Missouri secretary of state wants chance to rewrite biased ballot language for referendum
Secretary of State Denny Hoskins wants another chance to write the ballot language for a referendum on Missouri’s gerrymandered redistricting map after admitting that the first version he prepared was unfair.
And he doesn’t want to answer any questions about how the first version was crafted or who advised him on what it should say.
In a court filing this week that surprised advocates for a statewide vote on the new map Republicans forced through the General Assembly, Hoskins’ attorney wrote that accusations the original ballot language was “argumentative and likely to create prejudice” were true.
“There is no longer an active controversy sufficient to support a hearing,” wrote Madeline Lansdell, an assistant attorney general.
https://missouriindependent.com/2026/01/31/missouri-secretary-of-state-wants-chance-to-rewrite-biased-ballot-language-for-referendum/
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