Boone County clerk refuses to update voter rolls amid uncertainty over Missouri map

Source: Missouri Independent

Hoskins, a Republican from Warrensburg, in an interview with The Independent accused Lennon of defying the state’s highest court.

“It appears she’s saying she’s not going to do her job,” Hoskins said, “but she’s going to defy the unanimous decision yesterday by the Missouri Supreme Court, defy the direction provided by the Secretary of State, who is the chief election officer of the state of Missouri, and defy the direction provided by Attorney General (Catherine) Hanaway.”

The court ruled Tuesday that the new map would be suspended as of Dec. 9, the day the political action committee People Not Politicians turned in its petitions, if Hoskins rules it has enough signatures.

“I am caught in the untenable position of trying to predict when and how you will issue a determination about the sufficiency of the petition,” Lennon wrote. “Until that time, I have no actionable legal information as to what congressional district map is in effect so I will not be making any changes to the map that was in place prior to the enactment of (the new map).”

Read more: https://missouriindependent.com/2026/05/13/boone-county-clerk-refuses-to-update-voter-rolls-amid-uncertainty-over-missouri-map/