ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) -Five Missouri voters from St. Louis City and St. Louis County are suing Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins for $80 million over the handling of a ballot measure that challenged the use of the 2025 state congressional map.
In a lawsuit filed on Friday, the five plaintiffs state they are seeking between $100 and $500 in damages for more than 162,000 Missouri voters who signed a measure to have Missouri’s 2025 congressional map put to a vote. The 2025 congressional map was heavily endorsed by President Donald Trump.
The suit states that more than 162,000 petitioners were certified as Missouri voters out of 300,000 who signed the measure. The lawsuit states that Hoskins’ actions affected multiple voters in the same manner, making it grounds for a class-action lawsuit due to the volume of people affected.
The lawsuit goes on to state that Hoskins considered the measure filed by certified voters as insufficient and refused to place it on the next general ballot. He did not challenge petitions supporting the claim that the measure had enough signatures.
Court documents state that Hoskins did not follow the Missouri Supreme Court’s order to use the 2022 congressional map. Additionally, the lawsuit states that Hoskins ordered election authorities statewide to use the 2025 congressional map for the November midterms. This led to Missouri’s Supreme Court finding Hoskins in contempt of court, according to the lawsuit.
Documents state that Hoskin claimed that using the 2025 congressional map was required because using two different maps for the primary and the general elections would “create chaos and deny Missouri voters their rights under the U.S. Constitution.”
Missouri’s Supreme Court stated that “any chaos caused” by using different maps for both elections would be due to Hoskins lack of diligence in performing his duties, court documents state.
Several court rulings earlier this week left confusion about which map will be used in Missouri for the November midterms.
On Thursday, the US Supreme Court rejected another push to use the 2025 congressional maps.
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