Judge sets trial date for Missouri redistricting referendum, initiative petition amendment

By: Rudi Keller

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: August 12, 2026

Words: 706

Last Updated: 6 days, 9 hours ago


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The fate of two proposed ballot measures —- a referendum on Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map and a constitutional amendment limiting legislative power to alter laws passed by initiative — will go on trial next week, a Cole County judge decided Wednesday.

Circuit Judge Daniel Green ordered back-to-back hearings for the two measures Secretary of State Denny Hoskins blocked from a statewide vote. He also allowed the Republican National Committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee and …

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