Utah's Prop. 4 repeal effort just had its worst day yet
Thirteen days to go, 74,771 signatures to get, and Monday delivered just 576 - putting the district quota even further out of reach.
Utahns for Representative Government, the group hoping to put a repeal of Utah’s anti-gerrymandering law (Prop. 4) on the November ballot, just hit a wall Monday: only 576 signatures were added Monday. With 13 days left to collect and submit petitions, they now need thousands a day to have any shot at November’s ballot.
They’re still under halfway to the statewide goal of 140,748 signatures—at 46.88%. On top of that, the repeal must hit 8% of registered voters in 26 of 29 state Senate districts. So far they’ve cleared that bar in just two districts, are above 50% in four others, and sit under 30% in eight.
To reach 140,748, they still need 74,771 signatures by the Feb. 15 submission deadline—an average of about 5,750 per day, more than double their best day ever.
County clerks have until March 7 to verify petitions, but that grace period doesn’t extend the Feb. 15 cut‑off to turn them in.
The recent pace isn’t remotely close to what’s required:
- Monday’s 576 is barely a tenth of the daily pace they need.
- They need roughly 4× the last three‑day average of 1,452.
- They must double their best five‑day average of 2,854.
They’ll have some wiggle room since county clerks have until March 7 to finish verifying signatures, but not much.
Even if they somehow clear the statewide total, it’s likely they’ll still fail to make the ballot because of district requirements. At the current statewide pace, they’d only hit the mark in about 11 Senate districts—15 short of what’s required.
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