Group Collecting Signatures to Fight Missouri Redistricting

Group collecting signatures to fight Missouri redistricting

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A group's already in the process of trying to allow the people of the state to vote on Missouri's newly drawn congressional maps that the Republican led legislature passed the week of Monday, September 8. People Not Politicians Missouri, a group opposed to mid-cycle redistricting, filed a referendum petition with the Missouri Secretary of State's Office Friday. The Missouri State Senate passed House Bill 1 Friday, dealing wit…

Group tries to force Missouri redistricting onto ballot

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Just days after the Missouri Senate passed new congressional maps, at least one group is actively gathering signatures to put the matter of maps in front of voters next year. People Not Politicians Missouri held a conference call with reporters Monday, outlining their strategy to force the issue of redistricting onto a statewide ballot as a referendum vote. “This is simply about how democracy should work and that people sho…

Three lawsuits and a referendum: New Missouri congressional map faces multiple attacks

David Fortel and Hope Tinker hold homemade signs during a protest last week in the Missouri Capitol rotunda (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent).Almost immediately after Missouri Republicans shut down debate last week to pass a newly gerrymandered congressional map, a pair of lawsuits were filed challenging its constitutionality.  Meanwhile, a referendum campaign seeking to repeal the map got a major financial boost over the weekend — a $500,…

Two lawsuits, one 'citizen's veto' filed since Gov. Kehoe's special session on redistricting

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) People Not Politicians, a non-partisan organization, filed a referendum on Friday, aimed at giving voters the chance to approve or deny Gov. Mike Kehoe's "Missouri First" map. This is the third challenge to the governor's map. Lawmakers are calling this referendum a 'citizen's veto.' Sen. Doug Beck (D-St. Louis County) said at a press conference Friday he would personally go out and collect signatures. Missouri is still wait…

People not Politicians gathers signatures to challenge new congressional map

The nonpartisan organization is using the referendum process to try and freeze the map redistricting Missouri.