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Missouri referendum proponents made their final pitch to the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday, arguing that lower federal courts cannot sidestep the justices’ previous order halting use of the state’s Republican-drawn 2025 congressional map — especially now that voting is underway.
More than 1.4 million people – or roughly 1 in 3 voters statewide – would shift between the new and old districts, all in an effort to eliminate a single Democratic seat in Kansas City.
In Missouri’s perpetual redistricting fight, Republicans and GOP-led states are pushing to expand a doctrine traditionally aimed at restraining federal court intervention close to an election.
Missouri referendum proponents asked the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday night to review a federal appeals court ruling requiring the state to use its 2025 GOP congressional gerrymander in the November midterms. The filing by People Not Politicians and its executive director Richard von Glahn* comes after the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals held that Missouri […]
Missouri referendum proponents asked a federal appeals court Monday to pause its ruling requiring the state to use its 2025 GOP congressional gerrymander in the November elections while they seek U.S. Supreme Court review. The emergency request comes after a three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Missouri’s plan to […]
A federal appeals court on Monday ordered Missouri to reinstate a gerrymandered map that eliminates a Democratic district in Kansas City, even though the state has already distributed ballots.
This week saw the defeat of President Donald Trump’s most dangerous scheme to suppress voting and rig the 2026 election. And Democracy Docket surrounded the story from all angles.
A federal appeals court ruling in favor of a gerrymandered map for Missouri would void overseas ballots that have already been cast.
The lawyer representing Republican candidates in Missouri told a federal appeals court it’s still not too late to change the congressional map for the midterm election even after the U.S. and state Supreme Courts have already blocked the move.
Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins (R) faces a second lawsuit filed by angry voters affected by the protracted legal battle over Republicans’ attempts to impose a gerrymandered congressional map for the midterm elections. The lawsuit is the latest public blow to Hoskins, who was found in contempt by the state Supreme Court for violating […]