Show-Me Midterm Redistricting Court Fight For 300K VALID Voter Petitions

Here's the danger . . .

Forget the silly crusade to save Congressman Cleaver's jorb, the bigger danger here is that partisan politics might inadvertently destroy Missouri Democracy if the top ranking elected official is willing to ignore more than 300,000 voters.  

Actually . . . There are even conservatives concerned about this precedent and part of our mission here at TKC is to offer perspective that other newsies won't touch . . . 

As gently as possible, because we hear he has a temper, we mention that . . . Secretary of State Denny Hoskins isn't the most popular dude amongst his Republican colleagues and THIS might be the move that dooms him to a mediocre career in the middle of nowhere Missouri and not the greater glory of the conservative podcast circuit. 

Sadly . . . 

We trust Missouri Democrats to FUMBLE any kind of valid argument and continue their record of generational election FAIL.

Accordingly, here's the update from prog bloggers . . .  

(SecState) Hoskins is suing People Not Politicians, the political action committee pushing for a referendum. Hoskins is asking the court to declare that he does not have to fulfill a Sunshine Law request from Emily Gerber, deputy director of the PAC, because the records being sought are protected from disclosure as public records because there is ongoing litigation over the information they contain.

“The secretary’s determination that the records were closed at the time of Ms. Gerber’s request was based on the nature of the records as being related directly to pending litigation, not on the identity of the requester,” Assistant Attorney General Kate Walker wrote.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Missouri secretary of state sues to close records on redistricting referendum signatures * Missouri Independent

Secretary of State Denny Hoskins wants the courts to shield him from disclosing what he is doing with disputed signatures on a petition challenging the Missouri's new congressional map.