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Utah Supreme Court denied lawmakers' request to pause redistricting, allowing plans to proceed.
Better Boundaries celebrated the ruling, while lawmakers bemoaned a "rushed timeline" to redraw the maps.
Redistricting must be completed by Nov. 10; public input begins Sept. 25.
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's Supreme Court on Monday denied a request from state lawmakers to pause a lower court's order on the redistricting case, meaning plans to redraw the state's four congressional districts by Nov. 10 can move forward.
Attorneys for the Legislature had asked the Supreme Court to halt 3rd District Judge Dianna Gibson's ruling which invalidated the maps that have divided the state's congressional districts in the last two election cycles.
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