2026 Missouri Proposition A

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Proposition A appeared on the November 3, 2026, ballot in the state of Missouri as a veto referendum. Voters decided whether congressional districts that the Missouri General Assembly adopted in 2025 will or will not take effect. They decided against the proposition, retaining the previously decided 2022 congressional district. In September 2025, Missouri lawmakers passed—and Missouri governor Mike Kehoe signed into law—an act changing the state's congressional districts. The new districts dismantled the strongly Democratic-leaning 5th congressional district. However, before the map took effect, it faced a lawsuit and a veto referendum. The lawsuit argued the new map was unconstitutional, and violated the part of Missouri's Constitution stating that redistricting had to occur after a United States census. But the Missouri Supreme Court disagreed, ruling 4–3 that the state constitution requires redistricting to happen after a census, but does not otherwise explicitly prohibit it. The veto...

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