SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Last week, the Utah Legislature filed a request for a stay on a Third District Court judge's order that they must redraw congressional district maps in 30 days. After hearing arguments, the judge denied their request for a stay.

On Augst 25, Judge Dianna Gibson ruled that the Utah Legislature unconstitutionally overruled a citizen ballot initiative by enacting their own maps, and she ordered the Legislature to propose new maps within 30 days of that ruling, meaning that they have a September 25 deadline.

The lower court ruling found that the Legislature overrode Proposition 4, a citizen ballot initiative prohibiting gerrymandering, by instituting the 2021 Congressional Map through H.B. 2004. Judge Gibson ruled that Prop 4 is the law of the land on redistricting in

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