SALT LAKE CITY — A critical court hearing is getting under way in the legal battle over redistricting in Utah.

The judge will consider which map to adopt to represent the state's congressional districts. The Utah State Legislature has submitted its map, while the plaintiffs in the lawsuit over redistricting have submitted theirs .

The League of Women Voters of Utah, Mormon Women for Ethical Government and others sued the legislature, alleging it improperly overrode Proposition 4, the citizen ballot initiative that passed in 2018. They also argued that what the legislature passed in a congressional map was illegal gerrymandering to favor Republicans. Judge Dianna Gibson sided with them, declaring Prop. 4 law and ordered a new map . Under a court order (and under protest), the legislat

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