Senator Mike Lee argued that legislative districts should be drawn by state legislatures rather than independent commissions designed to give Democrats an edge.

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Senator Mike Lee argued in November 2021 that the Utah Legislature, not independent commissions, should draw districts because Article I, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution grants state legislatures authority over congressional elections. Lee framed Proposition 4 as Democrats attempting to gain an unfair "edge" through commission-drawn maps. This echoed the legal theory advanced in Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (2015), where the Supreme Court upheld voter-created commissions 5-4. Lee's stance aligned with the "independent state legislature theory" that legislatures hold exclusive redistricting power immune from voter initiatives—a position the court later rejected in Moore v. Harper (2023).

Senator Mike Lee argued that legislative districts should be drawn by state legislatures rather than independent commissions designed to give Democrats an edge.

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