SALT LAKE CITY — The state Republican Party shifted tactics for repealing a 2018 ballot initiative on redistricting standards on Friday, after court challenges threatened to block an earlier application to overturn the law.

The Utah Republican Party started an effort to roll back Proposition 4 earlier this month by filing for an indirect initiative, which, if it cleared the signature threshold of about 70,000, could force the Legislature to vote on whether the law should stay in place.

Instead, the party filed paperwork with the Elections Office on Friday withdrawing that application and asking to move forward with a direct initiative, which would put the question to the voters next year if organizers can clear a higher signature threshold of about 140,000.

The application was filed b

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