# Federal appeals court panel

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## Timeline

- **2026-09-19**: Absentee ballot mailing deadline — Federal statutory deadline to mail absentee ballots to overseas citizens and military voters.
- **2026-09-09**: Federal appeals court sides with Republicans — A federal appeals court panel declines to halt a federal judge's order favoring the Trump-backed map; the decision is immediately appealed to the Supreme Court.
- **2026-09-08**: Supreme Court lets state ruling stand — The U.S. Supreme Court lets stand a Missouri Supreme Court ruling against the Trump-backed districts.
- **2026-08**: Hoskins rejects referendum petition — Secretary of State Denny Hoskins rejects the petition on Missouri's primary day, asserting referenda cannot be used for congressional redistricting.
- **2025-12**: Referendum signatures submitted — Redistricting opponents submit hundreds of thousands of petition signatures seeking a statewide vote on the new districts.
- **2025-09**: Missouri legislature passes new congressional map — State lawmakers pass new U.S. House districts targeting Kansas City-based Rep. Emanuel Cleaver's seat, aiming for a 7-1 Republican split.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### Missouri Map Chaos: SCOTUS Faces Dueling Rulings 9 Days Before Ballot Deadline
2026-09-10 03:10:30 · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 3

Conflicting state and federal rulings over Missouri's congressional map have thrown the state's eight House races into legal limbo, forcing the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in just nine days before the September 19 overseas-ballot mailing deadline. The case tests unresolved boundaries from Moore v. Harper between state and federal judicial authority, and whether the Purcell principle can discipline late-stage redistricting litigation.
Full story: https://getlegalbrief.com/story/missouri-map-scotus-dueling-rulings-ballot-deadline

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