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By Kent Larsen
Utah Democrats Consider Lawsuit Over Redistricting
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH -- After Utah Governor Mike Leavitt signed the newly
adopted congressional district lines into law on Thursday, October 4th, the
Utah State Democratic Party has started considering a lawsuit to challenge
the lines. The party's 11-member executive committee will decide later this
year or early in 2002 whether or not to file the lawsuit. For Utah's three
US Congressional seats, the new districts represent an attempt to redistrict
Democrat Jim Matheson out of his seat. The maps also affect five Democratic
seats in the state legislature.
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Utah Democrats debate legal action
BYU NewsNet 12Oct01 T2
By Jami Palmer: NewsNet Staff Writer
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