Missouri secretary of state wants to keep portions of ballot language for redistricting referendum
Attorneys for Secretary of State Denny Hoskins spent most of Monday afternoon trying to salvage some of the language he used to describe the impact of a referendum on Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map.
After conceding that some of the ballot summary Hoskins prepared for the referendum is flawed and should be revised, Kathleen Hunker from the attorney general’s office said during a court hearing that other parts are neutral and should be retained.
But attorneys for People Not Politicians, the PAC that gathered more than 300,000 signatures to force a statewide vote, said the portions Hoskins wants to keep don’t describe anything actually in the bill that changed the state’s congressional districts.
At the end of the hearing, Cole County Circuit Judge Brian Stumpe gave the attorneys until Friday to submit revised ballot summaries. He did not indicate when he would rule.
https://missouriindependent.com/2026/02/09/missouri-secretary-of-state-wants-to-keep-portions-of-ballot-language-for-redistricting-referendum/
