Overview
- Utahns for Representative Government, led by GOP chair Rob Axson, delivered final petition packets and claims it far exceeded the threshold to put a repeal of the 2018 redistricting law on the November ballot.
- To qualify, the petition needs 140,748 valid signatures statewide and the 8% threshold in at least 26 of 29 state senate districts.
- As of the Friday before the deadline, officials had validated 88,948 signatures, leaving the final outcome dependent on county verification and subsequent removals.
- Once verified names are posted by the lieutenant governor, signers have 45 days to rescind; Salt Lake County reports about 1,300 removal requests so far, and a statewide decision could come by April 29.
- The RNC sent a warning text about a company working to help voters remove signatures, and the firm’s president called the claim untrue and said it is not under criminal investigation, as broader legal appeals over Prop 4 continue.