Three days before a court-ordered deadline to pick new boundaries for Utah’s four congressional districts, Gov. Spencer Cox has issued an official proclamation for lawmakers to convene Monday .

Under the order signed Friday morning, the Legislature will also consider a proposal to “address redistricting standards, including determining the best available data and scientific and statistical methods to use in evaluating redistricting plans.”

That Republican-pitched plan , unveiled Sunday, could make it easier for the GOP supermajority body to implement new congressional maps that retain four solid red districts.

Judge Dianna Gibson set a Monday target after striking down the existing House boundaries , which quartered Salt Lake County, the bluest part of the state.

In the August ru

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