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Lawmakers try to alter voter-approved redistricting reforms
With the census approaching, lawmakers in some states are attempting to alter recent voter-approved measures that were intended to reduce partisan gamesmanship when drawing new voting districts for the U.S. House and state legislatures. In Missouri and Utah, Republican-led legislatures have advanced proposals to unravel key provisions in redistricting initiatives passed in 2018 before they [&helli[...]
Missouri Senate advances another redistricting plan
Missouri’s Republican-led Senate has given initial approval to a plan to revamp key parts of a ballot initiative on redistricting approved by voters just two years ago. The proposed constitutional amendment would lower “partisan fairness” and “competitiveness” to the least important factors among criteria used to draw state House and Senate districts. If approved by [[...]
Missouri Senate advances another redistricting plan
Missouri’s Republican-led Senate has given initial approval to a plan to revamp key parts of a ballot initiative on redistricting approved by voters just two years ago. The proposed constitutional amendment would lower “partisan fairness” and “competitiveness” to the least important factors among criteria used to draw state House and Senate districts. If approved by [[...]
Missouri Republicans seek to drop ‘partisan fairness’ in districts
Missouri’s Republican senators put forth a new plan Wednesday that would scrap “partisan fairness” and “competitiveness” from the criteria used to draw state House and Senate districts — reversing a key part of a ballot initiative approved by voters just two years ago. Senators began debating the newly proposed constitutional amendment on Wednesday. If approved […]
Redistricting, violence top issues for Missouri lawmakers
Missouri lawmakers returned to the Capitol Wednesday to start work on issues ranging from an overhaul of the voter-approved redistricting plan to combating violence in the state’s biggest cities. Republican leaders of the House and Senate said a top priority will be sending voters yet another proposed change to how legislative districts are drawn. Voters […]
Redistricting, violence top issues for Missouri lawmakers
Missouri lawmakers returned to the Capitol Wednesday to start work on issues ranging from an overhaul of the voter-approved redistricting plan to combating violence in the state’s biggest cities. Republican leaders of the House and Senate said a top priority will be sending voters yet another proposed change to how legislative districts are drawn. Voters […]
US high court redistricting case draws on Missouri’s example
Missouri’s recent constitutional amendment on redistricting serves as an unusual example in a pending U.S. Supreme Court case on partisan gerrymandering. The high court is set to hear two cases on March 26 that could determine how much partisan consideration is too much when legislative districts are drawn. Lamone v. Benisek involves a challenge to […]
New redistricting scheme costs judges an unwelcome job
A newly approved amendment to the Missouri Constitution will strip the state’s appeals judges of one of their most unusual roles. With 62 percent of the statewide vote, Missouri voters on Nov. 6 approved Constitutional Amendment 1, a wide-ranging measure to rein in campaign contributions and limit lawmakers from becoming lobbyists. The measure also overhauled […]
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