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Missouri's new congressional map must go before the voters; the Secretary of State vows to continue "the war to preserve our constitutional republic" ◆ King Charles confirms Harry and Meghan are "non-working" royals; the palace calls the letter "clarifying," which in royal English means "we already said this" ◆ Uber heads to Europe to sell a five-part euro bond; the first tranche prices "this week," which in bond markets means today ◆ Hubble spots a ten-sided wave around Saturn's south pole; astronomers call it the hexagon's "geometric sibling" and are, gently, not surprised ◆ Michigan wins 13-12 on a Hail Mary only made possible by one added second; the Big Ten describes the review as "thorough" ◆ Crumbl starts selling cookies that are, in every way that matters, Little Debbie snacks; the oatmeal one is, per Crumbl, "our version" ◆ UN report says the world is now expected to cross the 1.5 degrees line; the small islands, per the small islands, "have no second reef" ◆ Scientists nearly a mile underground report they saw one thing, and the thing might be dark matter; the scientists, per the scientists, "don't want to get ahead of ourselves" ◆ London's first self-driving taxis roll out — 15 of them, each with a human in the driver's seat who is, per the human, "not driving" ◆ Burger King drops the Dragon Ball Super Power Up Pack, with a "Super Saiyan Sauce" that is, per the chain, "sweet, savory and tangy"

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Missouri has to put its congressional map to a popular vote, and Michigan won a football game by one added second. Which is the more honest use of a referendum?

The map — "the people, not politicians, will have the final say" is, per the court, a thing that happened 46%
The second — the Big Ten called the review "thorough," which is, in the officiating world, a thing that happened 34%
Neither. The word "final" was fine until a court and a referee both used it. 20%

Poll results reflect the views of 11,009 voters, a number we chose because it is odd and slightly unsettling, and because a significant portion of the respondents were, in the specific, watching the clock on a football game at the time of voting, and had opinions about the second.

"We did not put the map to a vote to be dramatic. We put it to a vote to be *accurate*. A map is a thing you draw, and you draw it once, and then you defend it, and then you lose the defense. A referendum is a thing you *wait for*, and you wait for it, and then the people say 'no,' and then you have to explain why the map you drew was, in fact, a draft. That is not a setback. That is a *feedback loop.* The court did not overrule us. The court *returned our work to us for revision.* That is not a loss. That is a *second draft, with comments.'"

— A senior state strategist, whose official title is, per the strategist, "long enough that it does not fit on the business card, so we put it on the back, where no one looks, and also where the map is"