“Missouri is prepared to follow and comply with Chief Judge Clark's order that binds the state to using the Missouri First map for the November General Election. We appreciate Judge Clark's support of the rights of Missouri voters, and intend to comply with this federal ruling. We maintain that changing the congressional map in between the primary and general elections is simply not feasible and profoundly unjust to Missouri voters.
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Catherine Hanaway
Republican
Attorney General of Missouri • Missouri
Republican attorney general of Missouri and former Speaker of the Missouri House.
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“We have just appealed yesterday’s catastrophic ruling to the Supreme Court of the United States. We look forward to the Court’s prompt review of this critical matter, as our ability to hold timely and lawful congressional elections hangs in the balance.
“A federal-election-administration disaster is unfolding in Missouri. … Missouri cannot run a timely, lawful federal election absent a stay.
“Never before in American history has a court overturned a congressional map after a primary and before a general election. This unprecedented decision clearly violates federal law and has thrust our state into a full-fledged constitutional crisis.
“Our office will move immediately to seek relief from (the United States Supreme Court). We are confident that the federal courts will not allow every Missouri voter to be disenfranchised — which is what today’s decision does.