Why Missouri courts keep tossing the secretary of state’s ballot language

Left photo: MO State Capital Building. Left photo credit: Paul Sableman via Flickr. CC BY 2.0. Right photo: MO Secretary of State Denny Hoskins. Right photo credit: Lindsey Megan Photography / Missouri State Archives via Flickr. Public domain. Commentary article by Jason Hancock. Missouri Independent – February 2, 2026.

Once is an accident. Twice is a coincidence. Three times is a pattern. So what does it say when five times in recent months ballot summaries written by Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins have been tossed out by the courts? Since October, judges at every level of Missouri’s court system have stepped in to block or rewrite ballot language drafted by Hoskins. At stake are some of the most politically charged issues in the state: public education funding, private school vouchers, abortion rights, gerrymandering and the initiative petition process itself. […]

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