People Not Politicians Missouri
Missouri campaign group pushing a citizen referendum against the state's redrawn congressional map.
On 21 September, People Not Politicians Missouri joined the challenge to a federal ruling requiring Missouri’s 2025 congressional map for November. the Court paused its order until 28 September.
Last refreshed: 24 September 2026
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People Not Politicians Missouri is a campaign group focused on a citizen referendum against Missouri’s redrawn congressional map. Its work concerns how the state chooses congressional districts and whether voters can challenge the map through the referendum process.
The group’s relevance rests on Missouri’s continuing map dispute. On 21 September, the 8th Circuit ordered the state to use its 2025 map for November, then paused that order until 28 September.
The campaign matters because redistricting rules shape which communities are grouped in each congressional district. Its role is distinct from the courts and state authorities: it presses the voter-led challenge to the map rather than administering elections or deciding the case.
The campaign contests Missouri’s map
On 21 September, a federal appeals court ordered Missouri to use its 2025 congressional map, HB 1, for the November election. The order placed the map dispute at the centre of the campaign’s referendum fight.
the Court paused its own order until 28 September, while challengers sought intervention from Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Missouri had already sent overseas ballots using the earlier 2022 map, making the timing of any judicial decision important to the group’s effort to contest HB 1.