Overview

• State GOP chair Rob Axson filed an initiative application and a referendum petition with the Lieutenant Governor’s Office, with six sponsors including Attorney General Derek Brown.
• The legislative initiative seeks to remove Proposition 4 from state code and requires roughly 70,500 signatures in at least 26 of 29 state Senate districts by Nov. 15, along with seven public hearings.
• The referendum targets the Legislature’s recently enacted congressional plan known as Map 6 and needs nearly 150,000 signatures across at least 15 Senate districts within 40 days of the special session to reach the ballot.
• 3rd District Judge Dianna Gibson ordered lawmakers to redraw under Prop 4 criteria and set a Nov. 10 deadline to approve the Legislature’s map or select an alternative.
• Better Boundaries, which authored Prop 4, condemned the GOP effort as overturning voters’ will and pledged to defend the law in court, in public forums, and at the ballot box.