By Robert Gehrke | The Salt Lake Tribune | Photo by Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune

A home in Sandy divided in half, a severed condominium complex in Huntsville and homes in Utah County split apart — those are some of the issues in a court-designated congressional map that created confusion for state elections officers and prompted a ruling Friday seeking to clear up any questions.

Third District Judge Dianna Gibson did not, however, address arguments from attorneys for the Legislature who contend the issues with the boundaries she chose for next year’s election were the product of a flawed, unconstitutional process and that the map should be discarded.

Gibson said she would address those arguments separately.

The issue arose when Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson’s office compared the boundaries Gibson selected for the 2026 election to the current municipal boundaries and had questions about where certain residents should vote.

In Sandy, for example, the line separating the 1st Congressional District from the 4th slices through a home at the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon. In Summit County, three homes lie between the district boundary and the county line, although the boundaries are typically supposed to follow county lines.

And, also in Sandy, the 4th District line leaves a single home that is now part of the city hanging outside of the district, potentially creating a one-home voting precinct.

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