Local election officials go with Missouri's gerrymandered congressional map despite uncertainty

Source: Missouri Independent

If Hoskins determines the petition is sufficient, it means it never took effect, Missouri Supreme Court Judge Ginger Gooch wrote in the May 12 opinion. If the petition lacks the required signatures, or is illegal for another reason, she wrote, the map has been in effect since Dec. 11.

The actual status of the map, Good wrote, “is impossible to say as of this opinion.”

Hearings on a last-chance lawsuit to force Hoskins to make a decision have been set for July 15, far too late to change the districts in use on Aug. 4.

Hoskins’ pending decision on the referendum creates the possibility that voters will nominate candidates in districts under one configuration in August but elect members of Congress in November using the districts as they were in 2022 and 2024.

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