Overview

• The ACLU of Missouri, joined by the Campaign Legal Center, sued to block the new congressional map, arguing Kansas City’s VTD 811 is assigned to both the 4th and 5th districts.
• Reports estimate roughly 800 to 875 voters could be affected by the ambiguity over VTD 811’s assignment under the enacted bill.
• Gov. Mike Kehoe has indicated he will sign the map, while his office says two distinct VTDs share the 811 label in Census files and that no voter will receive two ballots.
• A first court hearing is scheduled for Dec. 29, setting the stage for a legal test of the map’s mid-decade redraw and its treatment of community boundaries.
• Republican lawmakers pushed the plan through in about a week as part of a broader GOP effort to cement House advantages, a move Democrats criticized for opaque drafting and limited vetting.