Roughly 300,000 signatures demanding Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map be placed on the 2026 ballot were submitted to the secretary of state’s office Tuesday morning — more than two and a half times the number needed. #moleg #mogov
https://missouriindependent.com/2025/12/09/missouri-gerrymander-congressional-map-referendum/
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Response to Trump/GOP’s latest gerrymandering attempt. Missouri Voters Challenge Mid-Decade Redistricting Effort | ACLU of Missouri
https://www.aclu-mo.org/en/news/missouri-voters-challenge-mid-decade-redistricting-effort
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A group of Missouri voters filed a legal challenge today to the state’s mid-decade redistricting effort, arguing that state officials’ attempt to implement a new congressional map for the 2026 midterm elections violates the Missouri Constitution.The voters are residents of Kansas City and currently reside in Congressional District 5, which is the target of
Fred Wellman says:
"I’m at the Missouri State Capitol with thousands of my fellow citizens to let the Republicans know we aren’t letting them steal our votes without a fight. They have been comfortable for too long doing whatever they want. Enough is enough. They think they are making themselves safer. All they are doing is bringing us off our couches to fight."
The redistricting plan transforms Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s Kansas City-based district into a GOP-leaning seat, by linking part of Missouri’s largest city with a slew of rural counties. The legislation now heads to the Missouri Senate, where it could face a rougher reception.
Three Democrats in the Missouri House of Representatives spent over 100 hours in the chamber protesting Republican efforts to rig the state's congressional map for US President Donald Trump and attack ballot initiatives during a legislative special session.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Missouri county sheriff’s office could not secure total dismissal of an Indiana man’s federal lawsuit for emotional distress and human trafficking. He says deputies repeatedly failed to investigate complaints he filed as a young teenager that he was raped and suffered other violence at Agape Boarding School, which has since closed. He has 30 days to allege how the deputies benefited from the school’s venture, which involved forced labor.
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