Overview
- The Missouri Supreme Court, which ruled Tuesday in a 4-3 decision, left in place a 2025 congressional map that boosts Republican chances for another U.S. House seat.
- The plan reshapes Kansas City’s 5th District by moving parts to neighboring districts and extending the rest into rural areas, putting Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s seat at greater risk.
- Opponents have submitted more than 300,000 petition signatures seeking a statewide referendum to overturn the map.
- A Jackson County judge rejected a compactness challenge last week, and plaintiffs are now appealing that ruling to the state’s high court.
- In separate decisions the same day, the justices kept Missouri’s photo-ID rule for in-person voting and struck down restrictions on voter‑registration and absentee‑ballot outreach by civic groups.