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 primary and general elections, sending the redistricting fight to the Supreme Court for a third time in three weeks.
- Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins initially implemented a new map favored by President Donald Trump, but the Missouri Supreme Court ruled the map requires voter approval following opposition petitions in December.
- More than a million potential voters, about 1 in 4 statewide, would be shifted between the new and old districts, meaning they had no say in the primary about candidates 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, hoping a third intervention can finally resolve the redistricting battle and provide certainty for more than a million voters caught between districts.
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A third US Supreme Court showdown looms over Missouri’s shifting congressional map – WTOP News
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — 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 should be used in the November elections. The U.S. Supreme Court, so far, has...
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A third US Supreme Court showdown looms over Missouri’s shifting congressional map
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