People Not Politicians
Missourians delivered 305,968 signatures to the Missouri Secretary of State to put politicians’ gerrymandered map on the ballot in 2026.
Next up: we vote!
We all want elected leaders who put people first.
Politicians passed an illegal gerrymandering scheme that is nothing more than an unconstitutional power grab.
We believe that Missouri voters—not politicians—should have the final say. We have filed a citizen’s referendum to gather signatures to put this unjust map before voters on an upcoming ballot.
Missourians deserve representation that focuses on our families and communities, not advancing a specific partisan political agenda. Politicians shouldn’t be slicing and dicing communities to pick their voters — voters should be picking their politicians. Gerrymanders take away voters’ power and cause real harm to Missouri communities.
What Missourians Need to Know About
Politicians’ New Radical Gerrymandering Proposal
It’s unconstitutional and illegal. Missouri’s state constitution is very clear: New congressional lines are drawn when we have new census data every decade. That’s why leading Republican legislators said ‘we’ve already done that’ when this idea was first floated.
Politicians shouldn’t be slicing and dicing communities to pick their voters — voters should be picking their politicians.
Gerrymanders take away voters’ power and cause real harm to communities. If regions like Kansas City are split into two or three congressional districts, their power and ability to be truly represented in their government is gone.
Literally no one in Missouri was asking for this a month ago. Politicians and lobbyists in DC may think this is good for them, but it’s terrible for the people and communities of Missouri. The Missouri legislature rejected a 7-1 supergerrymander in 2021/2022, and for good reason.
Legislative district lines are really important, and shouldn’t be drawn in secret or in a hurry. There are no problems the legislature is trying to solve with a special election — they just want to rig the 2026 elections.
The ideas floating around are really nuts. Should downtown Kansas City be a Congressional district that goes all the way to Illinois, with other parts of Kansas City in different districts with the Lake of the Ozarks and the Mizzou campus? Of course not — that’s why the legislature rejected this exact idea in 2021.
