Missouri Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins said any signatures gathered before Wednesday to place a new congressional map up for a vote won't count. Proponents of the redistricting referendum say that's an unlawful attempt to shorten the signature gathering window.

Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against a group circulating a petition to put the state’s new congressional map up for a vote of the people. The lawsuit claims People Not Politicians’ efforts to put the map before voters are unconstitutional.

Missouri's attorney general has filed a lawsuit in federal court to stop a referendum seeking to repeal the state's new congressional map.

Springfield residents will vote Nov. 4 on a new fee that would help the city pay for the proposed $175 million convention and event center.

The legal actions illustrate a remarkable attempt to thwart Missourians from striking down the map that splits Kansas City.

Missouri seeks to revive the independent state legislature theory, this time its by insisting that there’s a clear-statement rule. I may have more to say about this case in the near future. In the meantime,

If you would like to vote absentee for the November 4 Special Election, you must request an absentee ballot by mail by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, October 22. To vote absentee by mail, you must meet provide one of these reasons for needing to do so:

A report shows D.C.-based groups donated over $1.25 million to People Not Politicians as the group gathers signatures to overturn Missouri’s new congressional map.

A referendum petition seeking to pause recently enacted redistricting legislation has been approved for circulation by Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, according to a news release from the Secretary of State’s Office.

Missouri's secretary of state has approved a referendum petition seeking to repeal the state's new congressional map, which was signed into law in September.

Through September 2025, Ballotpedia reported on 24,294 elections across 46 states: 17,907 (74%) were uncontested and 6,387 (26%) were contested. Kansas elections so far in 2025 followed the trend, but Missouri had a greater rate of contested races.