For the third time this month, the Supreme Court on Friday rejected an effort to restore Missouri's Trump-backed congressional map for the November midterm elections, ending a lengthy legal battle that had threatened to upend voting after absentee ballots were already underway. In an unsigned opinion, the justices said switching maps at such a late stage would create "electoral chaos" and allowed Missouri to continue using the congressional districts adopted after the 2020 census. Republicans had hoped the revised map would help them gain an additional House seat.
The decision leaves Missouri voters casting ballots under the same district lines used in the 2022 and 2024 elections. Missouri Republican Governor Mike Kehoe posted Friday on X, "It is disappointing that today’s decision by the United States Supreme Court means Missouri will conduct its November general election under a different congressional map than its primary election. Voters deserved consistency and certainty, and not for the rules to be changed between elections.
Nevertheless, Missouri will follow the Court’s order." This is a breaking news article.
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