KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Missouri residents are filing lawsuits challenging the new congressional map that the state legislature passed the week of Monday, September 8.

One of those lawsuits claims a small portion of people in Kansas City could end up voting in two different congressional districts.

Missouri is split into Voter Tabulation Districts or VTDs, and VTD 811 in the city is part of one of the lawsuits.

Republican Governor Mike Kehoe couldn't talk to FOX4 on camera Thursday, but Communications Director Gabby Picard sent FOX4 a statement regarding this matter on Wednesday.

"It is likely that the same name was assigned to two different VTDs by the US Census Bureau," she said.

"Any suggestion that someone could vote in two congressional districts is false."

FOX4 talked to Chuck Hatf

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