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Local election officials go with Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map despite uncertainty
Missouri election officials will begin mailing Aug. 4 primary ballots Tuesday to military and overseas voters using the state’s gerrymandered congressional districts, even as the legal status of those districts remains unresolved. Missourians in 28 counties have been assigned to a different congres...
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What happenedLocal election officials go with Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map despite uncertainty.
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Local election officials go with Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map despite uncertainty
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Missouri election officials will begin mailing Aug. 4 primary ballots Tuesday to military and overseas voters using the state’s gerrymandered congressional districts, even as the legal stat...
Local election officials reel over ‘logistical nightmare’ of Trump’s vote-by-mail order
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As election officials across the country steel themselves for the midterm elections in less than five months, President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting voting by mail threatens t...