Missouri’s Trump-backed voting maps approved by federal panel challenged in supreme court
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Opponents requested an emergency filing as state’s elections plunged into uncertainty over redrawn districts
Opponents of congressional redistricting in Missouri appealed to the US supreme court on Wednesday after a federal panel let stand a ruling allowing the state to use a new map backed by Donald Trump in November’s midterms.
The map’s challengers, including a group opposed to the Republican-drawn map called People Not Politicians, made the request in an emergency filing, moving swiftly after Stephen Clark, a St Louis-based chief US district judge, issued his decision on Tuesday.
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