Missouri Supreme Court halts new GOP map for November pending vote
The Missouri Supreme Court on Thursday squashed Republicans‘ plans to implement a new congressional map before November, ruling voters must first decide on whether to approve the new district lines.
TL;DR
- The Missouri Supreme Court ruled that voters must decide on the new congressional map via a referendum in November.
- The state will use its previous congressional map, drawn after the 2020 census, for the 2026 midterm elections.
- The court reversed decisions by Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins and a lower court.
- The new map was designed to give Republicans an advantage in a seventh congressional seat, targeting Rep. Emanuel Cleaver's district.
- A referendum petition gathered over 300,000 signatures to challenge the map.
- Donald Trump criticized the Supreme Court's decision as 'horrible, ridiculous, and unConstitutional.'