一名联邦法官周五推翻了司法部全国范围内收集选民登记记录并识别疑似非美国公民的行动，阻止特朗普政府继续该计划，即使是在自愿配合的州份也是如此。
A federal judge struck down on Friday the Justice Department’s nationwide effort to collect voter registration records and identify suspected non-U.S. citizens, blocking the Trump administration from continuing the program even in states that voluntarily cooperated.
华盛顿的美国地区法官Sparkle Sooknanan裁定，该部门超越了其法定权限，并通过要求敏感的选民信息并将其与其他机构共享以识别公民身份，违反了联邦隐私法。
U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan in Washington ruled the department exceeded its legal authority and violated federal privacy laws by requesting sensitive voter information and sharing it with other agencies to identify people's citizenship status.
这份长达78页的裁决推翻了司法部的整个选民名单维护政策，使其在全国范围内失效。
The 78-page ruling struck down the DOJ’s entire voter list maintenance policy, invalidating it nationwide.
此前，多个州在各自的司法管辖区内对司法部的规定提起了类似的挑战并获胜，随后做出了这一决定。
The decision came after multiple states similarly won challenges against the Justice Departments rule in their respective jurisdictions.
“司法部不能践踏那些精心制定、旨在保护美国人民权利的长期法律，”拜登任命的Sooknanan写道。
“DOJ cannot run roughshod over longstanding laws that were carefully crafted to protect the rights of American people,” Sooknanan, a Biden appointee, wrote.
这一裁决源于投票权组织“共同事业”和四名选民于4月提起的诉讼，他们指控政府试图在11月的中期选举前建立一个“庞大的新选民监控和清洗机制”。
The decision stems from an April lawsuit filed by voting rights group Common Cause and four voters, who accused the administration of attempting to create a “sprawling new voter surveillance and purging apparatus” ahead of November’s midterm elections.
原告辩称，司法部试图夺取传统上由各州监督的选民登记程序的控制权，使合格的美国人面临被错误地从选民名册中除名的风险。
The plaintiffs argued the Justice Department was attempting to seize control of voter registration procedures traditionally overseen by states, putting eligible Americans at risk of being wrongfully removed from voter rolls.
该计划始于去年，当时特朗普总统签署行政命令，指示联邦官员与各州合作，识别潜在的选举法律违规行为。
The program began last year following an executive order from President Trump directing federal officials to work with states to identify potential election law violations.
随后，司法部在全国范围内要求提供未经编辑的选民登记名单，寻求包括姓名、地址和部分社会安全号码在内的敏感信息。
The DOJ subsequently requested unredacted voter registration lists nationwide, seeking sensitive information including names, addresses and partial Social Security numbers.
至少有18个州配合，允许该部门将其选民记录与国土安全部共享，并通过联邦的“福利资格外籍人士系统核查”（SAVE）数据库核查公民身份。
At least 18 states complied, allowing the department to share their voter records with the Department of Homeland Security and check citizenship status through the federal Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database.
参与州还同意在收到通知后45天内移除被认定为不合格的选民。苏克南南发现，尽管该部门知晓联邦公民身份记录存在不准确之处，但未能充分考虑误删合格选民的风险。法官引用了2006年社会保障管理局的一项审计，该审计发现约330万美国公民被错误认定为非公民。“法院撤销了一项已将美国公民从其所在州选民名册中移除、并可能导致更多人丧失投票权的政策，”苏克南南写道。
Participating states also agreed to remove voters identified as ineligible within 45 days of notification. Sooknanan found the department failed to adequately consider the risk of mistakenly removing eligible voters despite knowing federal citizenship records contained inaccuracies. The judge cited a 2006 Social Security Administration audit that found approximately 3.3 million U.S. citizens had been misidentified as noncitizens. “The Court vacates a policy that has removed United States citizens from the voter rolls in their home states and risks disenfranchising many more,” Sooknanan wrote.