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Missouri’s Supreme Court is already eyeing legal challenges to the state’s citizen-led redistricting referendum case – even before the first judge has had a chance to rule – warning lower courts not to dawdle.
It may still feel like mid summer — but we’re into the final stretch before a set of contests that could help determine the fate of our democracy.
With the clock ticking toward a Sept. 8 deadline for Missouri courts to order changes to the November ballot, Republicans are reusing tried-and-true delay tactics in an attempt to kill a voter referendum on the GOP’s latest gerrymander.
Voting advocates filed a lawsuit Tuesday asking a state court to quickly put a redistricting referendum on the November ballot.
Missouri voters have rejected a ballot measure to limit their own ability to pass amendments to the state constitution — a proposal that fueled extraordinarily high voter turnout in Tuesday’s election. Unlike in many other states, Missouri voters have the power to change the state constitution by gathering signatures to put a ballot measure to […]
Nearly a year after voting advocates launched a campaign to prevent a pro-GOP gerrymander from taking effect in Missouri, Secretary of State Denny Hoskins (R) officially blocked the citizen-initiated referendum on the new congressional map from appearing on the ballot in November.
Republican lawmakers in Missouri are asking voters to approve a measure during Tuesday’s primary election that would limit Missourians’ own ability to propose and vote on amendments to the state constitution.
A Missouri state judge has handed Republicans yet another delay in a months-long battle challenging a partisan gerrymander that the GOP passed last year. The postponement in this case increases the likelihood that the GOP will defeat opponents of the new map by simply running out the clock.
After months of legal battles, Missouri redistricting opponents are asking a court to stop state officials from using delay tactics to put a new gerrymander in place for the 2026 midterms.
When the Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state does not have to pause implementation of a pro-GOP gerrymander despite a pending challenge to the map, it sent a clear message: Republicans have the greenlight to drag their feet and deny voters a chance to weigh in on the gerrymander.
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