Every 10 years, the United States conducts a census. That is mandated by the U.S. Constitution. The U.S. House has 435 elected representatives. The 435 are divided among the 50 states based on the population. That is updated following the 10 year census. Missouri currently has eight Congressional representative seats based on the census count in 2020. Once the number is determined, then the state legislature creates / updates the Congressional District maps. That was done in 2022.

In a 2025 special session of the Missouri legislature, a new geographical map was created for the U.S. House Districts in Missouri. The purpose was to tip the balance of Republicans vs Democrats in the House in Washington D.C. This map dramatically changed the geography of some congressional districts. If you voted in the August primary, then the US. House Congressional candidates on your ballot were based on the 2025 map.

However, that 2025 map was never legal because a citizen group, People not Politicians, filed a petition to require a referendum vote for the people of Missouri to give the final say for the 2025 map. The citizens group followed the requirements spelled out in article 3 section 52b of the Missouri Constitution.

Article 3; 52B has an approval requirement: A measure referred to the people becomes effective only when approved by a majority of the votes cast on that specific measure. That vote is this Proposition A on your November ballot.

Therefore the 2025 map used in the August primary was never the law because you had not yet had the opportunity to vote yes or no.

Proposition A, placed on the ballot by the group People Not Politicians reported submitting more than 305,000 signatures on Dec. 9, 2025. That was nearly 3 times the required number of signatures.

Secretary of State Denny Hoskins ignored the referendum by using the 2025 map in the August primary election. Lawsuits were filed claiming the 2025 map was not valid and the 2022 map should be used. The Missouri Supreme court agreed. The U.S. Supreme Court also agreed.

On Sept. 3, 2026, the Missouri Supreme Court ordered Secretary Hoskins not to use the redrawn 2025 congressional district map (HB 1) for the Nov. 2026 election, directing local officials to use the 2022 map instead. On Sept. 8, Hoskins told local election authorities to use the 2025 map, pointing to a temporary restraining order issued by a federal judge (U.S. District Judge Stephen Clark) in a separate lawsuit.

The Missouri Supreme Court ruled in Sept. 2026 that House Bill 1 (HB 1)—the state’s newly redrawn 2025 congressional map “is not the law and never has been the law” because a valid referendum petition suspended its enactment pending a public vote. Quote is from Missouri Chief Justice Brent Powell.

On Sept. 10, Chief Justice Powell announced that SOS Hoskins was in contempt of the state high court’s order. It was a unanimous decision. Hoskins then sent a directive to all Missouri election authorities to now use the 2022 map for the November election.

The U.S. Congressional candidates on your Nov. 3, 2026 ballot are now based on the 2022 map.

A “yes” vote for Proposition A will approve the act of the General Assembly entitled “House Bill No. 1 (2025 Extraordinary Session),” which redraws the congressional district boundaries to create the 2025 map and would be in effect for the 2028 election cycle.

A “no” vote will leave in place the congressional district boundaries enacted in 2022.

We have a long tradition of redrawing congressional districts once every 10 years. This attempt to change the geography of Missouri’s congressional districts just 3 years after the 2022 map created a lot of chaos and uncertainty. It is a bad policy.

On Nov. 3, Vote no on Proposition A.