SCOTUS Missouri gerrymander ruling praised by pro-voter groups, attacked by GOP officials

“While today’s SCOTUS ruling is a disappointing blow to representative democracy, I appreciate the final clarity,” Hoskins said.

Official response and confirmed impact

“My Office will of course comply with the law.

I have every confidence in our local election authorities and that they will administer a seamless general election.”

“With the stroke of a pen, it overturned a congressional map passed by the people’s elected legislature and signed by the Governor after that map had already been used to conduct the primary election.

Missouri voters are now being forced to live with the consequences.”

But SCOTUS rejected those arguments, instead pinning the blame squarely on Hoskins for forcing the deployment of an unauthorized map, and also for delaying the certification of the petition when it was more than sufficient to trigger a ballot vote.

Incident under investigation

Some elected Republican officials blamed the Missouri Supreme Court for any map confusion, claiming that its rulings against the gerrymander “disenfranchised” voters who used that map in the primaries.

“The responsibility for this chaos rests first and foremost with the Missouri Supreme Court,” Missouri State Sen. Rick Brattin (R) said.