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A Third US Supreme Court Showdown Looms over Missouri’s Shifting Congressional Map
The court fight centers on whether more than 1 million voters will be shifted between maps before the general election, with both sides citing election timing rules.
- On Monday, a three-judge panel of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Constitution prohibits changing congressional districts between the primary and general election, sending the redistricting fight to the Supreme Court for a third time in three weeks.
- The dispute centers on a new map favored by President Donald Trump, which Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins initially implemented before the Missouri Supreme Court ruled it required voter approval following opposition petitions.
- More than a million potential voters, about 1 in 4 statewide, would be shifted between districts, meaning they had no say in the primary about candidates appearing on their general election ballots.
- Absentee voting is already underway in Missouri using the 2022 districts, and the Supreme Court has previously invoked the Purcell principle to block similar orders from District Judge Stephen Clark.
- Opponents plan to ask the Supreme Court to block the latest appeals court order, as a third intervention by the nation's top court could finally resolve the redistricting battle and provide certainty for voters.
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Source link The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Democrats in Missouri have been trying to change the state’s congressional district map between the primary election and the general election, and now an appeals court has made a decision, a move that could send the fight back to the U.S. Supreme Court for a third time. According
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A third US Supreme Court showdown looms over Missouri's shifting congressional map
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The fight over Missouri’s congressional map appears headed to the U.S. Supreme Court for a third time in three weeks as some federal judges continue to assert that a new map favored by President Donald Trump…
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