密苏里州周五向美国最高法院提起上诉，要求允许在中期选举中使用由特朗普支持的新众议院选区地图1。该新地图旨在帮助共和党人赢得额外席位并在11月中期选举中保持众议院微弱多数派1。然而，密苏里州最高法院此前以超过30万份请愿书签名为依据，阻止了该新地图的使用，并命令在11月进行全民投票以决定是否保留或废弃1。
密苏里州司法部长凯瑟琳·汉纳韦对此提出异议，称"美国历史上从未有法院给予过这样的非常手段，这给密苏里州带来了前所未有的混乱"1。共和党籍国务卿丹尼·霍斯金斯在初选日拒绝了该请愿书，声称密苏里州宪法不允许对选区划分进行全民投票1。
密苏里州最高法院裁定该全民投票请愿有效，新选区失效，追溯至去年12月1。新选区曾在8月初选中使用，但该州最高法院表示大选必须使用2020年人口普查后确定的原有选区1。
最高法院已要求反对新地图的人士在周一前作出回应1。州法律规定周二是修改11月投票票的截止日期1。密苏里州目前有6名共和党人和2名民主党人在美国众议院1。
Missouri filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday seeking to use newly drawn congressional districts in the midterm elections. 1 The state's Republican-controlled government is challenging a Missouri Supreme Court decision that invalidated the new map based on petitions signed by over 300,000 residents and ordered a statewide ballot measure in November to determine whether to retain or discard it. 1
Missouri Attorney General Katherine Hannaway argued that courts have never before overturned congressional districts after primary elections but before general elections in American history, characterizing the situation as creating "unprecedented chaos" for the state. 1 Republican Secretary of State Danny Hoskins had rejected the petition during the primary election, contending that Missouri's constitution does not permit ballot initiatives on redistricting, a position that the state Supreme Court subsequently rejected by ruling the referendum petition valid. 1 The new districts, which were used in August's primary elections, were struck down with effect retroactive to December of the previous year, with the court mandating that the general election must proceed under the original districts established following the 2020 Census. 1
The Supreme Court has requested responses to Missouri's appeal by Monday, with a Tuesday deadline for modifying November's ballot. 1 The new congressional map was designed to help Republicans secure additional House seats and maintain their narrow majority in Congress during the midterms. 1 Missouri currently sends six Republicans and two Democrats to the House of Representatives. 1
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