Missouri voters keep 2022 map, approve petition rules

60% of Missouri voters approved Amendment 6 overnight, locking in new rules for the state’s petition process. The measure now requires 80% of both the House and Senate to agree before a proposed law change can reach the ballot. Voters retain the power to collect signatures and place their own proposed laws on the ballot.

In a split decision, voters also rejected Proposition A. The failed measure would have replaced the 2022 congressional map with a new 2025 version. Unofficial Associated Press results show more than 60% of voters cast ballots against the change. The 2025 map was drawn in the middle of the decade and expanded the 5th District from Kansas City to Jefferson City. Republicans supported the shift to secure additional seats.

The vote outcome directly affects Gladstone and parts of Clay County. Under the rejected 2025 plan, those areas would have moved from the 5th District to the 6th. With the rejection, the current boundaries stay in place as the state moves toward the next congressional elections. Richard Von-Glahn, executive director of the People Not Politicians group, addressed the crowd after the results came in.

Von-Glahn said he felt relieved by the outcome. He noted that residents had previously told state leaders not to redraw the map. "They didn't listen, they listened to DC not the people of the state, so the people of the state just sent them a very clear defeat," Von-Glahn said. The current district lines remain active until the next redistricting cycle.

The two measures addressed different aspects of election rules. Amendment 6 protects the initiative petition process from legislative interference. Proposition A focused on the geographic lines for federal representation. Voters decided to keep the existing congressional layout while strengthening the process for future state-level proposals. No further votes are scheduled for these specific issues in the immediate term.