Judge weighs whether signatures should be counted in petition challenging new Missouri congressional map, days before map is set to go into effect

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KY3) -Just days before the deadline to turn in signatures, a Cole County judge hears arguments over whether 92,000 signatures should count.

The group behind a petition to recall Missouri’s new congressional map, People Not Politicians, is suing the Secretary of State; the lawsuit claims he’s trying to sabotage its efforts. The group must turn in the signatures on or before Dec. 11 if it is going to successfully block the new map from going into effect. Judge Christopher Limbaugh is weighing the arguments heard in court on Monday and will make a decision at a later date.

Gov. Mike Kehoe signed the controversial new congressional map into law last month. The map creates new districts for Missouri’s representation in the U.S. House and is likely to send one more Republi