Trial date set in NAACP lawsuit challenging new Missouri congressional map
Alison Patton
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Cole County judge will review another redistricting lawsuit Dec. 15, following what was supposed to be the first redistricting trial Monday.
The NAACP filed its redistricting lawsuit at the start of the special session in September against Gov. Mike Kehoe, the former attorney general, the House speaker and the Senate president pro tem.
In the lawsuit, the NAACP asked a Cole County judge to stop the legislature from meeting, arguing a special session on redistricting without an updated census is unconstitutional, according to court documents.
On Friday, a judge denied the NAACP’s request for a preliminary injunction, and the court is considering a motion to dismiss the case filed by the state. The attorneys on each side and the judge met Tuesday for a case review, where the trial date was set.
A Nov. 12 trial date has been set in two other lawsuits challenging the new map.