Plaintiffs who have sued state lawmakers in favor of Proposition 4 are now asking a judge to block a Republican-led effort to repeal the redistricting law.

Those plaintiffs won a victory in August when 3rd District Judge Dianna Gibson said lawmakers acted unlawfully when they altered the 2018 ballot initiative. Now, Mormon Women for Ethical Government, the League of Women Voters of Utah and several individuals claim the effort to fully repeal Proposition 4 through an indirect initiative is tantamount to the changes made that were already found unconstitutional.

Unlike a traditional ballot initiative — which must receive signatures from 8% of the voters to qualify for the ballot and pass through a popular statewide vote — indirect initiatives only need to receive signatures from 4% of

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