Missourians Crushed Amendments 4 and 5 by 80 and 83 Percent. Their Congressmen Helped Build the Gerrymander Behind One of Them.
Missouri voters buried two Republican ballot measures on Aug. 4 — one to hand a single congressional district veto power over citizen initiatives, one to swap the income tax for higher sales taxes. Four of Missouri's five Republican congressmen backed the gerrymander that made the first one work.