Overview
- The Missouri Supreme Court ruled that a citizens’ referendum on the 2025 congressional map is legally sufficient, meaning the 2025 law cannot take effect unless voters approve it.
- Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins filed an emergency request to the U.S. Supreme Court asking for a stay that would allow the 2025 map to be used while higher courts decide the dispute.
- Four plaintiffs including Rep. Bob Onder and state Sen. Rick Brattin sued in federal court seeking an injunction to keep the 2025 Republican-drawn map in place for the November general election.
- State filings argue reverting to the 2022 map would disenfranchise voters who took part in a primary conducted under the 2025 lines and would risk missing a federal Sept. 19 deadline for sending military and overseas ballots.
- Missouri officials and outside groups square off over responsibility for the timing crisis, with critics faulting Secretary Hoskins’s delayed certification and full signature checks and supporters warning last-minute map changes would disrupt election logistics.