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[UPDATE] Supreme Court blocks Missouri's 7-1 GOP map a third time, keeping the 6-2 map for Nov. 3

No noted dissents; the unsigned order says the election has already started.

The Supreme Court's unsigned order blocked Missouri's 7-1 map a third time with no noted dissents, so the 6-2 map from 2022 governs the Nov. 3 election already underway. Absentee voting under the 2022 map began this week, so the justices halted the Eighth Circuit's revival of the 2025 map.

PREVIOUSLY

  • Sept. 6: Missouri asked the Supreme Court to reinstate its 7-1 map, three days before the state's ballot deadline.
  • Sept. 8: Justice Brett Kavanaugh left the 6-2 map in place; hours later, federal Judge Stephen Clark ordered the 7-1 map for 14 days.
  • Sept. 24: Map opponents asked the Supreme Court to block the 7-1 map again.

The stakes:

  • The 2022 map elects 6 Republicans and 2 Democrats; the blocked 2025 map would have favored Republicans in 7 of 8 seats.
  • The order leaves in place a Missouri Supreme Court ruling that the 2025 map cannot take effect unless voters approve it in a November referendum.
  • The 2025 map targeted the seat of Emanuel Cleaver (Rep-D Missouri).

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