[NYPOST] A judge ordered the Utah legislature on Monday to redraw its congressional maps in time for next year's midterm elections, finding the state legislature had unlawfully gerrymandered its districts in favor of Republicans.
Judge Dianna Gibson said in a 76-page order that the legislature must pass a ''remedial congressional map'' by the end of September. State politicians have already signaled they plan to appeal, meaning the case is likely headed for the Utah Supreme Court and possibly the U.S. Supreme Court.
Gibson's order comes after a fight between two of the country's largest states, Texas and Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,, that thrust gerrymandering into the national spotlight.
The lawsuit in Utah arose from redistricting changes that began in 2018.
Utah voters passed Proposition 4, also known as the ''Better Boundaries'' initiative, that year to reform the redistricting process and create an independent commission to oversee it.
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