Орусиянын армиясы 1-июнга караган түнү Украинага 265 учкучсуз учак менен сокку урду, анын 228и атып түшүрүлдү. Бул тууралуу Украинанын Куралдуу күчтөрү билдирди. Украинанын Өзгөчө кырдаалдар боюнча мамлекеттик кызматы тараткан маалыматка караганда, Чернигов облусунда дрон чабуулунан сегиз киши түрдүү жараат алды, алардын үчөө балдар. Корюков районундагы Сновское кыштагында маданият үйүндө өрт чыкты, Репки айылында менчик чарбага зыян келтирилди. Харьковдо соккулардан төрт аял жараат...

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Орусиянын армиясы 1-июнга караган түнү Украинага 265 учкучсуз учак менен сокку урду, анын 228и атып түшүрүлдү. Бул тууралуу Украинанын Куралдуу күчтөрү билдирди. Украинанын Өзгөчө кырдаалдар боюнча мамлекеттик кызматы тараткан маалыматка караганда, Чернигов облусунда дрон чабуулунан сегиз киши түрдүү жараат алды, алардын үчөө балдар. Корюков районундагы Сновское кыштагында маданият үйүндө өрт чыкты, Репки айылында менчик чарбага зыян келтирилди. Харьковдо соккулардан төрт аял жараат...

Иако анкетите во последните недели веќе го детектираа брзиот подем на Есприела, повеќето сè уште покажуваа дека заостанува зад Сепеда, кој со месеци изгледаше дека има солидна предност

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Иако анкетите во последните недели веќе го детектираа брзиот подем на Есприела, повеќето сè уште покажуваа дека заостанува зад Сепеда, кој со месеци изгледаше дека има солидна предност

देश में बड़े वन आवरण वाले राज्यों की सूचि में आने वाले झारखण्ड में घरेलू गैस (एलपीजी) का उपयोग बढ़ने से पूरे राज्य में हरियाली का क्षेत्र बढ़ सकता है। यह आकलन सैटेलाइट डेटा और ज़मीनी सर्वे पर आधारित एक नई स्टडी में किया गया है। एलपीजी को लंबे समय से जलाऊ लकड़ी पर निर्भरता […] The post झारखंड में एलपीजी के बढ़ते इस्तेमाल से हरियाली बढ़ने के संकेत appeared first on Mongabay हिन्दी.

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देश में बड़े वन आवरण वाले राज्यों की सूचि में आने वाले झारखण्ड में घरेलू गैस (एलपीजी) का उपयोग बढ़ने से पूरे राज्य में हरियाली का क्षेत्र बढ़ सकता है। यह आकलन सैटेलाइट डेटा और ज़मीनी सर्वे पर आधारित एक नई स्टडी में किया गया है। एलपीजी को लंबे समय से जलाऊ लकड़ी पर निर्भरता […] The post झारखंड में एलपीजी के बढ़ते इस्तेमाल से हरियाली बढ़ने के संकेत appeared first on Mongabay हिन्दी.

वर्ष 2015 में मानसून का एक दिन था। आसमान में काले बादल छाए हुए थे। केरला के पालक्कड़ जिले के जेल्लीपारा गांव में टूरिस्ट गाइड बेसिल पी. दास और उनके पिता अपने कॉफी के बागान में काम करने निकले थे। अपने साढ़े तीन एकड़ के खेत की मिट्टी खोदने के दौरान मिट्टी के अंदर से […] The post केरला-तमिलनाडु सीमा पर मिली जमीन के अंदर रहने वाले सांप की नई प्रजाति appeared first on Mongabay हिन्दी.

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वर्ष 2015 में मानसून का एक दिन था। आसमान में काले बादल छाए हुए थे। केरला के पालक्कड़ जिले के जेल्लीपारा गांव में टूरिस्ट गाइड बेसिल पी. दास और उनके पिता अपने कॉफी के बागान में काम करने निकले थे। अपने साढ़े तीन एकड़ के खेत की मिट्टी खोदने के दौरान मिट्टी के अंदर से […] The post केरला-तमिलनाडु सीमा पर मिली जमीन के अंदर रहने वाले सांप की नई प्रजाति appeared first on Mongabay हिन्दी.

पश्चिम बंगाल की 294 विधानसभा सीटों के लिए दो चरणों में वोट डाले जा रहे हैं। इस बार प्रचार में चुनावी बहस नागरिकता जैसे मुद्दों पर ही केंद्रित रही और पर्यावरण से जुड़े मुद्दे काफी हद तक हाशिए पर चले गए। तेईस अप्रैल को पहले चरण में राज्य में रिकॉर्ड मतदान हुआ। अगला चरण 29 […] The post बंगाल चुनाव: पर्यावरण पर भारी नागरिकता की बहस appeared first on Mongabay हिन्दी.

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एक नए अध्ययन के मुताबिक, केरला में बीमारियां फैलाने वाले मच्छरों की कई प्रजातियां अब एक साथ रहती हैं। ये मच्छर खासतौर पर इंसानों द्वारा फेंकी गई चीजों, जैसे पुराने टायरों या प्लास्टिक के डिब्बों में अपना घर बना रहे हैं। राज्य के पांच जिलों में किए गए एक जमीनी सर्वे में मच्छरों की कुल […] The post केरल में 100 से ज्यादा मच्छर प्रजातियां, 14 से बीमारी का खतरा appeared first on Mongabay हिन्दी.

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एक नए अध्ययन के मुताबिक, केरला में बीमारियां फैलाने वाले मच्छरों की कई प्रजातियां अब एक साथ रहती हैं। ये मच्छर खासतौर पर इंसानों द्वारा फेंकी गई चीजों, जैसे पुराने टायरों या प्लास्टिक के डिब्बों में अपना घर बना रहे हैं। राज्य के पांच जिलों में किए गए एक जमीनी सर्वे में मच्छरों की कुल […] The post केरल में 100 से ज्यादा मच्छर प्रजातियां, 14 से बीमारी का खतरा appeared first on Mongabay हिन्दी.

मार्च की एक शाम और केरल के एर्नाकुलम जिले का व्यस्त पाथलम जंक्शन। यहां कार पार्किंग वाली जगह के पास एम्बुलेंस-नुमा मोबाइल क्लिनिक आकर रुकता है। वैन के पीछे चालक एक डेस्क लगाता है। यह दो ‘बंधु क्लीनिक’ में से एक है। यह गैर-लाभकारी संगठन दूसरे राज्यों से आने वाले प्रवासी मजदूरों और कमजोर समुदायों […] The post गर्मी, बाढ़ और पलायन के बीच प्रवासी मजदूरों के लिए मोबाइल क्लिनिक और सहायता केंद्र appeared first on Mongabay हिन्दी.

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मार्च की एक शाम और केरल के एर्नाकुलम जिले का व्यस्त पाथलम जंक्शन। यहां कार पार्किंग वाली जगह के पास एम्बुलेंस-नुमा मोबाइल क्लिनिक आकर रुकता है। वैन के पीछे चालक एक डेस्क लगाता है। यह दो ‘बंधु क्लीनिक’ में से एक है। यह गैर-लाभकारी संगठन दूसरे राज्यों से आने वाले प्रवासी मजदूरों और कमजोर समुदायों […] The post गर्मी, बाढ़ और पलायन के बीच प्रवासी मजदूरों के लिए मोबाइल क्लिनिक और सहायता केंद्र appeared first on Mongabay हिन्दी.

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Belasan korban lumpur Lapindo berjalan kaki dari Taman Dwarakerta menuju tanggul  yang berjarak sekitar 300 meter. Masing-masing orang membawa tampah atau alat penampi beras berisi beberapa hasil bumi, makanan dan minuman sebagai sesaji saat ritual sambang buyut. Doa-doa dan kidung Jawa dilantunkan sepanjang perjalanan. Bendara merah putih mereka tancapkan begitu sampai di atas tanggul. Sejenak  […] The post Tragedi Lumpur Lapindo, Derita Warga Tak Berkesudahan appeared first on Mongabay.co.id.

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Belasan korban lumpur Lapindo berjalan kaki dari Taman Dwarakerta menuju tanggul  yang berjarak sekitar 300 meter. Masing-masing orang membawa tampah atau alat penampi beras berisi beberapa hasil bumi, makanan dan minuman sebagai sesaji saat ritual sambang buyut. Doa-doa dan kidung Jawa dilantunkan sepanjang perjalanan. Bendara merah putih mereka tancapkan begitu sampai di atas tanggul. Sejenak  […] The post Tragedi Lumpur Lapindo, Derita Warga Tak Berkesudahan appeared first on Mongabay.co.id.

Гродна рыхтуецца да юбілейнага Фестывалю нацыянальных культур, які пройдзе з 5 па 6 чэрвеня. Ужо апублікавана падрабязная праграма свята і карта падворкаў. Адкрыюць скульптуру аленя Святога Губерта, зладзяць начныя кінапаказы пад адкрытым небам, а адной з цэнтральных падзей стане ўрачыстае шэсце народнасцей. Пятніца, 5 чэрвеня 11:00. Пасадка дрэў на «Алеі сяброўства» ў Каложскім парку. 11:30. [...]

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Гродна рыхтуецца да юбілейнага Фестывалю нацыянальных культур, які пройдзе з 5 па 6 чэрвеня. Ужо апублікавана падрабязная праграма свята і карта падворкаў. Адкрыюць скульптуру аленя Святога Губерта, зладзяць начныя кінапаказы пад адкрытым небам, а адной з цэнтральных падзей стане ўрачыстае шэсце народнасцей. Пятніца, 5 чэрвеня 11:00. Пасадка дрэў на «Алеі сяброўства» ў Каложскім парку. 11:30. [...]

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After two 5-year-old Indianapolis girls separately died from abuse in the last two years, Indiana Republican state Sen. Julie McGuire said lawmakers could not get basic answers from the state agency responsible for the safety of children. Kinsleigh Welty had been known to the child welfare system before she was found, starving, in a closet […]

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After two 5-year-old Indianapolis girls separately died from abuse in the last two years, Indiana Republican state Sen. Julie McGuire said lawmakers could not get basic answers from the state agency responsible for the safety of children. Kinsleigh Welty had been known to the child welfare system before she was found, starving, in a closet […]

Like many Kentuckians, state Sen. Chris McDaniel was horrified when he found out that Gov. Matt Bevin had pardoned a group of hardened criminals just as he was leaving Frankfort.  The Ryland Heights Republican was so horrified that he embarked on a seven-year journey to make sure it couldn’t happen again. “There were lots of […]

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Like many Kentuckians, state Sen. Chris McDaniel was horrified when he found out that Gov. Matt Bevin had pardoned a group of hardened criminals just as he was leaving Frankfort.  The Ryland Heights Republican was so horrified that he embarked on a seven-year journey to make sure it couldn’t happen again. “There were lots of […]

Many telehealth companies have emerged in recent years offering easy access to GLP-1 weight loss drugs as demand has exploded. Meanwhile, researchers and doctors are concerned that some of these online companies aren't properly screening or monitoring patients. “It gives a black eye to telemedicine,” one researcher said.

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Many telehealth companies have emerged in recent years offering easy access to GLP-1 weight loss drugs as demand has exploded. Meanwhile, researchers and doctors are concerned that some of these online companies aren't properly screening or monitoring patients. “It gives a black eye to telemedicine,” one researcher said.

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This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. On the island of Moorea, in French Polynesia, deep green volcanic mountains slope from high peaks down towards the sea. But they don’t stop at the shore. The ridgelines of ancient lava flows stretch underwater, providing the perfect rocky substrate for a coral reef. Between the ancient […]

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This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. On the island of Moorea, in French Polynesia, deep green volcanic mountains slope from high peaks down towards the sea. But they don’t stop at the shore. The ridgelines of ancient lava flows stretch underwater, providing the perfect rocky substrate for a coral reef. Between the ancient […]

I’ve spent some time in music rooms lately. Recently, I had the joy of watching the Durham Charter orchestra bring the house down at our “One Day” event in the Triangle. Y’all, they were incredible. The sound, the energy, the... The post Perspective | Teaching and learning: Measure by measure, day by day appeared first on EdNC.

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“What do you want to be when you grow up?”  It is one of the earliest questions children are asked, and can be one of the most limiting. For many students, the answer is shaped by exposure: the careers they... The post Connecting students to opportunity: The state of college and career advising in North Carolina school districts appeared first on EdNC.

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A new kind of chid care program broke ground on May 18 in Yadkinville. Other communities are drawing inspiration from the model, which will house six small child care businesses under one roof. After years of fundraising, local collaboration, and... The post New multiunit child care program breaks ground in Yadkin County, offers new model for rural child care appeared first on EdNC.

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During the last mayor’s term, Sadé Singh was a face of the city’s push to allow more housing across the boroughs. Now, building that housing on her own property may be impossible. Singh, who lives in St. Albans, Queens, wanted homeowners like herself to be able to build backyard cottages and apartments over garages, in […] The post City Hall Made Her the Face of a Housing Solution. Now She’s All But Cut Out. appeared first on The City Reporter.

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During the last mayor’s term, Sadé Singh was a face of the city’s push to allow more housing across the boroughs. Now, building that housing on her own property may be impossible. Singh, who lives in St. Albans, Queens, wanted homeowners like herself to be able to build backyard cottages and apartments over garages, in […] The post City Hall Made Her the Face of a Housing Solution. Now She’s All But Cut Out. appeared first on The City Reporter.

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. This news analysis was originally distributed in Votebeat’s free weekly newsletter. Sign up to get future editions, including the latest reporting from Votebeat bureaus and curated news from other publications, delivered to your inbox every Saturday.It was another week of on-and-off redistricting drama: In case you missed it, it’s on in Florida and off in Alabama and South Carolina. But there’s one state where a legal and logistical crisis is brewing over the fact that election officials can’t agree on whether redistricting is on or off. Call it Schrödinger’s map.Missouri was one of the first states to heed President Donald Trump’s call for Republican-controlled states to redraw their congressional lines. But unlike the others that have done so, Missouri allows residents who don’t like a law passed by the legislature to gather signatures to put that law to a statewide vote. Opponents of the new Republican gerrymander did just that, and in December they submitted more than 305,000 signatures to the secretary of state — almost three times as many as are required to make the ballot.Crucially, under the Missouri Constitution, a law that is referred to a public vote isn’t supposed to take effect unless and until voters approve it — meaning the mere existence of a referendum on the map should have been enough to prevent it from being used in the 2026 election. But, breaking from precedent, Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins took the position that merely submitting the signatures wasn’t enough to put the map on hold. Instead, he said, the map would remain good law until his office officially verified all the signatures and certified the referendum for the ballot. That decision was legally challenged, but the Missouri Supreme Court sided with Hoskins.As things stand today, the referendum still is not officially certified. Hoskins has until Aug. 4 to make a final determination. The problem is, Aug. 4 is also the date of the Missouri primary — and local election officials have to plan to hold that election under one map or the other. They have to assign voters to the appropriate districts in their computer systems as soon as possible and send out the first ballots to overseas and military voters by mid-June.With the Republican gerrymander still technically on the books, Hoskins is telling county clerks to plan for the primary to take place under the new map — even though it’s very likely that the referendum got enough signatures to qualify.At least one clerk is not yet doing that. Boone County Clerk Brianna Lennon, a Democrat, initially said she would not update voters’ information to reflect the new map while the referendum remained uncertified. She has since gained the ability to load both the old and new congressional lines into the state voter registration system and toggle between them, but she still has not decided which map to use for the August primary.Boone County Clerk Brianna Lennon, a Democrat“We’re trying to look down the timeline building up to August 4 and figure out what the least likely damage will result from,” Lennon told Votebeat. In theory, Lennon said, her office could create two sets of ballots, include both possible congressional districts on a single ballot, or go “full bore” into the old congressional map and hope that it turns out to be the right one. Those were the kinds of questions she said clerks had hoped to have answered “well before we started setting up for the election.”For Lennon, the uncertainty is not just technical. She is worried “about the validity of the results of the August primary.” Candidates have already filed to run under the new congressional map. But if Hoskins certifies the referendum, the Missouri Supreme Court has confirmed the map would be paused until voters decide whether to approve it. “And if that’s the case, does that mean we’ve just run a primary election on a set of maps that are no longer valid?” Lennon said.The logistical burden is concentrated in just a handful of places. Most Missouri counties either are not affected by the new map or would move wholesale from one congressional district to another, making the change relatively simple. But four counties — Boone, Jackson, St. Charles, and St. Louis — have voters who must be reassigned at a more granular level because the new map changes the lines within the county. For those clerks, the uncertainty is not just which map is legally correct, but how much time they have to build ballots and voter records around it.“Right now it’s every county for themselves and not everyone will make the same decision,” Lennon said.That frustration is shared by Clinton Jenkins, the Republican Miller County clerk who serves as president of the Missouri Association of County Clerks and Election Authorities. Jenkins has described communication with Hoskins’ office as poor since Hoskins took office last year, telling the Missouri Independent in mid-May that Hoskins had failed to provide guidance on the switch, and that Jenkins’ efforts to build a relationship between clerks and the secretary of state’s office “just never materialized.” After the Missouri Independent article was published, Jenkins said, Hoskins asked for a meeting and accused Jenkins of being “a liar” over his claims of poor communication. In that meeting, Jenkins said, Hoskins also told him he was committed to “hold firm” to the Aug. 4 deadline for a final answer on certifying the referendum — the same day as the primary.“He said we were in uncharted waters,” said Jenkins. “At least this has meant more communication with clerks.”But more communication has not brought more clarity. Hoskins has told clerks to prepare to use the new map because, for now, it remains in effect. But Jenkins said he has not told them what to do if the referendum is certified on or near Aug. 4, suspending that same map just as voters are using it. Instead, Jenkins said, Hoskins has told clerks only that he expects them to comply with whatever map is in effect.Hoskins’ office did not respond to a request for comment.Hoskins’ critics are also worried his stance could provoke a constitutional crisis. It’s possible that Hoskins announces the referendum has made the ballot — legally blocking the use of the new congressional districts — on the same day that voters are actively voting in those new districts. That could throw the legitimacy of the primary into doubt — it’s even possible the results could be thrown out in court, said Lennon.No one can say with confidence what would happen next. Lennon said she expects litigation after the primary “no matter what,” because candidates would likely have standing to challenge the outcome if the election is held under a map that is later suspended. The question then would move from election offices to the courts: whether the primary results still count, whether Missouri must somehow redo part of the election before November, or whether it is too late in the cycle to change course. For now, Lennon said, all of those outcomes seem possible.Practically speaking, though, August is too late in the summer to order and pull off a whole new primary election under different lines before November. So realistically, whatever congressional map is used on Aug. 4 is also going to be used in the general election — even if it’s the map that is legally not supposed to be in force.That’s certainly Hoskins’ position. “I would say that it’s too far along in the election in order to change the maps for 2026,” Hoskins told St. Louis Public Radio earlier this month. Of course, that’s a convenient truth for Republicans, who are eager to use the new map because it increases their chance of holding onto the House in 2026. Indeed, the maps’ opponents and local clerks argue this was Hoskins’ plan all along: drag his feet on certifying the referendum so as to leave election officials with no choice but to implement the gerrymander. If that was the plan, and if it works, House Republicans will have Hoskins personally to thank for almost certainly adding one member to their ranks next year. But if a court rules after the primary that Missouri just held an election under an illegal map, well, it could be a very chaotic few months for the state’s top election official.Nathaniel Rakich is Votebeat’s managing editor and is based in Washington, D.C. Contact Nathaniel at nrakich@votebeat.org. Jessica Huseman is Votebeat’s editorial director and is based in Dallas. Contact Jessica at jhuseman@votebeat.org.

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Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. This news analysis was originally distributed in Votebeat’s free weekly newsletter. Sign up to get future editions, including the latest reporting from Votebeat bureaus and curated news from other publications, delivered to your inbox every Saturday.It was another week of on-and-off redistricting drama: In case you missed it, it’s on in Florida and off in Alabama and South Carolina. But there’s one state where a legal and logistical crisis is brewing over the fact that election officials can’t agree on whether redistricting is on or off. Call it Schrödinger’s map.Missouri was one of the first states to heed President Donald Trump’s call for Republican-controlled states to redraw their congressional lines. But unlike the others that have done so, Missouri allows residents who don’t like a law passed by the legislature to gather signatures to put that law to a statewide vote. Opponents of the new Republican gerrymander did just that, and in December they submitted more than 305,000 signatures to the secretary of state — almost three times as many as are required to make the ballot.Crucially, under the Missouri Constitution, a law that is referred to a public vote isn’t supposed to take effect unless and until voters approve it — meaning the mere existence of a referendum on the map should have been enough to prevent it from being used in the 2026 election. But, breaking from precedent, Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins took the position that merely submitting the signatures wasn’t enough to put the map on hold. Instead, he said, the map would remain good law until his office officially verified all the signatures and certified the referendum for the ballot. That decision was legally challenged, but the Missouri Supreme Court sided with Hoskins.As things stand today, the referendum still is not officially certified. Hoskins has until Aug. 4 to make a final determination. The problem is, Aug. 4 is also the date of the Missouri primary — and local election officials have to plan to hold that election under one map or the other. They have to assign voters to the appropriate districts in their computer systems as soon as possible and send out the first ballots to overseas and military voters by mid-June.With the Republican gerrymander still technically on the books, Hoskins is telling county clerks to plan for the primary to take place under the new map — even though it’s very likely that the referendum got enough signatures to qualify.At least one clerk is not yet doing that. Boone County Clerk Brianna Lennon, a Democrat, initially said she would not update voters’ information to reflect the new map while the referendum remained uncertified. She has since gained the ability to load both the old and new congressional lines into the state voter registration system and toggle between them, but she still has not decided which map to use for the August primary.Boone County Clerk Brianna Lennon, a Democrat“We’re trying to look down the timeline building up to August 4 and figure out what the least likely damage will result from,” Lennon told Votebeat. In theory, Lennon said, her office could create two sets of ballots, include both possible congressional districts on a single ballot, or go “full bore” into the old congressional map and hope that it turns out to be the right one. Those were the kinds of questions she said clerks had hoped to have answered “well before we started setting up for the election.”For Lennon, the uncertainty is not just technical. She is worried “about the validity of the results of the August primary.” Candidates have already filed to run under the new congressional map. But if Hoskins certifies the referendum, the Missouri Supreme Court has confirmed the map would be paused until voters decide whether to approve it. “And if that’s the case, does that mean we’ve just run a primary election on a set of maps that are no longer valid?” Lennon said.The logistical burden is concentrated in just a handful of places. Most Missouri counties either are not affected by the new map or would move wholesale from one congressional district to another, making the change relatively simple. But four counties — Boone, Jackson, St. Charles, and St. Louis — have voters who must be reassigned at a more granular level because the new map changes the lines within the county. For those clerks, the uncertainty is not just which map is legally correct, but how much time they have to build ballots and voter records around it.“Right now it’s every county for themselves and not everyone will make the same decision,” Lennon said.That frustration is shared by Clinton Jenkins, the Republican Miller County clerk who serves as president of the Missouri Association of County Clerks and Election Authorities. Jenkins has described communication with Hoskins’ office as poor since Hoskins took office last year, telling the Missouri Independent in mid-May that Hoskins had failed to provide guidance on the switch, and that Jenkins’ efforts to build a relationship between clerks and the secretary of state’s office “just never materialized.” After the Missouri Independent article was published, Jenkins said, Hoskins asked for a meeting and accused Jenkins of being “a liar” over his claims of poor communication. In that meeting, Jenkins said, Hoskins also told him he was committed to “hold firm” to the Aug. 4 deadline for a final answer on certifying the referendum — the same day as the primary.“He said we were in uncharted waters,” said Jenkins. “At least this has meant more communication with clerks.”But more communication has not brought more clarity. Hoskins has told clerks to prepare to use the new map because, for now, it remains in effect. But Jenkins said he has not told them what to do if the referendum is certified on or near Aug. 4, suspending that same map just as voters are using it. Instead, Jenkins said, Hoskins has told clerks only that he expects them to comply with whatever map is in effect.Hoskins’ office did not respond to a request for comment.Hoskins’ critics are also worried his stance could provoke a constitutional crisis. It’s possible that Hoskins announces the referendum has made the ballot — legally blocking the use of the new congressional districts — on the same day that voters are actively voting in those new districts. That could throw the legitimacy of the primary into doubt — it’s even possible the results could be thrown out in court, said Lennon.No one can say with confidence what would happen next. Lennon said she expects litigation after the primary “no matter what,” because candidates would likely have standing to challenge the outcome if the election is held under a map that is later suspended. The question then would move from election offices to the courts: whether the primary results still count, whether Missouri must somehow redo part of the election before November, or whether it is too late in the cycle to change course. For now, Lennon said, all of those outcomes seem possible.Practically speaking, though, August is too late in the summer to order and pull off a whole new primary election under different lines before November. So realistically, whatever congressional map is used on Aug. 4 is also going to be used in the general election — even if it’s the map that is legally not supposed to be in force.That’s certainly Hoskins’ position. “I would say that it’s too far along in the election in order to change the maps for 2026,” Hoskins told St. Louis Public Radio earlier this month. Of course, that’s a convenient truth for Republicans, who are eager to use the new map because it increases their chance of holding onto the House in 2026. Indeed, the maps’ opponents and local clerks argue this was Hoskins’ plan all along: drag his feet on certifying the referendum so as to leave election officials with no choice but to implement the gerrymander. If that was the plan, and if it works, House Republicans will have Hoskins personally to thank for almost certainly adding one member to their ranks next year. But if a court rules after the primary that Missouri just held an election under an illegal map, well, it could be a very chaotic few months for the state’s top election official.Nathaniel Rakich is Votebeat’s managing editor and is based in Washington, D.C. Contact Nathaniel at nrakich@votebeat.org. Jessica Huseman is Votebeat’s editorial director and is based in Dallas. Contact Jessica at jhuseman@votebeat.org.

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