After years of judicial and legislative pugilism, Utah 3rd District Judge Dianna Gibson has thrown out Utah’s gerrymandered congressional maps and ordered the Legislature to draw new districts that align with what voters approved in 2018.
In a 79-page ruling Monday night, Gibson ordered that state lawmakers have 30 days to draw four new congressional districts that comply with Proposition 4, the citizen-passed initiative sponsored by Better Boundaries.
Utah’s Republican-controlled Legislature will likely contest the decision.
Read Gibson’s ruling here:
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