Republicans’ efforts to rig the 2026 midterm elections by gerrymandering House maps hit a potential snag in Missouri on Tuesday, when organizers submitted hundreds of thousands of petition signatures calling for a referendum on the state’s new, GOP-skewed map.

The new map, passed in September, seeks to flip control of a Democratic-held House district in the Kansas City area, likely handing Republicans seven of the state’s eight seats. Given how plainly undemocratic that is, organizers sought to put the map before the voters, and on Tuesday, they delivered over 300,000 signatures to the secretary of state’s office, almost three times the required number to trigger a statewide vote.

But they face an uphill battle thanks to GOP officials who will do anything to block voters from getting the

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