Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins contends in a filing at the Missouri Supreme Court that it is too late to switch the Nov. 3 election to congressional districts used in 2022 and 2024 (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent).
An order directing Secretary of State Denny Hoskins to use congressional district maps drawn in 2022 for the November election would not pose the technical obstacle described by the state and a Cole County judge, two county clerks told the Missouri Supreme Court in a filing last week.

Boone County Clerk Brianna Lennon, a Democrat, and Polk County Clerk Rachel Lightfoot, a Republican, filed an amicus brief in the case over a referendum on redistricting. Though they have no position on what the court should do with the case, Lennon said they want to make sure the court knows Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green was wrong when he wrote in his ruling that using the maps in effect for the 2022 and 2024 elections was a “remedy that is impossible to implement.”

For election officials, Lennon said, the question is simply which set of congressional district assignments to use.
“You just pick which map you want us to use and we are ready for you,” Lennon said.

The question of which map will be used Nov. 3 — along with whether Missourians will vote in a referendum on the map drawn in 2025 — will be answered after the court on Wednesday hears oral arguments in a case seeking to overturn Green’s decision. 

In the state’s arguments filed in advance of the hearing, Lou Capozzi, Missouri’s solicitor general, echoes Green’s conclusion that the election process is too far advanced to change back to the older maps.

“Missouri courts and federal courts refuse to change election rules in the middle of an ongoing election cycle,” Capozzi wrote.

Anything that changes the lines now “would be catastrophically disruptive and technically ‘impossible’ — as Missouri’s election administration system will be locked and cannot be altered,” Capozzi wrote.
That is not true, Lennon wrote in the brief.

The Missouri Centralized Voter Registration system, maintained by Hoskins’ office, links every address in the state to both the gerrymandered map drawn by lawmakers in 2025 and used for the primary and the map used for 2022 and 2024, Lennon said.

“If the current situation was that local election authorities were being asked to implement an entirely new map today, for example, it would be too late to redefine or edit a new district because MCVR does ‘lock’ that ability,” she wrote. “However, that is not the case here.”
New voters who register in advance of the November election will be assigned to both districts as well, Lennon said.

“The addresses themselves are what are tied to two districts,” Lennon said. “So, if you register to vote at an address within Boone County, it is tied to both the new district and the old district.”

Happened to see this huge building on the map and it seems vacant.

Hello everyone,

Like many Missourians, I’ve been following the redistricting referendum and the push to redraw our congressional maps. (I was forced into a new district and couldn't even vote in Rep Wagner's primary) To get some clarity on how this was handled, I’ve been tracking public records and submitted Sunshine Law requests to the Secretary of State’s office.

From what the records show so far, there is no official documentation of Hoskins ever requesting the formal legal opinion from the Attorney General’s office that he ended up relying on. While the Attorney General framed the opinion as responding to an official inquiry, the administrative paper trail makes it appear entirely unsolicited. The Sunshine Law request returned no responsive documents and I’m still waiting on responses regarding potential communications on non-government devices.

If this opinion was truly unsolicited and arrived just in the nick of time, it raises serious questions about how this is being handled. Did he simply get lucky with a last-minute legal theory landing on his desk, or were these moves coordinated behind closed doors?

​Under Missouri administrative law (RSMo Chapter 536), agency actions that bypass standard procedure or lack a documented evidentiary basis are vulnerable to judicial review for being arbitrary, capricious, or an abuse of discretion. I would hate to think that Hoskins is coordinating behind the scenes with a national PAC to influence Missouri politics, but the lack of an official paper trail and the timing of everything leave a lot of unanswered questions, even after the case is decided.

What are your thoughts? Has anyone else found records or filings pointing to how this opinion came together?

edit:

Here is the link to the email I received. Personal information has been redacted.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12Fb8t559SueuRFhZYHAIS88gmJtMHS8x/view?usp=drivesdk

Tune in at 9 a.m. at https://www.courts.mo.gov/page.jsp?id=1975

Mute your volume before clicking the red button, you're going to get your ears blown out by the test tone until the court is in session.

If the 2024 Amendment 3 arguments are any indication you'll get your ears blown out repeatedly when the streaming buffers on their end. Hopefully they have fixed this in the last 2 years, but be ready on the mute button just in case. Afterwards they do post a full clean watchable video.

Does anyone know where Schnucks gets their meat?

At the end of the school year, last year, my son got in trouble because a friend happen to be looking as he was scrolling through his old snap chat conversations. A video clip went by without playing and the friend apparently told the principal. Well there was a back and forth about it because my son shouldn't have kept it on his phone from the prior year and he shouldn't have been letting anyone see it. We know that.

Edit: The back and forth was because he didn't seem to care about the girl who was being filmed or by who. I kept asking "what action he was able to take with the other party? The underage female being filmed in her home? The underage female who is sending around pornographic material of herself around the school? What about the person filming her?" Crickets. My son was punished, which was fair but the girl needs checked on and I feel like he spoke to her personally, without reporting the situation. He also failed to mention anything to us when our kid was hit with a firecracker in the bathroom.

The principal decides to kick our son out of school for the remainder of the year, two weeks. Fair, I guess. However. We were never contacted by any division or state agency about the event. Meaning, he must have not reported it for the girl's sake and safety. This year, my son goes to the restroom and some kid throws a firecracker into his stall while he's using the bathroom. It goes off and his ear would be ringing for the rest of the day. He was pulled into the office and interrogated about it. The principal once again failed to have the nurse even take a look at him. My wife is a mandated reporter and she ended up taking him to the hospital for about 3 hours last night. His ears were inflamed and showed signs of damage so they prescribed him two medications for it. The principal never contacted us at all. This morning I called him out from school and told the principal why he wasn't at school, in a message. He responded by saying something like "hey got your message but when I call it doesn't go through can you call back up to the school about the head injury?"

Edit: I never said he had a head injury and now he's acting like its the first time he has heard about it, as well. I said his ears were ringing and ringing from a firework being thrown into his stall, on the voice message I left him. I also said that was the reason we were at the hospital because nobody bothered to check him over at the school. That was his response. My son sat there and told him in person yesterday repeatedly that his ears hurt so why is he acting like he doesn't know what is going on? After he just listened to something completely different in my message. He wanted to play games again. Which is why he's a concern. Not a real professional.

He played this game with us last year as well. Should I let someone know this guy is not really pointed straight here? I mean he's always having us call back specifically around 3pm, when he knows he will be outside away from his desk. Because everyday he knows damn good and well he's going to be outside. So do we need to get ahold of someone to check on the girl? Who was actually filmed by someone in said clip? I feel like he left an unfinished follow up, failing his mandated reporter obligation. If so, tell me who to make contact with? Thank you for your time.

I missed your call regarding (my son) and a possible head injury. Sorry I missed your call! When I try to call back it will not ring through. Could you please call back up to the school at xxx-xxx-xxxx and ask for Dr. (his name)? Thank you!

He seems kind and concerned on the surface but its because hes trying to be a jerk and waste our time. if he doesn't know whats going on with my son after interrogating him yesterday and him saying his ears are ringing he shouldn't be a principal anywhere. The message I left ALSO said my sons ears were ringing. Nobody ever said a head injury at any point but him. So that's very concerning. He sent that email and walked out of his office to avoid speaking to me about the incident yesterday. He still has not contacted us in regards to the incident yesterday as of 6:39pm.

From MU in Brick and Mortar by the University of Missouri Archives

https://muarchives.missouri.edu/historic/buildings/Stadium/general.html

https://www.mrbo.org

Does anyone else file for the Missouri Gas tax Rebate? I downloaded the PDF version of form 4923H, I completed it and went to upload to the site, the site indicates uploads have to be in Excel format. This is not the first year we have filed for the refund, we have every year it’s been available.PDF for back securely. I did receive an email, the email included the Excel version. I then was communicating with another representative with the state via messaging I mentioned the issue, and was told I could email the completed form. I explained I was aware the form can be emailed but the information on the form is everything someone would need for identity theft. I was told their email is encrypted.
If I amusing say a Gmail account, sending something to an encrypted email, is that really secure? Don’t bother emails have to be secure?

Why do people in Missouri say “7 Highway” as opposed to “Highway 7” ?

Feel free to note other roadway terminology that you find odd.

What are you bringing?

Not only should the state return to funding the Imagination Library, they should launch a license plate where the proceeds go to the Imagination Library. This is just a rough draft based on the Ohio and Tennessee versions. Obviously ours should be unique, but regardless I’d buy it. The Imagination Library is so important to young children in a day and age where literacy and media comprehension is at historic lows.