The Utah Supreme Court has voted to uphold a lower court ruling requiring the state legislature to redraw its congressional district map ahead of next year’s midterm elections.  The Monday ruling keeps in place last month's decision from District Court Judge Dianna Gibson that found the Republican-led legislature improperly weakened the process voters set up to prevent partisan gerrymandering. The state Supreme Court agreed with the ruling, finding that an appeal from the state legislature didn’t provide adequate reasoning as to why Gibson’s ruling should be temporarily blocked. 

This means a Sept. 25 deadline set for a new map to be made public will stand, and new district lines will likely be in place for 2026.  The case arises from an independent redistricting commission that Utah vote

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