The Rules for This Election Keep Changing
Missouri is experiencing significant electoral instability due to last-minute litigation over congressional district boundaries. This confusion is part of a broader national trend of volatile election infrastructure and legal challenges ahead of the midterms.
Why it matters
The uncertainty surrounding district maps and voting procedures threatens to undermine voter confidence and complicates the administration of the upcoming midterm elections.
Missouri exemplifies a trend of last-minute litigation.
Charlie Riedel / AP September 16, 2026, 6:55 AM ET Share Save B ethany Mann has put thousands of miles on her 2014 Toyota RAV4 while campaigning for office in Missouri’s Third Congressional District. The problem for Mann, her opponents, and the hundreds of thousands of voters who live there is that for months, no one has known precisely where the district’s boundaries are.
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