这一2比1的裁决是在下级法院一个月前颁布初步禁令以阻止该选民身份证法律之后作出的。
Court reinstates Ohio law requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration The 2-1 ruling comes a month after a lower court granted a preliminary injunction that blocked the voter ID law.
周三，上诉法院恢复了俄亥俄州的一项法律，该法律要求人们在机动车管理局投票时提供公民身份证明，这是共和党人寻求在全国范围内收紧选民要求的一次胜利。
An appeals court on Wednesday reinstated an Ohio law requiring people to provide proof of citizenship whening to vote at motor vehicles offices, a win for Republicans seeking to tighten voter requirements nationwide.
第六巡回上诉法院的三名法官小组以2比1的投票结果，阻止了下级法院在8月针对该选民身份证法律授予初步禁令的裁决。多数意见认为，提起诉讼的倡导组织未能证明该法律可能会阻止人们投票。
A panel of three judges on the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 to block a lower court ruling that had granted a preliminary injunction against the voter ID law in August. The majority argued that the advocacy groups that brought the suit failed to demonstrate that the law would likely prevent people froming to vote.
“红酒与蓝酒”（Red Wine & Blue）和“俄亥俄退休美国人联盟”（Ohio Alliance for Retired Americans）试图阻止俄亥俄州法律。他们认为该法律与《全国选民登记法》相冲突，该法要求完成选民登记只需提供法律规定的“必要最低限度的信息”。这两个组织均未立即回应关于该裁决的评论请求。
Red Wine & Blue and Ohio Alliance for Retired Americans sought to block the Ohio law. They argued that it conflicted with the National Voter Registration Act, which requires “the minimum amount of information necessary” required by the law to complete a voter registration. Neither organization responded immediately to a request to comment on the ruling.
对于寻求在中期选举中保持对国会控制权的共和党人来说，法院的这一裁决是一次及时的胜利。民主党人希望翻转俄亥俄州一个备受瞩目的参议院席位以及众议院的多个席位。
The court order was a timely win for Republicans as they seek to hold control of Congress in the midterms. Democrats are hoping to flip a coveted Senate seat and numerous House seats in Ohio.
在异议意见中，巡回法官凯文·G·里茨（Kevin G. Ritz）认为，原告已成功指出了一些人无法在提供公民身份证明（如护照或出生证明）的情况下投票。
In his dissent, Circuit Judge Kevin G. Ritz argued that the plaintiffs had successfully identified people who were not able to to vote without providing proof of citizenship, such as a passport or birth certificate.
他写道：“这些个人希望在机动车管理局申请驾照时，能够在不提供公民身份证明文件的情况下获得投票的机会。但由于涉案的俄亥俄州法律，他们未能获得这一机会。这就足够了。”里茨表示，尽管这两人最终能够投票，但他们仍因该法律而受到伤害，且未来其他人也可能面临类似的挑战。
“Those individuals wanted to be afforded the opportunity to to vote, without providing documentary proof of citizenship, when they applied for a driver’s license at a BMV location,” he wrote. “But they were not afforded that opportunity, because of the Ohio law at issue. That is enough.” Ritz said the two people were still harmed by the law even though they were ultimately able to and that people could face similar challenges in the future.