Utah Republican Party announced a dual strategy to combat court-ordered redistricting and repeal Prop 4.Referendum on Option C Map (00:04:33)GOP launching statewide referendum to overturn legislature's newly passed congressional mapNeeds 134,000 signatures by November 15thMust hit signature targets in 15 of 29 Senate districtsInitiative to Repeal Prop 4 (00:09:05)Only needs 70,000 signatures to submit directly to legislatureWould repeal 2018 voter-approved independent redistricting commissionGives lawmakers political cover since it comes from "the people"Legislature likely to pass with veto-proof majorityTimeline Crunch (00:30:47)Court must pick new map by November 10thHearings scheduled October 23-24Additional hearing November 3rd on legislature's new redistricting law (SB 101)Multiple opportunities for delays through appealsTip Jar: This political hellscape doesn't document itself. Throw some cash in the tip jar and help me keep calling out the BS without having to sell my soul to corporate overlords.Subscribe: Get our free newsletter at UtahPoliticalWatch.news and find out what fresh hell the legislature cooked up while you were sleeping. Or become a paid subscriber – because somebody needs to fund this one-man war against political gaslighting.Buy your way in: Got deep pockets and a masochistic love of Utah politics? Sponsor this podcast and support our coverage of this slow motion train wreck. Hit us up at [email protected] us on social media:BlueskyTikTokInstagramFacebookThreadsX/Twitter

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