Who should draw the congressional maps? Here's what voters and Constitution say

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Utah's redistricting debate intensifies as lawmakers and courts clash over who can draw maps.

Most respondents in a recent poll prefer that lawmakers work with a commission to draw congressional boundaries.

GOP lawmakers consider a constitutional amendment to clarify power over ballot initiatives.

SALT LAKE CITY — Who should have the power to divide Utah into voting districts?

It's a question Utah residents, judges, lawyers and state lawmakers have been grappling with for years. Republicans in the Legislature have argued they have sole constitutional authority to draw district boundaries.

Meanwhile, the Utah Supreme Court found lawmakers overreached when they changed Proposition 4, a 2018 ballot initiative that established nonpartisan g