Utah Prop. 4 repeal: Big statewide gap, bigger district problem
With a dozen days left until the Feb. 15 deadline, the push to repeal Utah’s anti-gerrymandering law, Prop. 4, is running out of road. Prop. 4, passed by voters in 2018, created an independent redistricting commission and guardrails on partisan mapmaking.
Organizers added just 1,917 verified signatures on Tuesday. They’re still under halfway to the statewide target of 140,748, with 72,854 left—an average of 6,071 per day to make the cut.
The statewide total is only half the test. To qualify, the campaign also needs signatures from 8% of registered voters in 26 of 29 state Senate districts. So far, they’ve cleared the bar in just two districts. The modest bright spot: they’re above 50% of the district threshold in 10 more—six more than yesterday’s count.
Even if they somehow hold the daily pace to hit the statewide number, that trajectory would only qualify roughly 12 districts—14 short of the 26 required.
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