Congressional map changes triggered frustration more than confusion for some Missouri voters
The court fight over the state’s congressional map eased after officials agreed to use the 2022 lines, but an appeals hearing remains scheduled.
- On Thursday, Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins directed election authorities to use the 2022 congressional map for the November election, complying with a Missouri Supreme Court mandate after a week of conflicting court rulings.
- The Republican-controlled legislature, encouraged by President Donald Trump, enacted a 2025 map to strengthen GOP representation, prompting People Not Politicians to gather over 300,000 signatures demanding a statewide referendum on the new districts.
- Conflicting court orders intensified the chaos: U.S. District Judge Stephen Clark ordered Missouri to use the 2025 map while the Missouri Supreme Court declared it void, leaving county election officials uncertain which districts to finalize for ballots.
- Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh declined an emergency appeal to stay the state court's ruling on Tuesday, effectively clearing the legal path for the 2022 map to govern the November general election.
- Missouri election officials now face an urgent deadline: federal law requires absentee ballots for overseas and military voters mailed by September 19, leaving little time to finalize ballots despite Hoskins' reversal of his previous directive.
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