SALT LAKE CITY — Lawyers for the plaintiffs in the lawsuit over Proposition 4 and independent redistricting have filed a new complaint, asking a judge to block an initiative being run by members of the Utah Republican Party.

The Utah GOP's initiative seeks to undo Prop. 4 itself , the voter-approved citizen ballot initiative that passed in 2018 and led to the current legal battle playing out over congressional maps. The party plans to gather more than 70,000 signatures. But instead of taking it to voters if it is successful, it would be an "indirect initiative" and go before the Republican supermajority Utah State Legislature.

Lawyers for the League of Women Voters of Utah, Mormon Women for Ethical Government and the other plaintiffs filed papers late Wednesday with 3rd District Court J

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