Missouri voters block Republican-drawn congressional map
Voters also approved a constitutional amendment that makes future changes to citizen initiatives harder, a setback for Republican lawmakers seeking to redraw the map again.
- On Tuesday, Missouri voters rejected the GOP-drawn congressional map via Proposition A, blocking it from taking effect for future elections and concluding a lengthy political and legal battle.
- People Not Politicians Missouri gathered more than 300,000 signatures to force the referendum, far exceeding the 106,000 required to bypass legislative action and challenge the redistricting plan.
- State Secretary Denny Hoskins refused to certify the measure in August, citing constitutional concerns that triggered a legal dispute ricocheting through state and federal courts before resolution.
- The Supreme Court rejected Missouri Republicans' attempts to use the redrawn map three times, ensuring the referendum result stands as the final word on the state's boundaries.
- This outcome challenges a national trend where Nine states enacted mid-decade maps following President Donald Trump's call, which previously drew Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver into a Republican district.
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Republican Gerrymanders Backfire as Missouri Voters Reject Trump-Backed Map and Texas Gains Vanish
by Rich Mitchell at CDN Missouri voters threw out the GOP's new congressional map, while Democrats won most of the redrawn seats Republicans targeted in Texas and Florida. Click to read the rest HERE-> Republican Gerrymanders Backfire as Missouri Voters Reject Trump-Backed Map and Texas Gains Vanish first posted at Conservative Daily News
Missouri voters limit Republican power by killing Proposition A
Redistricting has been a hot topic lately. Democrats generally support gerrymandering when it gives them more political power, yet they oppose the effort when Republicans do the same. This time, however, Democrats can’t stand in the way as a redistricting proposal made it onto the Missouri ballot for a vote. Here’s what the people decided.This year, Proposition A on the Missouri ballot covered the next phase of a mass congressional redistricting…
Missouri Voters Block GOP’s Gerrymandered House Map
NBC News reports: Missouri voters blocked a GOP-drawn congressional map from going into effect for future elections via a ballot measure, NBC News projects. The result is a blow for Republicans, who fought for more than a year to carve up one of the state’s two-Democratic-held districts. The vote was the culmination of a long-running political and legal fight. Missouri is one of the GOP-led states that heeded President Donald Trump’s mid-decade …
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