Missouri’s Voting Map Crisis | St. Louis News

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Opublikowano: 2026-09-18

Missouri’s congressional map battle is heating up as a federal appeals court races to decide which map—old or new—will govern the November elections, with ballots already on the horizon. The state supreme court has sided with the old map, despite it being used in primaries, while the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to intervene twice. The core legal question hinges on whether voters’ referendum power can delay redistricting maps—a debate over democracy versus electoral stability. With military and absentee ballots soon to be mailed, the Eighth Circuit must weigh if its ruling will even matter by...