“The LWV believes the redistricting process must be nonpartisan,” Marilyn McLeod said in testimony submitted to a Jan. 3 hearing of the House Bipartisan Redistricting Commission. “The partisan make-up of the redistricting commissions unfortunately ends in deadlock." 

Missouri’s Senate Bipartisan Commission could not agree to a map for new state senate districts, so the final map will be drawn by a panel of judges. The House panel is still debating areas of Kansas City, St. Louis, Springfield and Boone County. It has until Jan. 23 to get 14/20 of the bipartisan members to agree on one map or it will also go to a judicial panel. To review sample maps, submit a comment or review public comments, go to https://missouri-redistricting-commission-portal-redistrictmo.hub.arcgis.com/.

Voter Access Committee Chair Joan Hubbard represented LWVMO at House and Senate Redistricting Commission hearings in St. Louis. She recognized the "once-a-decade impact that redistricting has on the power of voters and on the vitality of democracy in our state."