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Supreme Court rejects a Trump-backed Missouri congressional map for the third time
The justices said switching maps now would cause election chaos as absentee ballots are already out and more than 1 million voters have been moved.
- On Friday, the Supreme Court barred the use of Missouri's Republican-friendly congressional map in the midterm election, marking the third time the high court intervened to halt the Republican-drawn map.
- Following President Donald Trump's call for nationwide redistricting, Missouri's legislature redrew maps to favor Republicans in seven of eight seats. Opponents subsequently submitted over 300,000 signatures to force a referendum.
- Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins rejected the referendum petitions, but the Missouri Supreme Court ruled the initiative effectively suspended the new map. The court later held Hoskins in contempt.
- The Eighth Circuit ruled on Monday that the Republican-drawn Missouri map could be used, though it never went into effect. The Supreme Court overturned this decision after opponents filed an emergency application.
- Voters will use a 2022 map including six Republican seats and two held by Democrats. Absentee voting under this map began Tuesday as the state sent ballots to military and overseas voters.
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For the third time, the U.S. Supreme Court has prohibited the state of Missouri from using a Republican-drafted electoral map in the midterm elections. That map would be used to redraw congressional electoral districts in Missouri, resulting in the elimination of a Democratic Representative's district.
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Supreme Court thwarts GOP’s third attempt to steal a Democratic House seat in Missouri
The Supreme Court just shut down the GOP's latest attempt to put a Republican-friendly congressional map into effect in Missouri and capture a Democratic House seat, ending a bizarre legal tug-of-war that has bounced between state and federal courts for most of September.
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