Hearing to pause Missouri congressional map set for Tuesday morning

Jazsmin Halliburton

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The ACLU is set to have a motion hearing in Cole County Tuesday over a lawsuit against the state of Missouri, asking for a preliminary injunction to pause the redistricting map.

The ACLU, which is representing two Kansas City voters, is asking the Cole County courts to suspend House Bill 1, a bill passed during a special session that redrew the state’s congressional map mid-decade. The group argues that a law is suspended when a referendum on it starts.

The group Put Missouri First was allowed to join the lawsuit as a defendant. The group filed a motion to intervene, arguing that they should be allowed as a defendant in the lawsuit because it opposes the redistricting referendum and plays a role in funding and shaping opposition efforts, according to court documents.

The suit, filed in December 2025, follows the state’s claim that the activist group People Not Politicians inaccurately announced that Missouri’s new congressional district map was frozen. The group had submitted more than 305,000 signatures to Secretary of State Denny Hoskinson for a petition to put the new congressional map to a vote.

The Attorney General’s office claims that the ACLU and People Not Politicians are promoting a false narrative, arguing that the freeze only occurs when the signatures are validated by the Secretary of State. The office claims that at this time, it has not been confirmed that enough signatures have been submitted. Referendum petition signatures must equal five percent of legal voters in each of two-thirds of the congressional districts in the state to pass.

The state and Put Missouri First are looking to have the case thrown out.

Tuesday’s hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. in the Cole County Courthouse.

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