Utah ballot measure to legalize partisan gerrymanders fails after signature removal campaign
A pro-voting signature removal campaign has managed to derail Republican plans to legalize partisan gerrymanders in Utah, multiple media outlets reported.
The state Republican Party had gathered more than 160,000 signatures to put the measure, which would repeal the state’s gerrymandering ban, on the 2026 ballot. But the Republican canvassing firm the state GOP hired to gather signatures faced accusations of tricking Utahns into signing the petition.
In response, Better Boundaries, a group opposing the repeal measure, launched a campaign to help Utahns remove their signatures — and eventually succeeded in pushing the ballot measure back under the required threshold to be sent to voters.
In a statement to Deseret News, Utah Republican Party chair Rob Axson said their fight to repeal the gerrymandering ban “is not over but just beginning.”
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/utah-ballot-measure-to-legalize-partisan-gerrymanders-fails-after-signature-removal-campaign/
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