Kavanaugh declines to lift block on new Missouri congressional map in time for November elections

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday declined to lift a block on the use of a new congressional map in Missouri in time for the November midterms, meaning the state will need to use its previous map despite using the updated one in the primaries.

Kavanaugh denied a request from Missouri Republicans in a one-sentence order without explanation, minutes before the statutory deadline approached to lock in the state's ballot, according to The Hill. The justice handles all emergency cases that stem from Missouri.

The ruling comes after the state used the new map, which favors Republicans 7-1, in their primaries last month but must now use the old map that favored Republicans in a 6-2 split in the general election.

The move also comes after Kavanaugh declined to hear an emergency application last week regarding a Michigan voting rights group's petition for their citizens-only voting proposal to be added to the November ballot.

The Americans for Citizen Voting-Michigan was seeking to appeal a deadlocked decision by the Michigan Board of State Canvassers that left the proposal off the November general election ballot due to a lack of valid petition signatures.

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