在全国瞩目的案件中，随着中期选举投票开始，最高法院阻止了密苏里州的一份国会选区地图，该地图旨在帮助共和党在联邦众议院再赢得一个席位。
In a case watched across the country and as voting begins in the midterm elections, the Supreme Court blocked a congressional map in Missouri that was aimed at netting Republicans another seat in the U.S. House.
这是最高法院第三次阻止该重新划分选区计划，该计划本可通过增加其选区内的共和党选民数量，帮助被挤出局的民主党众议员埃马纽埃尔·克利弗。
This is the third time the high court has blocked the redistricting plan that could have helped ousted Democratic Congressman Emanuel Cleaver by increasing the number of Republican voters in his district.
法院警告称，现在更改地图将导致“选举混乱”。该裁决要求该州使用2022年和2024年提供给选民的相同选区。尽管上个月的初选中使用了不同的地图。
The court warned that changing maps now would cause "electoral chaos." The decision requires the state use the same districts provided to voters in 2022 and 2024. That's even though a different map was used in the primaries there last month.
这之前是数周以来州法院和联邦法院裁决相互冲突。密苏里州选举官员上周已开始使用旧选区邮寄部分缺席选票，有人辩称现在更改为时已晚。
It comes after weeks of conflicting rulings in state courts and federal courts. Elections officials in Missouri already started mailing some absentee ballots last week using the old districts and some argued it would be too late to change them.
应特朗普要求，密苏里州议员去年通过了新地图。这是他全国性战略的一部分，旨在划分更多倾向共和党的席位，以防共和党失去众议院控制权。
Missouri lawmakers passed the new map last year at the behest of Trump. It was part of his nationwide strategy to draw more GOP-leaning seats to prevent Republicans from losing the House.
公民请愿使重新划分选区需经选民批准 通常，各州在每个十年初重新划分选区。由特朗普引发的重新划分选区之战，最终以共和党倾斜约九到十个选区（包括密苏里州第五选区）击败民主党而告终。共和党目前在众议院仅领先几个席位。
A citizen petition makes the redistricting subject to voter approval Usually, states redistrict at the start of each decade. The redistricting battle set off by Trump ended with the GOP besting the Democrats by tilting about nine or 10 more districts, including Missouri's fifth district, their way. Republicans currently only hold a few seats advantage in the House.
但新密苏里州地图的反对者成功收集公民签名，将其提交11月选票表决。
But opponents of the new Missouri map successfully gathered citizen signatures to put it to a vote on the November ballot.
密苏里州最高法院本月早些时候裁定，选票问题意味着2025年共和党支持的地图从未生效，也从未成为法律——尽管它已在8月4日的初选中使用。该州最高法院指责共和党籍州务卿丹尼·霍金斯，在未经选民批准的情况下，仍推动共和党地图用于初选。
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that the ballot question meant the 2025 GOP-backed map never went into effect and was never law – even though it had been used in the Aug. 4 primaries. The state's high court blamed Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins for proceeding with the GOP map in the primaries even though it hadn't been approved by voters.
美国最高法院在今天的裁决中支持了这一点，指出州法院曾在5月——初选之前——表示，共和党的地图在使用前需要获得选民批准。
The U.S. Supreme Court in its ruling today backed that up, noting that the state court had said in May - before the primary - that the GOP map would require voter approval before it could be used.
美国最高法院曾在9月10日拒绝干预州法院的裁决，但允许案件继续进行。
The U.S. Supreme Court had declined on Sept. 10 to intervene in the state court's ruling but allowed the case to continue.
与此同时，共和党人在联邦法院提起诉讼，并赢得了一位联邦法官对共和党地图的支持，随后在上周又赢得了联邦上诉法院的支持。这使案件重返美国最高法院，后者今天裁决反对共和党议员。
Simultaneously, Republicans sued in federal court and won backing for the GOP map from a federal judge and then, last week, a federal appeals court. That sent the case back to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled against Republican lawmakers today.
总体而言，共和党人辩称他们的地图应该被使用，因为超过一百万密苏里州人在初选中使用该地图进行了投票。重新划分选区的反对者辩称选民未批准该地图，并指责共和党官员拖延程序，试图强行推行新地图。
In general, Republicans argued that their map should be used because more than a million Missourians cast votes in the primary using the map. Opponents of redistricting argued voters hadn't approved the map and blamed Republican officials for dragging out the process and of trying to force through the new map.