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🚨 BREAKING: In a loss for Missouri voters, the 8th Circuit rules the GOP's congressional gerrymander should be used for the midterms. The ruling puts the federal court in direct conflict with the Missouri Supreme Court. Now SCOTUS must decide for a third time which map will be used in November.

Democracy Docket

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21 Sept

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democracydocket.comMissouri ordered to use gerrymandered map for midterms after shocking reversal by appeals courtThe circuit court ruling injects even more confusion into a year-long battle over which map the state will use for the general election.

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"Though uncommon, this situation is not unprecedented. Courts around the country have ordered ballot changes after absentee ballots already have been distributed under UOCAVA."

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Democracy Docket

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21 Sept

"For all Missouri voters not covered by UOCAVA, absentee ballots may be requested and cast beginning on Sept 22, 2026... That deadline has not yet arrived, and thus general absentee voting has not yet begun. Accordingly, the Sept 22, 2026, absentee ballot commencement date does not moot this case."

Jim Percival

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If the Supreme Court has not stayed or otherwise altered the permanent injunction by that time, Secretary Hoskins and all others bound by this judgment must fully implement the 2025 map for the November 2026 general election.