“This is going to go down in flames if it makes it to the ballot. Flames. This will not pass at all.”
Campaign Updates
NAACP Kansas City Chapter President: Dirty Missouri “outrageous even by Jeff City standards”
“Amendment 3 would take Missouri’s legislative redistricting process out of the light and into backrooms controlled by powerful insiders who would be in charge of drawing electoral maps for the next decade.”
Joplin Globe: “Defer to voters on redistricting”
Lawmakers should only consider overturning the will of voters in the rarest and most extreme circumstances — state emergencies, for example. This is not that moment. Joplin Globe Editorial Board, May 5, 2020 Missouri Republicans…
Sen. Jack Danforth: “I will vote no on the legislators’ gerrymandering amendment and encourage every Missouri voter to do the same”
Indeed, if the proposed constitutional amendment is fully enacted, Missouri’s legislative maps could be more gerrymandered than any in the country. Sen. John C. Danforth, writing in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch The citizens of Missouri pulled off an…
Statewide opposition increases to politicians’ gerrymandering plan
Citizens and editorial boards from across the state continue to condemn a radical gerrymandering proposal, SJR38, that Missouri House leaders passed in a sham hearing last week. Reforms requiring fair maps and fair redistricting were…
Joplin Globe: “Time to trust voters”
Legislators would be better off if they sought to respond to the real needs and priorities of voters rather than pursuing political advantage by selecting the mix of voters to make their seats more secure….
President of the St. Louis NAACP and Co-President of the League of Women Voters of Metro St. Louis: “Legislators should respect voters and redistricting process”
We must have fair maps to protect Missouri voters and make sure each vote counts. Let’s defend the will of voters and stop the Jefferson City gerrymandering plans. Louise Wilkerson, co-president of the League of…
President of the League of Women Voters of Columbia-Boone County: “Missouri voters want fair maps”
Clean Missouri was a great victory for the people. To finish the job, we must loudly and clearly tell Missouri lawmakers to honor our vote. Marilyn McLeod, president of the League of Women Voters of…
President of the League of Women Voters of Southwest Missouri: “Our citizens want voting maps that are fair to all.”
“There is no groundswell, no public outcry demanding a return to the old system. The only outcry is coming from legislators focused on returning Missouri to a time when maps were drawn in back rooms,…
Nonpartisan Redistricting Experts and Citizen Reformers Denounce SJR38 Gerrymandering Plan
JEFFERSON CITY – National anti-gerrymandering experts joined Missouri reformers in denouncing the Missouri State Senate’s final passage of SJR38, a proposal that seeks to roll back redistricting reforms passed overwhelmingly by Missouri voters in 2018…