Samantha Holthaus, Columbia Missourian | Oct 22, 2025 Arguments continued Oct. 16 between state officials and advocates for an effort to force a statewide vote on new congressional districts over interpretation of state laws governing the referendum process. The advocacy group People Not Politicians held a virtual news conference to explain its view of the

Meanwhile, activists have already gathered 100,000 signatures to repeal the new map David Nir Oct 17, 2025 Leading Off MO Redistricting Even as he finally gave approval to a ballot measure campaign to repeal Missouri’s new congressional map, Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins is seeking to undermine the effort by filing what a top

St. Louis Public Radio | By Jason Rosenbaum Published October 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM CDT Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway is arguing that the referendum is usurping the legislature’s power to redraw congressional districts. But lawyers with the anti-redistricting group say Hanaway is “absolutely wrong” about the constitution. Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway’s efforts to block

By First Alert 4 Staff Published: Oct. 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM CDT ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) – There is new reaction to an attempt by Missouri leaders to prevent you, the voters, from having a say on the state’s new congressional map. Attorney General Catherine Hanaway has filed a lawsuit arguing the impending referendum

By Jim Saksa October 16, 2025 People Not Politicians Missouri, the group behind a ballot measure that would let voters veto the GOP-controlled legislature’s new gerrymandered congressional map, is laughing off a federal lawsuit filed to block their efforts.  “The whole thing’s outrageous,” said Chuck Hatfield, a lawyer for the group, on a press call Thursday. “We have

St. Louis Public Radio | By Jason Rosenbaum Published Oct. 16, 2025 at 5:15 p.m. CDT Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway’s efforts to block a redistricting referendum is drawing fierce criticism from backers of the vote. At issue is a push from a group called People Not Politicians to place a recently passed congressional map up for a statewide

It’s time for Missourians to show their power Should voters get the final say in Missouri? For more than a century, our constitution has given us that power through the referendum process. Gather enough signatures, and Missourians, not politicians, decide whether a law stands or falls. Right now, People Not Politicians is using that process

By Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent | Oct 15, 2025 A filing in one of the many lawsuits challenging Missouri’s gerrymandered redistricting plan appears to cast uncertainty on Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe’s statements that the map was prepared by staff in his office. A lawsuit filed by the group seeking to force a referendum on the

Updated: 10:14 PM CDT Oct 15, 2025 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The pushback against redistricting in Missouri moves forward. The Missouri Secretary of State is giving the okay to people against the state’s redistricting effort to start collecting signatures for a new petition drive.Missouri Voter Protection Coalition, a voter rights group, says more than 100,000

KSMU | By Michele Skalicky Published October 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM CDT A coalition of organizations in Missouri is working to try to overturn House Bill 1, which created a new Congressional map for the state. An effort to let voters decide whether Missouri’s newly-passed Congressional map is needed is underway. And organizers say the effort is