Missouri’s Denny Hoskins is on a mission to restore the old-fashioned way of counting votes and certifying elections.

A group called People Not Politicians announced that it's gathering signatures to prevent Missouri's new congressional map from going into effect until there's a statewide vote. Voters will also have to approve of a Republican plan cracking down on citizen-led constitutional amendments.

Missouri's new congressional map carves up Kansas City into three separate districts, fulfilling the wishes of President Donald Trump. The ACLU filed a lawsuit Friday, and Kansas City Council recently passed a resolution authorizing legal action of its own.

The Missouri state House advanced a new congressional map Tuesday targeting the district of one of the state’s two Democrats, the latest escalation in tit-for-tat partisan gerrymandering in states ahead of next year’s midterm elections.

The plan goes to Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe for his expected signature to make it law. But opponents immediately announced a referendum petition that, if successful, could force a statewide vote on the new map.

Missouri Republicans handed President Donald Trump a political victory Friday, giving final legislative approval to a redistricting plan that could help Republicans win an additional U.S. House seat in next year's elections.

In Missouri, the Republican-led government is moving quickly to redraw state election maps to secure its political grip on the state, continuing a national trend of anti-democratic gamesmanship that one Democratic lawmaker from the state says will leave the nation’s democracy “with only cinders remaining.”

Missouri is now part of a multi-state attempt by the Department of Justice to access, physically inspect, and take physical custody of election equipment used in the 2020 November election. Jasper Cou

Two Missouri county clerks said they were contacted by the DOJ seeking access to election machines made by Dominion Voting Systems.