作者：佐伊·蒂尔曼。一名美国法官叫停了特朗普政府时期司法部为开展全国性调查而试图获取各州选民记录的关键举措，该调查旨在查明非美国公民是否存在选举欺诈行为。
By Zoe Tillman A US judge blocked a key component of the Justice Department’s efforts under the Trump administration to obtain state voter records as part of a nationwide probe into alleged election fraud by non-US citizens.
周五，华盛顿的一名联邦地区法官在长达78页的裁决书中严厉批评了牵头此项工作的司法部民权司。美国地区法官斯帕克尔·苏克纳南指出，相关官员“绝不能试图通过在全国范围内开展大规模普查来规避联邦隐私法”。法官还强调：“司法部无权漠视那些专为保护美国民众权利而精心制定的长期法律。”
In a 78-page opinion on Friday, a federal district judge in Washington delivered a strong rebuke of the department’s Civil Rights Division, which has led the push. US District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan wrote that officials “cannot evade” federal privacy laws “by attempting a dragnet investigation of the entire country.”“DOJ cannot run roughshod over longstanding laws that were carefully crafted to protect the rights of the American people,” the judge said.
苏克纳南裁定撤销司法部的“选民名单维护政策”。该政策要求从几乎所有州获取选民登记数据，再将这些信息分享给其他联邦机构及承包商；随后将选民名单与美国移民记录进行比对，并强制要求各州剔除那些被认定为非美国公民的选民。
Sooknanan struck down the department’s “voter list maintenance policy.”She described that as a combination of requesting voter roll data from nearly every state, sharing those records with other federal agencies and contractors, checking voter lists against US immigration records and then demanding that states remove voters flagged as likely noncitizens.
法官同时表示，司法部仍可针对各州选民名单的准确性及其是否符合联邦法律开展更具针对性的调查，“包括依据具体投诉展开行动”。法官在裁决书中写道：“本庭此次撤销的是一项将美国公民从其所在州的选民名单中剔除、且极有可能剥夺更多民众选举权的政策——该政策完全违背了旨在保护美国民众权益的现行法律。”
The judge wrote that the department could continue to pursue more targeted investigations into whether state voter rolls are accurate and in compliance with federal laws, “including by acting on specific complaints.”“The court vacates a policy that has removed United States citizens from the voter rolls in their home states and risks disenfranchising many more — a policy that flies in the face of duly enacted laws designed to protect Americans,” she wrote.
本案案号为Common Cause诉司法部案，案号26-cv-1352，由美国哥伦比亚特区联邦地区法院受理。
The case is Common Cause v. Department of Justice, 26-cv-1352, US District Court, District of Columbia.