A Democratic-supported group in Missouri opposed to the state’s new congressional map drawn by Republicans is one step closer to potentially repealing it through a voter referendum.

The group, People Not Politicians, submitted more than 300,000 signatures Tuesday for a petition that seeks to block the new district lines from going into effect before next year's midterm elections. Missouri's Republican secretary of state will still need to certify the petition before it can appear on the ballot.

“This process is an important historic check on legislators’ power or power grabs,” People Not Politicians Executive Director Richard von Glahn said in an interview before his group submitted the signatures. “This is why this part of our democracy exists — for moments like this, for people to bo

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