JEFFERSON CITY — Protesters descended on the Missouri Capitol Wednesday demanding Republicans end their bid to redraw the state’s congressional maps and make it more difficult for citizens to change the constitution.

With lawmakers meeting in a special session designed to capture one additional safe Republican seat in the narrowly divided U.S. House, a raucous group of more than 1,000 citizens backed by labor unions and Democrats chanted against the mid-decade redistricting process launched by Gov. Mike Kehoe with the backing of President Donald Trump.

They packed the legislative chambers and walked the halls, buttonholing lawmakers to urge them to leave the state’s congressional boundaries alone.

“I came to Jefferson City to join with other like-minded Missourians who are very concer

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