Outrage as red state Republicans accused of deceiving voters with fake petition claims

Source: Raw Story

December 26, 2025 4:51PM ET


Utah voters are coming forward to allege that Republican operatives are lying to trick people into signing a petition to put repeal of the state's anti-gerrymandering law on the ballot, reported The Salt Lake Tribune on Friday.

It's the latest saga in a years-long war the Utah GOP has fought over Proposition 4, which was passed by voters in 2018. Proposition 4, also known as the Better Boundaries Initiative, was used earlier this year to strike down the legislature's congressional map that denied Democrats a seat by carving up Salt Lake County into several pieces.

Several Utahns came forward to tell reporters about the underhanded tactics allegedly used to trick them into signing the petition, when they in fact support Proposition 4.

Erin Ruzek and her sister, for instance, detailed how two men accosted them in Park City and falsely claimed to them the petition was "to show your support for Judge [Dianna] Gibson," the state judge who struck down the congressional gerrymander.

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