People Not Politicians v. Hoskins I
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Opinion rejecting challenge
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Opinion dismissing as moot
Case Information
A state challenge to the rejection of selected referendum petitions as premature, because a bill passed by the legislature had not yet been signed by the governor.
On Dec. 12, 2025, the trial court ordered the case in abeyance until the total submitted signatures were either certified or rejected as insufficient.
On Aug. 17, 2026, after the Secretary of State finally announced his conclusion with respect to the signatures, the trial court rejected the challenge, and confirmed that would-be referendum petitions circulated before a bill has been signed by the governor are invalid.
On Sept. 3, 2026, noting that the Secretary of State did not base his decision rejecting the referendum on the number of signatures, the state Supreme Court vacated the trial court’s decision and dismissed the challenge as moot.
History
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Petition (incl. exhs.) | Sep 18, 2025 | |
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1st amd. petition (incl. exhs.) | Sep 29, 2025 | |
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Plaintiffs' trial brief | Oct 30, 2025 | |
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State's trial brief | Oct 31, 2025 | |
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Hearing transcript | Nov 13, 2025 | |
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State's motion to dismiss | Nov 24, 2025 | |
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Put Missouri First motion to dismiss | Nov 25, 2025 | |
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Opposition | Dec 4, 2025 | |
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Joint stipulated facts | Dec 3, 2025 | |
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Hearing transcript | Dec 4, 2025 | |
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Order staying case pending signature count | Dec 12, 2025 |
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State memo re signature verification | Jan 5, 2026 | |
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Plaintiffs' supp. brief | Jan 12, 2026 | |
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State supp. brief | Jan 12, 2026 | |
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Plaintiffs' status report (incl. exhs.) | Apr 27, 2026 | |
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SOS status report | Apr 27, 2026 | |
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Opinion rejecting challenge | Aug 17, 2026 |
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Notice of appeal | Aug 18, 2026 |
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Petition for writ re discovery (incl. exhs.) | Dec 9, 2025 | |
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Opposition (incl. exhs.) | Dec 12, 2025 | |
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Order staying proceeding | Dec 22, 2025 | |
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Petition for writ re underlying stay (incl. exhs.) | Apr 1, 2026 | |
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Opposition | Apr 6, 2026 | |
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Order denying petition | Apr 7, 2026 |
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Order asserting jurisdiction | Aug 19, 2026 | |
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Plaintiffs' brief (incl. appx.) | Aug 21, 2026 | |
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State's brief | Aug 25, 2026 | |
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Put Missouri First's brief | Aug 25, 2026 | |
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Plaintiffs' reply | Aug 27, 2026 | |
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Opinion dismissing as moot | Sep 3, 2026 |