Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed the state’s new congressional map into law Sunday, splitting up the Kansas City-area district currently held by one of the state’s two Democratic House members. The Show-Me State joins a handful of states nationwide that ...

On Tuesday, the Missouri Supreme Court upheld the state’s gerrymandered congressional map in a pair of landmark rulings, stating that the map itself was legal and did not violate the state constitution, and that the map was not currently blocked even though a referendum campaign turned in signatures to force a statewide vote on it.

Missouri's top election official told local election authorities to use the redistricted map as a process to force a vote on the map plays out.