
Catch up quick: Voters in 2018 narrowly approved the "Better Boundaries" ballot initiative, which created a seven-member independent redistricting commission to draw new congressional boundaries and avoid gerrymandering. Yes, but: The GOP-controlled Utah Legislature in 2020 revised the voter-approved law to make the commission merely advisory. Lawmakers in 2021 rejected the commission's maps and drew new ones that split blue-leaning Salt Lake County into four congressional districts. • They argued the Utah Constitution authorizes them to "amend or repeal" statutes, including ballot initiatives — and that it gives them authority...