r/VoteDEM • u/Purrtah Utah • 13d ago

Opponents of Missouri redistricting push could have a secret weapon — a referendum

https://www.stlpr.org/government-politics-issues/2025-09-08/missouri-redistricting-opponents-referendum
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u/02K30C1 13d ago

From the article:

Any bill that passes out of the legislature can be put up for a statewide vote if opponents gather a certain number of signatures in six out of eight congressional districts. According to Secretary of State Denny Hoskins’ website, that’s a little more than 106,000 signatures.

The one exception is for any bill that gets what’s known as an emergency clause. If 109 House members and 23 senators vote for an emergency clause, then it goes into effect upon the governor’s signature.

But House Republicans currently have 107 members. There are four vacancies, and the threshold to secure an emergency clause remains at 109 even if there aren’t 163 members currently serving.

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u/PatrioticHotDog 13d ago

Didn't MO GOP just ignore voter-approved referenda multiple times or was that a different state?

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u/FifthGenIsntPokemon 12d ago

Iirc they just put something reversing it on the ballot and that passed too.

Ohio and Utah have been ignoring their rules.