Richard von Glahn
Role at the time: Executive director of People Not Politicians, the group that circulated the referendum petition, in a statement released after the U.S. Supreme Court's order
Response to this claim
Under the Missouri Constitution, the referendum petition kept House Bill 1 from taking effect, so the 2022 map is the only valid congressional map and must be used in the 2026 general election.
“We are done with corrupt politicians trying to force their map into effect outside the process outlined in the Missouri constitution. We have said from the beginning, people, not politicians will be the final deciders on this DC power grab. We are moving forward to vote NO on Proposition A.”
Why we used this label
The reference point is use of the 2025 map in the 2026 general election. Von Glahn says the group is done with efforts to force the map into effect outside the process in the Missouri constitution, which rejects using the 2025 map. The closest competing label, “Challenged the characterization”, loses because the statement objects to the effort to use the map and does more than dispute a description of it.