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Missouri AG Targets Referendum Campaign Amid Controversy

11/23/2025

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Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway referred a grassroots referendum campaign to ICE, alleging without evidence that canvassers used illegal immigrants to collect signatures.
Advanced Micro Targeting, the Texas-based company involved, denies the claim and says it verifies employee immigration status.
The campaign has collected over 200,000 signatures despite GOP efforts to obstruct it, including lawsuits and misleading ballot summaries.
Hanaway filed a federal lawsuit arguing that voters cannot overturn congressional maps.

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Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway referred a grassroots referendum campaign to ICE, alleging without evidence that canvassers used illegal immigrants to collect signatures.
Advanced Micro Targeting, the Texas-based company involved, denies the claim and says it verifies employee immigration status.
The campaign has collected over 200,000 signatures despite GOP efforts to obstruct it, including lawsuits and misleading ballot summaries.
Hanaway filed a federal lawsuit arguing that voters cannot overturn congressional maps.