People Not Politicians Responds to U.S. Supreme Court Map Appeal
The state says switching maps after the primary would disrupt ballots and confuse more than 1 million voters, while opponents back the 2022 districts.
- On Friday, Missouri officials asked the U.S. Supreme Court to restore the 2025 congressional map, warning that reverting to 2022 districts after the primary election would create administrative chaos and disrupt military and overseas ballot deadlines.
- The Missouri Supreme Court ruled last Thursday that the 2025 map "is not the law and never has been the law," ordering Secretary of State Denny Hoskins to certify a referendum petition and place the measure on the November ballot.
- Secretary of State Denny Hoskins initially denied the petition on August 4, but opponents argued he "manufactured the timing" by delaying his decision for eight months until the primary election.
- Attorneys for Richard von Glahn urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to reject the request, arguing that state officials created the timing problem they now cite as a basis for emergency intervention.
- Republican attorneys general from 18 states filed a brief supporting Missouri, as the legal battle continues just before the Tuesday deadline to finalize November ballots, with control of the U.S. House potentially at stake.
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should the U.S. Supreme Court take up Missouri's congressional map case?
Missouri has made the midterms that much more interesting with its down-to-the-wire battle over which congressional map will be in effect this November. Now, the lawsuit over whether a Republican-friendly map approved by the legislature last year should be the law of the land, or the map drawn after the normal census in 2022, has
Further Developments in the Missouri Redistricting Saga #ELB
Earlier today, People not Politicians filed its opposition brief. Several amicus briefs can be found on the Court’s docket here. Due to the holiday weekend, I have not had the opportunity to review these briefs. But I will flag that … Continue reading Further Developments in the Missouri Redistricting Saga →
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Fox 2 Now St LouisMissouri congressional map fight reaches U.S. Supreme Court as election deadline nears
The battle over Missouri’s controversial new congressional map has reached the U.S. Supreme Court, with the outcome determining which districts and which candidates Missouri voters will see on their November ballots.
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