Missouri’s election chief has rejected an effort to put a public vote on a congressional redistricting plan backed by former President Donald Trump. The decision means the state’s newly drawn congressional map will not be submitted to voters through the proposed process.
The redistricting plan has drawn opposition from Democrats, who sought to give voters an opportunity to overturn or review the map. Supporters of the challenge characterized the effort as an attempt to undo a map they viewed as politically engineered, while Republicans backed the new districts.
The election chief’s decision blocks the proposed referendum from moving forward. The dispute centers on whether the redrawn congressional districts can be challenged through a statewide vote and reflects broader political disagreements over Missouri’s congressional map and the role of citizen-led election measures.
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