密苏里州最高法院周四全票裁决，禁止使用共和党支持的新国会选区地图用于11月大选，并命令将该选区图提交全州投票表决12。这一裁决推翻了州务卿丹尼·霍斯金斯对超过30万份请愿签名的拒绝，允许选民通过公投方式对国会选区重划进行表决1。法院裁定"公投请愿合法、充分且及时"1。
该案涉及密苏里州第5国会选区的重新划定，目标是挑战民主党籍长期议员埃曼纽尔·克利夫1。在新的选区地图中，约59%的选民是新增的1。克利夫在过去两次选举中均以至少60%的得票率赢得堪萨斯城选区1。虽然新选区曾在8月初选中使用，但法院裁定其不能用于11月大选1。
这一裁决对共和党在全国选区重划争夺中造成罕见挫折，共和党原希望通过新的选区边界赢得额外众议院席位12。共和党州检察长凯瑟琳·汉纳威宣布将上诉至美国最高法院1。州长迈克·基霍声称"美国历史上从未有法院在初选后、大选前推翻国会选区图"1。
Missouri's Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Thursday to prevent the use of a Republican-backed congressional redistricting map in the November election and ordered the map to be submitted to voters statewide.12 The decision represents a rare setback for Republicans in the national redistricting battles, as the party had sought to gain additional House seats through the new district boundaries.2
The court determined that a ballot initiative with more than 300,000 petition signatures opposing the map was "legal, sufficient, and timely."1 State Secretary of State Danny Hoskins had delayed his rejection of the petition signatures until early August, shortly before the primary election date, but the court found that the referendum process remained valid despite this timing.1 The new map had been used in the August primary election but is now prohibited from the November general election pending the outcome of the public vote.1
Governor Mike Kehoe stated that the ruling was unprecedented, claiming "there has never been a court in American history that has thrown out a congressional map after a primary election and before a general election."1 Republican State Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced plans to appeal the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court.1 The redistricting effort specifically targeted Missouri's 5th Congressional District, which had been redrawn with approximately 59 percent of voters being new to the revised map, aimed at challenging long-serving Democratic Representative Emanuel Cleaver.1 Cleaver has won his Kansas City-based seat by margins exceeding 60 percent in the past two elections under the previous district boundaries.1
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