The Utah Legislature will hold a special session on Dec. 9 to discuss a plan to revise the state’s delimitation of electoral districts for the U.S. House of Representatives.
The session was called by Republican Gov. Spencer Cox to address a recent ruling by a state court that overruled the map of electoral districts drawn by the state Legislature in 2021 and replaced it with an alternative submitted by plaintiffs. The state judge, Diana Gibson, issued the ruling on state law grounds, which imposed several neutral criteria for drafting such maps. Republicans have opposed that map, and the state Legislature’s convening is meant to pass several bills and joint resolutions that will expedite legal challenges and preserve its authority over redistricting.
