2026年5月13日 晚上11:44 UTC / 路透社
作者：卡尼什卡·辛格
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华盛顿5月13日路透电 – 美国民权组织全国有色人种协进会（NAACP）周三表示，田纳西州共和党上周批准的新国会选区地图，存在针对黑人选民的故意种族歧视。
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- 作为美国规模最大的民权组织，该机构已向田纳西州中区美国地方法院提起联邦诉讼。
- 诉讼指控田纳西州议员“故意重划第9国会选区——这个以孟菲斯为核心超过50年的选区——将这个非裔占多数的选区拆分到多个选区中，意图消除黑人选民的投票权，剥夺他们选举心仪候选人的实质性机会”，全国有色人种协进会表示。
- 田纳西州共和党上周批准了新的国会选区地图，与此同时其他多个南部州正试图利用美国最高法院4月底的一项判决，该判决大幅削弱了具有里程碑意义的《选举权法案》。
- 全国有色人种协进会指出，此次重划选区计划“故意基于种族进行歧视，违反了美国宪法第十四和第十五修正案”。
- 田纳西州州务卿特雷·哈格特以及州选举委员会未立即回应这场将其办公室列为被告的诉讼置评请求。
- 共和党籍前总统唐纳德·特朗普去年在今年中期选举前夕，挑起了两党之间全国范围内的中期重划选区争端。
- 共和党在此次中期选举中的目标是保住目前在众议院和参议院的微弱多数席位。
- 在美国最高法院4月29日作出判决后，由共和党主导的州政府正试图试探少数族裔投票保护措施的新边界。
- 民权组织已提起诉讼，挑战那些拥有大量有色人种社区的选区重划行为。
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NAACP says Tennessee redistricting intentionally discriminates on basis of race
May 13, 2026 11:44 PM UTC / Reuters
By Kanishka Singh
Demonstrators protest inside the Tennessee state Capitol on the final day of a special session in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., May 7, 2026. REUTERS/Seth Herald/File Photo
WASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuters) – U.S. civil rights group NAACP said on Wednesday the new congressional map approved last week by Tennessee Republicans intentionally discriminated on the basis of race against Black voters.
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- The United States’ largest civil rights group said it filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.
- The lawsuit alleges Tennessee lawmakers “intentionally redrew Congressional District 9 – a district anchored in Memphis for more than 50 years – to crack the majority-Black district across multiple districts, with the intent of eliminating Black voting power and depriving them of a meaningful opportunity to elect candidates of their choice,” the NAACP said.
- Tennessee Republicans approved a new congressional map last week, as several other Southern states seek to leverage a U.S. Supreme Court decision from late April that severely weakened the landmark Voting Rights Act.
- The redistricting plan “violates the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution by intentionally discriminating on the basis of race,” NAACP said.
- Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett and the state Election Commission had no immediate comment on the suit in which their offices were named as defendants.
- Republican President Donald Trump launched a national mid-decade redistricting battle between Democrats and Republicans last year ahead of this year’s midterm elections.
- The Republican Party is aiming in the elections to retain its current thin majorities in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate.
- Republican-led states are moving to test new limits of minority-vote protections following the Supreme Court’s April 29 decision.
- Civil rights groups have sued to challenge the redrawing of districts that have a significant population of communities of color.
Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; additional reporting by Bianca Flowers; Editing by Lincoln Feast.
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