在司法部宣布计划在中期选举前派遣1000名联邦选举观察员后，民主党高层官员现在要求得到明确答复：这些观察员将被派往何处、他们将执行哪些任务，以及他们接受了怎样的培训。
After the Department of Justice said it planned to deploy 1,000 federal election observers ahead of the midterms, top Democrats are now demanding answers about where the monitors will go, what they will do, and how they’re being trained. In a letter shared first with MS NOW, Reps.
杰米·拉斯金（Jamie Raskin，马里兰州民主党议员）和乔·莫雷尔（Joe Morelle，纽约州民主党议员）——这两位分别担任司法委员会和行政委员会主席的民主党议员——首先向MS NOW透露了这一消息。他们要求司法部长托德·布兰奇（Todd Blanche）以及负责民权事务的助理司法部长哈米特·迪隆（Harmeet Dhillon）提供有关这些观察员部署情况的内部文件，并希望获取所有与这些观察员相关的沟通记录及官方函件。
“司法部必须证明其并未滥用选举监督计划，且这些观察员确实被用于正当的目的，”议员们在信中写道。
Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Joe Morelle, D-N.Y. — the top two Democrats on the Judiciary and Administration committees, respectively — asked Attorney General Todd Blanche and Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon to provide internal documents about the deployments. The Democrats also want all communications about the monitors and any correspondence about their deployments. “The DOJ must demonstrate that it is not misusing its election monitoring program in any way and that its monitors are being used for appropriate purposes,” the lawmakers write.
这些议员还提到了怀俄明州共和党州长马克·戈登（Mark Gordon）的担忧：戈登表示，在该州举行的初选中，司法部的观察员行为“有些激进且不合常规”。戈登在州选举统计委员会的会议上要求州司法部长基思·考茨（Keith Kautz）对观察员的活动进行调查。
The lawmakers cited concerns from Wyoming Republican Governor Mark Gordon, who said monitors from the DOJ behaved “a bit aggressive” and “irregular,” during the state’s primary election. During a state canvassing board meeting, Gordon said he asked state Attorney General Keith Kautz to investigate the nature of the monitors’ visits.
这一事件为民主党提供了机会，促使他们向政府施压，要求获取更多关于选举监督工作的详细信息；预计今年的选举监督工作将会大幅扩大。
The episode has given Democrats an opening to press the administration for details about election-monitoring operations that are expected to be significantly expanded this year.
“鉴于这份令人震惊的报告，为了确保司法部的选举监督计划在2026年11月中期选举前得到妥善使用，我们要求政府提供情况说明、相关备忘录、培训材料，以及关于观察员部署地点和任务的具体信息，”议员们在信中写道。
“In light of this startling report, and in order to ensure that DOJ’s election monitoring program is being used appropriately in advance of the November 2026 midterm election, we request a briefing, any relevant memoranda and training materials, and information detailing where you intend to deploy election monitors and what they will be tasked with doing,” the Democrats write.
特朗普政府并非第一个部署选举观察员的政府。在乔·拜登总统执政期间，司法部曾在2024年和2022年的选举期间向投票站派遣观察员，以监督各选举机构是否遵守联邦选举权利法律。
The Trump administration isn’t the first to deploy election monitors. Under President Joe Biden, DOJ previously sent monitors to polling places to track compliance with federal voting rights laws during the 2024 and 2022 elections.
美国司法部网站列出了两种选举监督措施，旨在“评估各州是否遵守联邦选举权利法律”。
The Justice Department website lists two types of election monitoring efforts to “assess compliance with federal voting rights laws.”
在接受《Real America’s Voice》节目采访时，迪伦（Dhillon）表示，这些监督人员“绝不会以任何方式干扰选举进程”，并称司法部会在“事后”处理任何可能出现的问题。他强调：“这将是司法部历史上规模最大的选举监督行动。”
In an interview with Real America’s Voice, Dhillon said the observers are “not going to be interfering with the election in any way,” noting that the DOJ will “take care” of any problems “afterwards.”“This is going to be the biggest DOJ election observer effort in history,” Dhillon said.
然而，怀俄明州发生的事件促使民主党人要求进一步了解这项扩大后的监督计划的具体内容。
But the Wyoming episode has prompted Democrats to seek more information about the expanded monitoring effort.
尽管司法部副部长声称这些监督人员仅负责观察选举过程，但在怀俄明州州长提出投诉后，民主党人仍不打算坐视不管。
Despite the assistant attorney general’s claims that monitors would just be observing, Democrats are not leaving it up to chance after the Wyoming governor’s complaints.
民主党议员们在信中写道：“司法部必须证明自己没有滥用选举监督计划，且这些监督人员确实被用于正当目的。确保联邦选举的公正性（包括司法部的选举监督工作）是我们的职责所在。”
“The DOJ must demonstrate that it is not misusing its election monitoring program in any way and that its monitors are being used for appropriate purposes,” the lawmakers write. “It is the duty of our Committees to ensure the integrity of federal elections, including of the DOJ’s election monitoring program.”
由于民主党在众议院中属于少数党，他们没有传票权或法律强制力，因此无需对这封信作出回应。不过，这封信揭示了如果民主党在11月重新获得多数席位后，拉斯金（Raskin）和莫雷尔（Morelle）领导的委员会将如何对特朗普政府进行调查。
Blanche and Dhillon do not have to respond to the letter, given that Democrats don’t have subpoena power or legal authority as the minority party in the House. But the letter offers insight into how Raskin and Morelle’s committees would investigate the Trump administration if Democrats win back the majority in November.
拉斯金（Raskin）在给MS NOW的声明中将选举监督人员的部署视为特朗普“破坏”中期选举的最新手段。
Raskin chalked up the presence of election monitors as Trump’s latest attempt to “sabotage” the midterm elections, in a statement to MS NOW.
他说：“除了战争、关税和通货膨胀之外，唐纳德·特朗普花费了大量时间试图破坏中期选举。极端性的选区划分、压制选民的法律、由纳税人资金支持的宣传广告，以及试图控制邮政系统的企图……接下来又会是什么呢？难道就是派遣司法部的监督人员去投票站吗？”
“Without any program for America beyond war, tariffs, and inflation, Donald Trump has spent months searching for ways to sabotage the midterm elections,” Raskin said. “Midterm extreme gerrymander maps, voter suppression laws, taxpayer-funded agit-prop TV commercials, Post Office election takeover gambit — what now? Next up is the deployment of DOJ election monitors to the polls.”