Organizers submit enough signatures to block gerrymandered Missouri map

Sam Levine | Tue 9 Dec 2025 13.01 EST More than 300,000 signatures delivered to secretary of state to force referendum on Republican-drawn map. Organizers challenging Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map say they turned in enough signatures on Tuesday to block the map from going into effect and to force a referendum on the map next year. […]

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Missouri campaign turns in 300K signatures to strike down gerrymandered map

By Kacen Bayless | December 9, 2025 4:54 PM A campaign to strike down Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map submitted hundreds of thousands of petition signatures from residents across the state on Tuesday, a major step toward forcing a statewide vote on the map. The campaign, called People Not Politicians, said it dropped off 305,968 signatures

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Missouri Democrats’ effort to block GOP gerrymander picks up steam

By Aaron Pellish | 12/09/2025 04:46 PM EST The petition puts into jeopardy Missouri Republicans’ attempt to eliminate the Democratic-leaning Kansas City district currently held by Rep. Emanuel Cleaver. Democrats in Missouri looking to block the state’s new congressional districts hit a key deadline on Tuesday, organizers say, getting a step closer to freezing the map

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Missouri’s new congressional map paused while recall petition signatures are counted

By Hannah Falcon (KY3) Published: Dec. 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM CST SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) – Missouri’s new congressional map will notgo into effect this week as planned because of a petition drive. People Not Politicians, the group behind a petition drive, said it turned in more than enough signatures to trigger a statewide vote. Now, workers

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After Judge Tosses GOP Lawsuit, Missouri Voters Submit Signatures for Referendum on Rigged Map

Brett Wilkins | Dec 09, 2025 “The citizens of Missouri have spoken loudly and clearly: They deserve fair maps, not partisan manipulation,” said one campaigner. Opponents of Missouri’s GOP-rigged congressional map on Tuesday submitted more than twice the required number of signatures supporting a referendum on the redistricting scheme backed by US President Donald Trump, a

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Missouri redistricting foes may have dealt big blow to Trump-backed congressional map

St. Louis Public Radio | By Jason Rosenbaum | Published December 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM CST President Donald Trump’s push to get Missouri to send another Republican to the U.S. House during the 2026 midterm elections is facing a major challengeafter opponents submitted more than 305,000 signatures Tuesday to place the state’s new map up for a

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Volunteer describes collecting signatures for petition on Missouri redistricting

By: Caitlin Knute | Posted 10:28 PM, Dec 09, 2025 Organizers working to turn back Missouri’s congressional redistricting map spoke Tuesday about collecting signatures to put the effort to a vote by citizens. People Not Politicians submitted more than 300,000 signatures Tuesday to the Missouri Secretary of State’s Office. The signatures hope to force a statewide vote on redistricting

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People not Politicians says it’s gathered 305,000 signatures to force a vote on Missouri’s new congressional map

by Marshall Griffin | Dec 9, 2025 A group opposed to Missouri’s new congressional map says it’s gathered more than enough signatures to force a vote next year on whether the map should stay or be tossed out. People not Politicians Executive Director Richard Von Glahn said Tuesday during a Zoom conference call that the group has gathered

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KCUR: Missouri anti-redistricting group will submit 300,000 signatures to force vote on new map

People Not Politicians, the citizen-led campaign seeking to overturn Missouri’s newly passed congressional map, must submit signatures to the Secretary of State this week. If accepted, the gerrymandered map will be blocked from taking effect before the 2026 election. The campaign to repeal Missouri’s newly redrawn congressional map says it will submit 300,000 signatures this week to

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Sedalia Democrat: Federal judge rejects Missouri AG’s push to block referendum on gerrymandered map

A federal judge Monday refused to back Missouri’s Republican leaders efforts to block a statewide vote on a gerrymandered congressional district map, dismissing a case filed by Attorney General Catherine Hanaway. U.S. District Judge Zachary Bluestone ruled he had no jurisdiction over the lawsuit brought on behalf of Secretary of State Denny Hoskins and the

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Southeast Missourian: Missouri campaign to repeal gerrymandered map plans to submit signatures next week

The campaign to repeal Missouri’s newly gerrymandered congressional map says it will turn in signatures to put the issue on the statewide ballot next week. If enough signatures were collected, the map will be placed on hold until voters decide its fate at the ballot box next year. “This unprecedented show of grassroots power signals

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Politico: ‘Constitutional hardball’: National gerrymander battle turns the heat up in Missouri

Republicans and Democrats are quietly pouring millions of dollars into a fight trying to block Missouri’s new gerrymandered congressional map, as each party scrambles for any advantage they can find in the national fight for the House majority in 2026. Missouri is one of six states that have redrawn their congressional lines — after President

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KSDK: Missouri campaign to repeal gerrymandered map plans to submit signatures next week

The campaign to repeal Missouri’s newly gerrymandered congressional map says it will turn in signatures to put the issue on the statewide ballot next week. If enough signatures were collected, the map will be placed on hold until voters decide its fate at the ballot box next year.  “This unprecedented show of grassroots power signals

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Missouri Independent: Missouri GOP goes scorched earth to keep its gerrymandered map off the 2026 ballot

Missouri Republicans have been doing everything they can to block a referendum to put the state’s gerrymandered congressional map on the 2026 ballot. The latest twist came late last month when Attorney General Catherine Hanaway accused a company hired to collect signatures for the campaign of human trafficking. You read that right: Human trafficking. If true,

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