NBC新闻预测，密苏里州选民通过一项投票提案，阻止了共和党绘制的国会选区划分图在未来选举中生效。
Missouri voters blocked a GOP-drawn congressional map from going into effect for future elections via a ballot measure, NBC News projects.
这一结果对共和党是一个打击，共和党人为将该州两个民主党持有的选区之一重新划分而奋斗了超过一年。这次投票是一场长期政治和法律斗争的高潮。
The result is a blow for Republicans, who fought for more than a year to carve up one of the state’s two-Democratic-held districts. The vote was the culmination of a long-running political and legal fight.
密苏里州是响应特朗普总统中期重划选区呼吁的共和党领导州之一，去年通过了新的选区划分线，将长期担任民主党众议员的伊曼纽尔·克利弗划入一个以共和党为主的选区。
Missouri is one of the GOP-led states that heeded President Donald Trump’s mid-decade redistricting call, passing new lines last year that drew longtime Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver into a heavily Republican district.
作为回应，一个名为“密苏里州人民胜过政客”的团体称，它收集了超过30万个签名——远高于所需的10.6万个——以在选票上提交一项公投，让选民有机会否决该选区划分图。
In response, a group called People Not Politicians Missouri said it gathered more than 300,000 signatures — well above the 106,000 necessary — to place a referendum on the ballot that gave voters the opportunity to veto the map.
面临此类公投的立法通常会被搁置，直到选民表态，但密苏里州共和党人努力让该选区划分图在今年的中期选举中生效。
Legislation facing such a referendum is typically put on hold until voters have weighed in, but Missouri Republicans fought to put the map in place for this year’s midterms.
州务卿丹尼·霍斯金斯是一名共和党人，他等到8月的法定截止日期才宣布，他不会将该公投认证为11月选票的一部分，称其违宪。
State Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, a Republican, waited until the statutory deadline in August to announce that he wouldn’t certify the referendum for the November ballot, saying it was unconstitutional.
这一问题在州和联邦法院系统中反复波折，有时会产生相互冲突的裁决。
The issue ricocheted through the state and federal court systems, at times producing conflicting rulings.
最终，美国最高法院三次驳回了密苏里州共和党人试图在今年选举中使用重新划分的选区图的尝试。
Ultimately, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Missouri Republicans’ attempts to use the redrawn map for this year’s elections three times.
九个州在2026年中期选举前制定了新的国会选区图，这超出了每十年在新的人口普查后进行的传统过程。
Nine states enacted new congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterms, outside the traditional process that occurs every 10 years after the new census.
中期重划选区的斗争预计将延续到下一个选举周期，民主党领导的州将继续试图抵消特朗普最初的推动，而共和党领导的州则将回应今年一项重大的最高法院裁决，该裁决为拆解由民主党代表的以黑人为主的选区敞开了大门。
The mid-decade redistricting battle is expected to extend into the next election cycle, with Democratic-led states continuing to try to counteract Trump’s initial push and Republican-led states responding to a major Supreme Court ruling this year that opened the door to dismantling majority-Black districts represented by Democrats.