Despite Legal Limbo, MO Primary Moves Forward with Gerrymandered Map
Officials are assigning 28 counties to new districts for the primary while a referendum petition and court challenge leave the map’s future uncertain.
- Local election officials decided Monday to use Missouri's new congressional maps for the August 4 primary, with Boone County Clerk Brianna Lennon confirming that boards across St. Louis and Kansas City areas are proceeding to ensure consistency.
- Republicans drew the map last year to unseat Democratic Rep. Emanual Cleaver, but Secretary of State Denny Hoskins has refused to rule on a referendum petition filed by People Not Politicians before the primary deadline.
- Officials are displaying both current and previous district designations for voters, as 28 counties have been assigned to different congressional districts, with 14 counties added to the 5th District.
- On Tuesday, election officials began mailing primary ballots to military and overseas voters, though Lennon warned that litigation regarding the map's legal status could follow the August 4 results.
- Hearings on a lawsuit to force a decision from Hoskins are scheduled for July 15, though the Missouri Supreme Court noted the map's actual legal status remains impossible to determine.
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Columbia Daily TribuneDespite legal limbo, MO primary moves forward with gerrymandered map
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Missouri Independent
Local election officials go with Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map despite uncertainty
Ballots for the Aug. 4 Missouri primary will be mailed to overseas and military voters on Tuesday. (Getty Images).Missouri election officials will begin mailing Aug. 4 primary ballots Tuesday to military and overseas voters using the state’s gerrymandered congressional districts, even as the legal status of those districts remains unresolved. Missourians in 28 counties have been assigned to a different congressional district than they were in 20…
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