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 there.
An analysis of voter registration data provided by L2 reveals that 70% of petition signers are registered Republicans. Another 18% are unaffiliated, and just 6.5% are Democrats.
The campaign crossed the threshold when Senate District 7, Senate President Stuart Adams’ district, hit its signature requirement with a surplus of 87 verified signatures.
Now comes the pressure campaign: if enough voters pull their names from the petitions, previously qualified districts could slip below the threshold, knocking the measure off the ballot.
So far, about 4,750 Utahns have withdrawn their signatures, including 685 in Monday’s update.
Among those removals, 41% are unaffiliated, 32% are Democrats, and just over 21% are Republicans.
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