Missouri Voters Sue Hoskins For $80 Million Over Blocked Referendum
The suit invokes a 1909 damages law and claims Hoskins refused in August to certify a referendum backed by 162,000 signatures.
- Filed September 11 in Cole County Circuit Court as docket 26AC-CC00591 against Hoskins.
- Plaintiffs Fernando Bermudez, Joseph Welling and John Payne demand $500 per signature under Section 28.200.
- Judge Cotton Walker must certify the case as a class action before it proceeds.
Why it matters: Missouri law prices a secretary of state's refusal to certify a won vote at $500 a name.
Cole County Circuit Court docket 26AC-CC00591 (Bermudez et al. v. Hoskins) ↗ · Sep 14, 20269/14/26