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‘Watershed moment’: What Utah’s redistricting ruling means for voters’ ability to change laws

“Every single legislative session there’s an effort to make it harder for all of us to enact our constitutional right to ballot initiative,” Better Boundaries Executive Director Katie Wright said.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Supporters of the Better Boundaries Ballot Initiative gather at the Utah Capitol celebrate a Utah Supreme Court ruling that the Legislature overstepped its authority when it rewrote a 2018 voter-approved ballot initiative in drawing new congressional districts on Thursday, July 11, 2024.