Missouri judge finds GOP redistricting measure misleading A Missouri judge has ruled that the state's Republican-led Legislature illegally tried to mislead voters into repealing anti-gerrymandering reforms they adopted two years agoJEFFERSON CITY, MO -- A Missouri judge on Monday rewrote the summary for a legislative redistricting measure that will appear on the November ballot, ruling that the state's Republican-led Legislature tried to misleadingly entice voters into repealing an anti-gerrymandering reform that voters approved just two years ago. The decision by Cole County Circuit Judge Pat Joyce struck down the Legislature's ballot summary for Amendment 3 as insufficient, unfair and partly false. She replaced it with a ballot summary suggested by a group that sponsored the successful 2018 measure and is opposed to this year's revision. Missouri was among five states where voters in 2018 approved ballot measures designed to diminish the potential for political influences in redistricting. Like the 2018 measure, the Legislature's revision combines the redistricting changes with popular measures to lower campaign contribution limits and restrict lobbyist gifts to lawmakers.

Source: ABC News August 17, 2020 18:24 UTC