A bipartisan group of esteemed former legislators filed an amicus brief this week in support of a citizens’ challenge to dishonest ballot language approved by the General Assembly this May for the Amendment 3 gerrymandering…
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Citizens’ challenge politicians’ deceptive ballot summary for Amendment 3
Cole County Circuit Judge Patricia S. Joyce will hear arguments this Friday, August 7 at 10:30 a.m. for a citizens’ challenge to dishonest and misleading ballot language written by politicians for their Amendment 3 gerrymandering…
“Insane”: The Truly Extreme Gerrymandering Allowed in Fine Print of Amendment 3
The Clean Missouri campaign today released new research and infographics calling attention to the “insane” provisions in Amendment 3 that would explicitly allow the most extreme statehouse partisan gerrymandering the United States. The politician’s Amendment…
Amendment 3 by the Numbers: Who Wouldn’t Count
Opposition to the Amendment 3 gerrymandering plan continues to expand across Missouri as voters learn more about the deceptive, deceitful and dirty amendment. Much of the concern and outrage has focused on one particular portion…
Local Leaders Express Grave Concerns About How Amendment 3 Would Hurt Their Communities
Local leaders across Missouri shared grave concerns about Amendment 3 as part of the public comment process for the gerrymandering ballot measure, which are reflected in the formal fiscal impact statement published today by the…
#3on3: How politicians hope to dupe voters
The politicians pushing Amendment 3 know they can’t actually run on their gerrymandering plan. Its provisions are indefensible, and they know voters really want fair maps and a fair redistricting process. So, politicians are trying…
“Fifteen is Insane”
“…An allowable gap of fifteen percent exceeds any plan now in existence. ‘Fifteen is insane…’”
#3on3: The worst gerrymander in America
In the past few decades, gerrymandering masterminds have been working on new ways to sort voters into districts so their preferred politicians can’t be held accountable. Sometimes they try to change who counts in maps…
#3on3: What politicians said about their own gerrymandering plan
We are working every day to defeat the deceptive, dangerous, dirty gerrymandering scheme in Amendment 3. You and I both know voters will reject the Dirty Missouri scheme if they understand how politicians are trying to trick…
Joplin Globe: “Listen to Jack Danforth and vote ‘no'”
“I will vote no on the legislators’ gerrymandering amendment and encourage every Missouri voter to do the same. The integrity of Missouri’s democracy is at stake.”