ordered map scrambled the political equation for Utah’s Republican incumbents in Congress. More than 2.1 million Utahns are now “orphaned voters”—meaning their November ballots

By Bryan Schott

/ 30 Mar 2026

Utah's new congressional map created 2.1 million 'orphaned voters.' Here's what that means

Less than 5% of Utahns signed petitions to kill Prop. 4. That's not a mandate.

After a wave of signature-removal requests sank the Prop. 4 repeal drive Thursday, Utah Republicans have been crashing out, insisting voters’ will was thwarted. The numbers say otherwise. Prop. 4

By Bryan Schott

/ 27 Mar 2026

Less than 5% of Utahns signed petitions to kill Prop. 4. That's not a mandate.

Signature removals sink Prop. 4 repeal bid. What's next?

The Republican-led campaign to repeal Utah’s anti-gerrymandering law won’t make November’s ballot. The proposed ballot initiative sponsored by Utahns for Representative Government (UFRG) initially cleared the bar,

By Bryan Schott

/ 26 Mar 2026

Signature removals sink Prop. 4 repeal bid. What's next?

Audit voids 168 late signature withdrawals, throwing Prop. 4 repeal a temporary lifeline

The Republican-led push to repeal Prop. 4, Utah’s voter-approved anti-gerrymandering law, is clinging to the ballot by a few dozen signatures. On Wednesday, an audit threw 168 previously removed

By Bryan Schott

/ 25 Mar 2026

Audit voids 168 late signature withdrawals, throwing Prop. 4 repeal a temporary lifeline

One more bad day and the Prop. 4 repeal misses the ballot

Utah’s Prop. 4 repeal is hanging by a thread. A steady drip of signature removals has the Republican-led effort to undo the state’s voter-approved anti-gerrymandering law on the

By Bryan Schott

/ 19 Mar 2026

One more bad day and the Prop. 4 repeal misses the ballot

Prop. 4 repeal campaign teetering as signature removals pile up in five Senate districts

Whether Utah’s Prop 4 repeal makes the November ballot now hinges on razor-thin signature surpluses in a handful of state Senate districts. The Republican-led effort would put a repeal

By Bryan Schott

/ 18 Mar 2026

Prop. 4 repeal campaign teetering as signature removals pile up in five Senate districts

GOP group drops lawsuit targeting Prop. 4 signature removals

Utahns for Representative Government (UFRG)—the Republican-led group pushing to repeal Prop. 4, Utah’s voter‑approved anti‑gerrymandering law—abruptly dropped its lawsuit aiming to stop the coordinated campaign

By Bryan Schott

/ 13 Mar 2026

GOP group drops lawsuit targeting Prop. 4 signature removals

Republicans got the Prop. 4 repeal on the ballot. Democrats and independents could knock it off

Registered Republicans powered the Prop. 4 repeal petition across the line. Irony alert: Democrats and independents may be the ones who keep it off the 2026 ballot. Prop. 4 is

By Bryan Schott

/ 12 Mar 2026

Republicans got the Prop. 4 repeal on the ballot. Democrats and independents could knock it off

The Prop. 4 repeal has qualified for November's ballot, but the fight isn't over

The initiative to repeal Prop 4—Utah’s anti-gerrymandering law that voters approved in 2018—has officially qualified for November's ballot. And it’s Republicans who put it

By Bryan Schott

/ 2 Mar 2026

The Prop. 4 repeal has qualified for November's ballot, but the fight isn't over

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

By Bryan Schott

/ 27 Feb 2026

Prop. 4 repeal is just eight signatures away from qualifying for November's ballot

Which Utah Republicans signed the Prop. 4 repeal, and who are the no-shows?

Which top Utah Republicans have put their names on the Prop 4 repeal? So far, the names of 61 Utah Republicans in Congress, statewide office, or in the Utah Legislature

By Bryan Schott

/ 26 Feb 2026

Which Utah Republicans signed the Prop. 4 repeal, and who are the no-shows?