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“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."
Intern Brynn Bachman outside the Renaissance Airport Hotel where Joan Hubbard testified at commission hearings in St. Louis.