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Obscure Missouri Law at Center of $80 Million Lawsuit Against Denny Hoskins

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A Missouri law dating to 1909 could allow voters to seek up to $500 in damages from officials who fail to perform a legal duty.

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  1. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Hoskins is subject of class-action suit by Missouri voters over disputed congressional map (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    The lawsuit seeks damages for each of the voters who signed a referendum that the secretary of state failed to recognize.

  2. FOX 2 St. Louis

    Missouri voters sue Denny Hoskins, seek $80 million over redistricting referendum (opens FOX 2 St. Louis)

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    Five Missouri voters have filed a lawsuit against Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, seeking an estimated $80 million in damages for voters over his handling of a referendum challenging the state's 2025 congressional redistricting map.

  3. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    5 Missouri voters sue Hoskins, ask for $80 million in damages over referendum signatures (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri voters are asking a Cole County judge to approve a class-action lawsuit against Secretary of State Denny Hoskins over how he handled signatures for the referendum to get the 2025 gerrymandered congressional map on the November ballot.

  4. Newsweek

    Obscure Missouri Law at Center of $80 Million Lawsuit Against Denny Hoskins (opens Newsweek)

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    A Missouri law dating to 1909 could allow voters to seek up to $500 in damages from officials who fail to perform a legal duty.

  5. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Hoskins subject of class-action suit over congressional map (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    St. Louis Post-Dispatch's feed description

    Secretary of State Denny Hoskins was sued Friday by five Missourians on behalf of voters who signed a referendum petition to put a gerrymandered congressional map to a vote, in another twist in a knotty legal case over redistricting.

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