Here is where the Republican-backed signature-gathering effort to repeal Utah's ban on gerrymandering stands as of the latest update.
County clerks have two more weeks to continue counting the signatures turned in before last Sunday’s deadline. Republican National Committeeman Brad Bonham wheels a dolly carrying totes filled with signatures into the Salt Lake County Clerk's office Feb.
15, 2026.Sunday in their effort to repeal Proposition 4 and restore the Legislature’s ability to gerrymander political boundaries. Organizers of the repeal effort said they have now turned in well over 200,000 signatures, above the 140,748 threshold to qualify for the November ballot. In addition to the overall signature target, UFRG has to get signatures from 8% of the registered in 26 of the state’s 29 senate districts.and allocating them to the corresponding state senate districts. Opponents of the repeal effort also have 45 days to convince those who signed the petitions to withdraw their names. So far, 2,392 names have been removed. As of Friday, UFRG had 117,114 verified signatures and needed more than 23,000 more, according to the latest tally from the lieutenant governor’s office.The, Utah’s top elections official, to declare if the GOP signature-gathering effort was a success is April 29. If UFRG meets its targets, voters will decide in November whether to repeal Proposition 4, the 2018 voter-passed citizen initiative — commonly known as the Better Boundaries initiative — that created an independent redistricting commission, established neutral redistricting criteria and banned partisan gerrymandering. It is part of the Utah Republican effort to undo a series of court rulings that resulted in a court-imposed congressional map that created a Democratic-leaning district in Salt Lake County. If voters opt to repeal Proposition 4, it will not impact the map in place for the 2026 election, but lawmakers could redraw the maps in 2028.For over 150 years, The Salt Lake Tribune has been Utah’s independent news source. Our reporters work tirelessly to uncover the stories that matter most to Utahns, from unraveling the complexities of court rulings to allowing tax payers to see where and how their hard earned dollars are being spent. This critical work wouldn’t be possible without people like you—individuals who understand the importance of local, independent journalism. As a nonprofit newsroom, every subscription and every donation fuels our mission, supporting the in-depth reporting that shines a light on the is sues shaping Utah today.
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