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May 1, 2019Jefferson City, MO |  By: AP

MO House moves to undo & replace the "Clean Missouri" amendment

The Missouri House has passed a proposal to undo and
replace the redistricting process enacted by voters in November.

House members voted 108-46 Monday to send a new plan to redraw legislative
districts to the Senate for consideration.

If passed by the Legislature, the measure would be subject to voter approval.

Voters last year passed the "Clean Missouri" constitutional amendment . That
measure created a new position of nonpartisan demographer to draft state House
and Senate maps after the 2020 Census with a goal of achieving "partisan
fairness" and "competitiveness."

The House proposal would instead have bipartisan panels redraw districts, as
was done previously. It would make "partisan fairness" and "competitiveness"
secondary to other factors, such as districts being compact and not
disenfranchising minority voters.