The national GOP has sent texts to Missourians who signed a petition seeking to veto the recently passed bill eliminating Congressman Emanuel Cleaver’s seat in Kansas City and dividing it between three Republican districts, including Sam Graves’. The texts in question demanded that voters withdraw their signatures “before it is too late,” and gave a number people could call.
One such recipient, Elad Gross, who ran as a Democrat for Attorney General in 2024, posted a screenshot on Facebook and posted, “Just got this from the NATIONAL Republican Party. They’re sure spending a lot of money to try and stop the referendum on the ILLEGAL GERRYMANDER with deceptive messaging.”
On October 15th, Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins ruled that a veto petition to overturn this effort by the legislature can go forward but ruled that any signatures collected before that day were invalid.
To qualify for the ballot, proponents must collect signatures from at least 5% of registered voters in six of Missouri’s eight congressional districts by the statutory deadline of December 11th. Under Missouri Law, referendum petitions can be filed no later than 90 days after the adjournment of the legislative session in which the bill was passed. The legislative session in question ended in September 2025, hence the December 11th deadline.
Several years ago, the Missouri legislature attempted to pass a Right to Work law, which states that people who work for an employer do not have to join a union or pay union dues. However, a referendum petition overwhelmingly defeated that measure all over the state, including in Worth County. All federal government employees are still covered by Right to Work due to a Supreme Court ruling in 2018.
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