Since 2021, Victoria Reid could leave her Millcreek home and in 45 minutes walk through Utah’s four congressional districts that touch every corner of the state. She would walk by neighbors who were in the same district as people who live in Logan or Blanding before returning to her own block where she shared a member of Congress representing Utahns living in St. George. It left her questioning how she could have more in common with those far-flung parts of the state than the people who live a few blocks...

Utah has ruled a lawsuit alleging state lawmakers illegally nullified an anti-gerrymandering initiative passed by voters in 2018 can move forward, filed Thursday show. Proposition 4 demanded that an independent redistricting commission be created that would draw district lines non-partisanly. But the Utah legislature then passed Senate Bill 200, which diminished the redistricting commission to nothing more than an advisory role and continued allowing lawmakers to draw their own districts.

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.

Utah’s State Legislature violated the State Constitution in 2021 when it drew a gerrymandered map of the state’s four congressional districts in defiance of a voter-approved ballot initiative calling for fair maps, the State Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Thursday. The Republican-drawn map divided Salt Lake City, the state’s most populous area and a stronghold for President Biden in the 2020 election, among the four districts. That effectively ensured that no Democrat would win election to any of the state’s House seats. Thursday’s ruling means that a lower court can...

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Supreme Court ruled lawmakers overstepped the people's authority to alter government when they changed a voter initiative that established an independent redistricting commission. The decision in League of Women Voters of Utah v. Utah State Legislature, made public Thursday, overturned a district court decision dismissing one of the counts of the original lawsuit against the Legislature, but returned the case to a lower court for reconsideration, meaning the case will be subject to further litigation. The court's ruling comes one year to the day...

“I Voted” stickers are displayed during primary election voting held at the Lehi Public Safety Building in Lehi on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. A lawsuit against the Utah State Legislature over its splitting Salt Lake County into four districts can move forward. The Utah Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling Thursday morning. The suit dealt with who gets to draw congressional maps — the Utah Legislature or an independent commission. “The people’s constitutional right to alter or reform their government is protected from government infringement,” said the court. “We could...

“I Voted” stickers are displayed during primary election voting held at the Lehi Public Safety Building in Lehi on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News A lawsuit against the Utah State Legislature over its splitting Salt Lake County into four districts can move forward. The Utah Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling Thursday morning. The suit dealt with who gets to draw congressional maps — the Utah Legislature or an independent commission. “The people’s constitutional right to alter or reform their government is protected from government infringement,”...

The Utah Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Utah Legislature overstepped its authority when it rewrote a 2018 voter-approved ballot initiative that established an independent redistricting process and drew its own congressional maps that split Salt Lake County — the most liberal and populous county in the state — into four different congressional districts. Utah’s Constitution, the court said in its unanimous opinion, grants the citizens of the state the political power to reshape its government, a guarantee that is made meaningless if any ballot measure that passes can be...

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Supreme Court has upheld a lawsuit challenging the legislature's redistricting boundaries. In a ruling obtained by FOX 13 News on Thursday morning ahead of its official publication, a unanimous court reversed a lower court's decision to strike a central part of the lawsuit. It means a victory for groups who pushed for independent redistricting boundaries.

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Supreme Court will issue a ruling tomorrow on whether a lawsuit challenging the Utah State Legislature's redistricting maneuvers can go forward, FOX 13 News has confirmed. The opinion is set to be published on Thursday, a notice released by the Utah Supreme Court indicated. No matter the outcome, it is sure to ignite a political firestorm over the Republican supermajority in the legislature and congress. A lower-court judge rejected the Utah State Legislature's request to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the League of Women...