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Mike Lee: “The legislature still has final authority to approve any…”

Featuring: Mike Lee, Republican | U.S. Senate from Utah

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Utah's Electoral System is Under Attack!

Published | Video Starts at 05:43

So it now appears that Utah is likely to be bound by a process involving congressional district maps being drawn not by the legislature, but by this outside commission. Although The legislature still has final authority to approve any such maps under the court order that came out last week. That maps, one way or another, have to be more or less drawn by the commission, even though that constitution belongs to the legislature. (05:43–05:51)

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Asserts that the Utah legislature retains final approval authority over district maps under a recent court order.

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