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Early Voting Begins in US Midterms That Could Overturn Congressional Control

Early Voting Begins in US Midterms That Could Overturn Congressional Control

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September 18th, 2026

Early Voting Begins in US Midterms That Could Overturn Congressional Control

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In-person voting in this year's midterm elections commenced on Friday, inaugurating the final six-week stretch during which the American people will render their verdict on which party they should trust to steer Congress through soaring living costs, the quagmire of the Iran war, and other pressing challenges.

今幎の䞭間遞挙における察面投祚が金曜日に幕を開け、生掻費の高隰、泥沌化するむラン戊争、その他の喫緊の課題を乗り越えお議䌚を䞻導するに際し、いずれの政党を信頌すべきかずいう決断をアメリカ囜民が䞋す、残り6週間の最終局面が始たった。

Election administrators have expressed their confidence that comprehensive preparations are in place to ensure voting is conducted both accurately and securely.

遞挙管理者らは、投祚が正確か぀安党に実斜されるための䞇党の準備が敎っおいるずの確信を衚明しおいる。

Nevertheless, President Donald Trump persists in his endeavours to discredit particular voting methods and to restructure the way elections are administered, deploying an array of tactics: court challenges, federal investigations into non-citizen voters, and a pressure campaign aimed at compelling election officials to share confidential voter data.

それにもかかわらず、ドナルド・トランプ倧統領は、裁刀所ぞの異議申し立お、非垂民投祚者に察する連邊捜査、および遞挙圓局者に機密の有暩者デヌタを共有させるための圧力キャンペヌンを駆䜿し、特定の投祚方法の信甚を貶めるずずもに、遞挙の運営方法を再線せんずする取り組みを継続しおいる。

Friday marked the day early voting commenced in the state of Virginia.

金曜日はバヌゞニア州においお期日前投祚が幕を開けた日であった。

Voters in several other states, including Minnesota and South Dakota, are able to cast absentee ballots in person, typically at local election offices or voting centers.

ミネ゜タ州やサりスダコタ州を含む他の耇数の州の有暩者は、通垞は地元の遞挙事務所や投祚センタヌにおいお、䞍圚者投祚を察面で行䜿するこずが可胜である。

More extensive early voting is expected to begin in these and other states over the coming weeks.

より広範にわたる期日前投祚は、これらの州およびその他の州においお、今埌数週間のうちに開始される芋蟌みである。

At a polling station in Fairfax, Virginia, on Friday morning, Sanya Singhal, an 18-year-old university student, became one of the very first to cast an in-person early vote — and to do so, he had arrived on site and queued up well before the polls opened.

バヌゞニア州フェアファックス所圚の投祚所においお、18歳の倧孊生サンダ・シンガル氏は金曜日朝、察面による期日前投祚を真っ先に枈たせた者の䞀人ずなったが、そのために投祚所の開堎を遥かに前にしお珟地に到着し、列に䞊んでいたのである。

"Why not partake of a modicum of pleasure in life—for instance, how about becoming the first early voter?" she remarked.

「人生においお倚少の愉悊を享受しおみおはいかがでしょう——たずえば、最初の期日前投祚者ずなっおみるずいうのはどうでしょう」ず圌女は述べた。

"I wish to participate genuinely in my own democracy."

「私は自らの民䞻䞻矩に真に参䞎したいず願っおいるのです。」

At a polling station in the suburbs of Richmond, the moment the building was unlocked and the poll watcher rang a bell, roughly twelve voters who had been waiting in line began filing inside one after another.

リッチモンド郊倖の投祚所においお、建物が開錠されるや吊や投祚立䌚人が鐘を鳎らすず、列をなしお埅機しおいたおよそ12名の有暩者が続々ず内郚ぞず入り始めた。

Mr. Stephen Gula was thrilled to have been among the very first to enter.

スティヌブン・グラ氏は、その最初の䞀人ずなれたこずに胞を躍らせおいた。

"This election is of paramount significance. We must thwart Trump's policy agenda," Grah stated, adding that he had cast his ballot for Democratic Senator Mark Warner and for Shannon Taylor, the Democratic contender challenging Republican incumbent Rob Wittman in the 1st Congressional District.

「本遞挙は極めお重倧な意矩を有する。我々はトランプの政策綱領を阻止せねばならない」ずグラ氏は述べ、民䞻党のマヌク・ワヌナヌ䞊院議員、および第1遞挙区においお共和党珟職のロブ・りィットマンに察抗する民䞻党候補シャノン・テむラヌに投祚したず付蚀した。

In the elections of November 3, votes will be held in the majority of states for governorships and state legislature seats, which will determine whether the Republican Party can maintain its control of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate.

11月3日の遞挙においおは、倧倚数の州で知事および州議䌚の議垭をめぐる投祚が実斜され、共和党が米囜䞋院ず䞊院の支配を維持し埗るか吊かを巊右するこずずなる。

Should the Democratic Party recapture control of Congress, the policy direction of President Trump's final two years in office would be transformed entirely, and various investigations and other oversight measures would in all likelihood be instituted.

仮に民䞻党が議䌚の支配暩を奪還すれば、トランプ倧統領の任期末の2幎間の政策的方向性は䞀倉し、おそらく各皮の調査その他の監督的措眮が講じられるこずになるであろう。

At a polling center situated in the suburbs of Richmond, voters were streaming in and out without interruption.

リッチモンド郊倖に䜍眮する投祚センタヌでは、有暩者が途切れるこずなく出入りを繰り返しおいた。

William Currie, a 74-year-old retiree who describes himself as an independent conservative leaning libertarian, cast his ballot for Burt Mizusawa and Whitman, the Republican challengers to Warner.

74歳の退職者であり、自らをリバタリアン寄りの無所属保守掟ず称するりィリアム・カリヌ氏は、ワヌナヌ氏の共和党察抗銬であるバヌト・ミズサワ氏ずりィットマン氏に䞀祚を投じた。

According to Currie, he broadly approves of Trump's conduct in office, with the exception of the war with Iran.

カリヌ氏曰く、むランずの戊争を陀けば、トランプ氏の職務遂行ぶりを抂ね是認しおいるずのこずであった。

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本りェブサむトは、reCAPTCHAならびにGoogleのプラむバシヌポリシヌおよび利甚芏玄によっお保護されるものである。

Curry characterized Trump's stance on the conflict, remarking, "He is mired in an inescapable chaos."

カリヌ氏は、玛争をめぐるトランプ氏の姿勢に぀いお、「圌は抜け出せない混沌ぞず陥っおいる」ず評した。

Amid the rain in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 67-year-old Bill Gering said that, because he had a trip planned for a later date, he had already cast an early ballot at the county office.

サりスダコタ州スヌフォヌルズにおける降雚の折、67歳のビル・ゲヌリング氏は、埌日旅行の予定を控えおいるがゆえに郡事務所にお期日前投祚を枈たせたず語った。

He cast a mixed ballot spanning Democratic and independent candidates, and declared flatly that Trump's "dictatorial tendencies are harmful to America."

同氏は民䞻党および無所属の候補者らを混圚させお投祚を行い、トランプ氏の「独裁的な傟向はアメリカにずっお有害だ」ず断蚀した。

John Thomas, a conservative retired police officer who had been stationed at the Sioux Falls office, stated that his foremost concerns were public safety and electoral integrity.

スヌフォヌルズ事務所に圚籍しおいた保守掟の退職譊察官ゞョン・トヌマス氏は、自らの最倧の関心事は公共の安党および遞挙の誠実性であるず述べた。

He remarked that he had no wish to witness undocumented immigrants casting ballots in federal elections.

同氏は、䞍法滞圚の移民が連邊遞挙においお投祚を行う事態を目にしたくないず述べた。

Such fraudulent voting has been demonstrated to be exceedingly rare.

かかる䞍正投祚は極めお皀であるこずが刀明しおいる。

This 77-year-old individual characterized Trump's immigration policy as "right on the mark."

この77歳の人物は、トランプ氏の移民政策を「的を射おいる」ず評した。

"Had we remained in an identical state for four years, we could not have endured as a nation for so long," he remarked.

「もし我々が4幎間にわたっお同䞀の状態に留たり続けおいたならば、我々はそれほど長く囜家ずしお存続し埗なかったであろう」ず圌は述べた。

The commencement of early voting has arrived at a juncture when profound anxiety and division are swirling among many Americans over a constellation of issues: soaring gasoline and grocery prices, the war in Iran, the imminent threats posed by artificial intelligence, and Trump's vigorous campaign of immigration enforcement.

期日前投祚の開始は、ガ゜リンや食料品の䟡栌高隰、むラン戊争、人工知胜がもたらす差し迫った脅嚁、トランプ氏の粟力的な移民取り締たりキャンペヌンずいった諞問題をめぐり、倚くのアメリカ人の間に深い䞍安ず分断が枊巻く時期に到来しおいる。

Moreover, this comes after an unprecedented mid-decade chain of redistricting in the House, which originated when Trump urged the Republican-controlled legislature in Texas to redraw congressional districts in order to bolster his party's fortunes.

さらにこれは、トランプ氏がテキサス州の共和党支配䞋の議䌚に察し、党勢を支揎すべく議䌚遞挙区の再区画を促したこずに端を発する、䞋院における前䟋のない10幎半ばの遞挙区再線の連鎖を経た埌のこずでもある。

California and other states followed suit.

カリフォルニア州や他の州もこれに远随した。

The changes will affect millions of people.

倉曎は数癟䞇人に圱響を及がすこずずなる。

According to research, this autumn one in ten Americans will reside in a House district different from the one they lived in during 2024.

調査によれば、今幎の秋、アメリカ人の10人に1人は、2024幎ずは異なる䞋院遞挙区の居䜏者ずなるのである。

These partisan efforts are expected to persist even in the run-up to the 2028 elections, following this year's landmark ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that weakened the protections of the federal Voting Rights Act against racially discriminatory redistricting.

これらの党掟的な取り組みは、今幎の米囜最高裁刀所による画期的な刀決が、人皮差別的な遞挙区再線に察する連邊投祚暩法の保護を匱䜓化させた埌、2028幎の遞挙に先立っおも継続する芋蟌みである。

With the commencement of early voting imminent, Trump was devoting himself to an effort to assert federal dominion over the administration of elections, notwithstanding that the Constitution vests the authority to conduct elections in the states and, in certain instances, in Congress.

期日前投祚の開始が間近に迫る䞭、トランプ氏は、憲法が遞挙を運営する暩限を州に、堎合によっおは議䌚に付䞎しおいるにもかかわらず、遞挙運営に察する連邊の支配を䞻匵する取り組みに専心しおいた。

Although the nation's highest court this week rejected Trump's application seeking to restrict mail-in voting, several other endeavors by his administration to influence the voting process and to scrutinize state voter rolls are nonetheless still ongoing.

囜の最高裁刀所は今週、郵䟿投祚を制限しようずするトランプ氏の申請を华䞋したものの、投祚プロセスに圱響を及がし、州の有暩者名簿を調査しようずする圌の政暩によるその他の耇数の取り組みはなおも継続しおいる。

On Thursday, Virginia's Democratic attorney general warned that the Trump administration may have violated state law after a whistleblower accused federal officials of misrepresenting their identities on voter-search tools in order to hunt for noncitizen voters.

バヌゞニア州の民䞻党叞法長官は朚曜日、内郚告発者が連邊職員を非垂民投祚者を探すために有暩者怜玢ツヌルで身元を停ったず非難した埌、トランプ政暩が州法に違反した可胜性があるず譊告した。

For many years, Trump has persistently raised the specter of widespread voting by non-citizens in U.S. elections, and this year is no exception.

トランプ氏は倚幎にわたり、米囜遞挙における非垂民による広範な投祚ずいう脅嚁を提起し続けおきたが、今幎もたたその䟋倖ではない。

Research, however, continues to demonstrate that voting by non-citizens is exceedingly rare.

しかしながら、非垂民投祚が極めお皀であるこずを研究は瀺し続けおいる。

David Becker, the founder and executive director of the Center for Election Innovation & Research, remarked that it would hardly come as a surprise if the Republican president were to persist in "his own disinformation campaign and his attacks on election officials."

遞挙むノベヌション研究センタヌの創蚭者兌事務局長を務めるデビッド・ベッカヌ氏は、共和党倧統領が「自らの停情報キャンペヌンず遞挙圓局者ぞの攻撃」を継続したずしおも、驚くにはあたらないだろうず述べた。

Nevertheless, he expressed confidence that "the process will endure, just as it has over the past several years."

しかしながら同氏は、「そのプロセスは過去数幎間ず同様、耐え抜くであろう」ず確信しおいるず述べた。

At least a few voters on Friday, spurred on by certain of Trump's actions, were driven to cast their ballots early.

少なくずも数名の金曜日の有暩者は、トランプ氏の行動の䞀郚に觊発され、期日前投祚ぞず駆り立おられた。

In Minneapolis, Dragan Kolakovic, a 47-year-old operations processing engineer, stated that he feared being detained by immigration authorities and did not wish to wait until Election Day.

ミネアポリスにおいお、47歳の業務凊理゚ンゞニアであるドラガン・コラコビッチ氏は、移民圓局に拘束されるこずを危惧し、遞挙の日たで埅぀こずを望たないず述べた。

According to him, the numerous officials whom Trump had deployed to Minnesota during the immigration crackdown earlier this year had left him deeply uneasy.

同氏によれば、本幎初期の移民取り締たりにおいおトランプ氏がミネ゜タ州に投入した倚数の圓局者が、圌を䞍安に陥れたずいう。

He is a naturalized American citizen who emigrated from Bosnia in 1997 and has witnessed the horrors of war in the former Yugoslavia.

同氏は1997幎にボスニアから移䜏した垰化米囜垂民であり、旧ナヌゎスラビアにおける戊争の惚犍を目撃しおいる。

"It brought back what I witnessed in Bosnia," he said of the heavily armed immigration officials who repeatedly carried out sweep operations in his own neighborhood, where numerous immigrants reside.

「それは、ボスニアで目撃した事柄を想起させた」ず圌は、倚数の移民が居䜏する自身の近隣区域においお反埩的に掃蚎䜜戊を実斜した、重歊装した移民圓局の関係者らに぀いお語った。

"They were my neighbours and friends," he said, recounting the circumstances that had led to his arrest.

「圌らは私の隣人であり、友人だった」ず、圌は自らが逮捕に至った経緯を述べた。

Ms. Laura Brand, a 63-year-old Democratic voter residing in Henrico County, Virginia, stated that, notwithstanding Mr. Trump's attempts to restrict mail-in voting, the reason she had resorted to casting her ballot early was to send out "a signal that we still exist here."

バヌゞニア州ヘンラむコ郡圚䜏の63歳の民䞻党有暩者ロヌラ・ブランド女史は、トランプ氏による郵䟿投祚制限の詊みにもかかわらず、自らが期日前投祚に及んだのは「我々はなおもここに存圚するずいうシグナル」を発信せんがためであったず述べた。

"Whether one casts a ballot for the Democrats or for the Republicans, under no circumstances should people be prevented from participating or subjected to intimidation in our elections," Brand said, her countenance on the verge of dissolving into tears.

「民䞻党に䞀祚を投じようず共和党に䞀祚を投じようず、我々の遞挙においお、人々が参加を劚げられたり脅迫を受けたりするようなこずは断じおない」ずブランド氏は、今にも涙をこがさんばかりの面持ちで語った。

This year, voting-rights advocates are urging voters to cast their mail-in ballots early.

投祚暩擁護掟は本幎、有暩者に察し郵䟿投祚を早期に投じるよう促しおいる。

One of the grounds cited for this is the concern that, owing to recent operational changes at the United States Postal Service, the postmarking of ballots will be delayed.

その根拠の䞀端ずしお挙げられるのは、米囜郵䟿公瀟の最近の業務倉曎に䌎い、投祚甚玙ぞの消印抌印が遅延する懞念である。

Casting one's ballot early, Hannah Fried — co-founder and CEO of the voting-rights advocacy group All Voting Is Local — remarked, "offers voters options, alleviates congestion on Election Day, and may even facilitate the swift finalization of results."

早期に投祚を枈たせるこずは「有暩者に遞択肢を提䟛し、遞挙圓日の混雑を緩和し、ひいおは結果の迅速な確定をも促し埗る」ず、投祚暩擁護団䜓「オヌル・ボヌティング・むズ・ロヌカル」の共同創蚭者兌CEOであるハンナ・フリヌド氏は述べた。

The chief executive of the United States Postal Service likewise urged voters casting their ballots by mail to dispatch their ballots a full week before the deadline.

米囜郵䟿公瀟の最高経営責任者もたた、郵䟿投祚を行䜿する有暩者に察し、期限の1週間前たでに投祚甚玙を発送するよう促した。

In an interview, Postmaster General David Steiner remarked, "If people vote early, all problems will be resolved."

郵䟿公瀟総裁デビッド・スタむナヌ氏はむンタビュヌにおいお、「人々が早期に投祚を行えば、あらゆる問題は解決されるであろう」ず述べた。

At a press conference on Thursday, Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon urged voters not to be misled by the various claims they may have seen or read, which are designed to induce them to harbor doubts about the conduct of the election.

朚曜日の蚘者䌚芋においお、ミネ゜タ州囜務長官スティヌブ・サむモン氏は、有暩者が遞挙運営に察する疑念を抱くよう仕向けるために目にし、あるいは読んだかもしれない諞々の蚀説に惑わされるこずのないよう促した。

He stated that they would be able to vote "as usual."

圌は、圌らは「い぀も通りに」投祚するこずが可胜であろうず述べた。

He stated that he merely wished to reaffirm that elections in Minnesota are fundamentally free, fair, accurate, honest, and secure.

圌は、ミネ゜タ州における遞挙が根底においお自由か぀公正か぀正確か぀誠実か぀安党であるこずを、ただ再確認したいのみである、ず述べた。

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