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Hanaway and Hoskins said in statements that the 2025 map is in effect for the November general election. “I think the message from Judge Clark was very clear that the Missouri First map is in effect,” Hoskins said in a telephone interview. “I've agreed that we don't want to disenfranchise over a million voters that voted in the congressional primaries on the new maps. “ But People Not Politicians Executive Director Richard von Glahn and the group’s attorney, Chuck Hatfield, said that Clark’s ruling did not explicitly overturn the Missouri Supreme Court’s ruling from last Thursday that bars elections officials from using the 2025 map in the fall. “Based on Eastern District Judge Clark’s subsequent decision, the Secretary of State Hoskins and Attorney General are now defying the Missouri Supreme Court and instructing election clerks to use the [2025] maps,” von Glahn said in a statement. “People Not Politicians Missouri and our attorneys will be filing an appeal and a request for a stay in the 8th Circuit Court and with Justice Kavanaugh.” Hatfield said during a press conference that an “individual federal district judge does not have the authority to overrule a decision of a state supreme court.” He filed an emergency order with the Missouri Supreme Court to hold Hoskins in contempt for telling elections officials to use the 2025 maps.
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