Missouri Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins said any signatures gathered before Wednesday to place a new congressional map up for a vote won't count. Proponents of the redistricting referendum say that's an unlawful attempt to shorten the signature gathering window.

Springfield residents will vote Nov. 4 on a new fee that would help the city pay for the proposed $175 million convention and event center.

Secretary of State Denny Hoskins has argued that earlier signature-gathering for a referendum was illegal and "a misdemeanor election offense.”

If you would like to vote absentee for the November 4 Special Election, you must request an absentee ballot by mail by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, October 22. To vote absentee by mail, you must meet provide one of these reasons for needing to do so:

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KY3) - Republican Missouri politicians are defending a new congressional map through legal action.

A Cole County judge has upheld House Joint Resolution 73 on all constitutional grounds, certifying its ballot language and allowing it to move forward to Missouri voters as Amendment 3, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced.

Through September 2025, Ballotpedia reported on 24,294 elections across 46 states: 17,907 (74%) were uncontested and 6,387 (26%) were contested. Kansas elections so far in 2025 followed the trend, but Missouri had a greater rate of contested races.

The legal actions illustrate a remarkable attempt to thwart Missourians from striking down the map that splits Kansas City.

In a tragic turn of events, Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan was killed in a plane crash just weeks before the 2000 election, but he still won the U.S. Senate seat posthumously, with his wife Jean