gerrymandering

The Missouri NAACP sued the state over a special session that resulted in the passage of legislation to redistrict Missouri.

Judge to decide which maps are in place for midterm elections.

The trial will determine the constitutionality of the ballot language for a potential statewide vote.

The bench trial, originally scheduled for Feb. 18 in the Cole County Circuit Court, is now scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 10.

An attorney for Secretary of State Denny Hoskins told a judge that the original ballot summary for a referendum on Missouri's gerrymandered congressional map is "inherently argumentative" and should be revised

People Not Politicians submitted the signatures to force a statewide vote on Missouri's new gerrymandered congressional map.

Signature gatherers were allegedly offered thousands of dollars to abandon their work and provide ‘intelligence’ to opponents of the referendum campaign.

Advocacy group People Not Politicians has until mid-December to collect more than 100,000 signatures across six of Missouri’s eight congressional districts. The lawsuit may help decide whether 90,000 collected in September and early October are valid.

Threats to democracy at both the national and state levels fueled Missourians to rally at more than 30 locations across the state Saturday as part of No Kings demonstrations.

Gov. Mike Kehoe has repeatedly said the plan was drafted in his office. A filing by the attorney general's office says only that 'various governmental actors' worked on the plan to give a seat to the GOP.