司法部长托德·布兰奇周日为司法部（DOJ）计划在选举日向投票站派遣1000名选举监督员的计划进行了辩护。
Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday defended the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) plan to send 1,000 election monitors to polling places on Election Day.
布兰奇在接受“福克斯新闻周日”节目主持人香农·布里姆采访时表示，自20世纪60年代以来，联邦政府一直在监督选举，司法部将确保联邦法律得到妥善执行。“他们不会只去共和党州，也不会只去民主党州，他们会去每一个州，以确保我们的选举合法、公正和适当地进行，”他补充说。
The federal government has monitored elections since the 1960s and the DOJ will assure federal law is being enforced properly, Blanche told Shannon Bream on “Fox News Sunday.”“They’re not going to Republican states, they’re not going to Democrat states, they are going to every state to make sure our elections are carried out legally, fairly and appropriately,” he added.
这位司法部长批评民主党议员“贩卖恐惧”，声称司法部此举意在恐吓选民。
The attorney general criticized Democratic lawmakers for “fearmongering” in claiming the DOJ is trying to intimidate voters.
布兰奇说：“本届政府和特朗普总统正在做我们这一代以及好几代人的每一届政府都在做的事情。我们正在确保联邦法律得到适当执行。”特朗普将选举诚信作为其议程的核心部分，多次对美国选举的安全性和有效性提出质疑。他一直敦促国会通过其关于选民身份认证和限制性邮寄投票的立法——《保障美国选民资格法》（SAVE America Act）。
“This administration, President Trump, is doing the same thing that every single administration has done in our generation, in multiple generations,” Blanche said. “We’re making sure that federal law is being enforced appropriately.”Trump has made election integrity a key part of his agenda, repeatedly doubting the security and validity of American elections. He has pushed Congress to pass his voter identification and restrictive mail-in voting legislation, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act.
长期以来，联邦政府一直部署司法部官员前往投票站，以确保民权和投票法得到遵守。布兰奇表示，司法部希望在11月的中期选举期间部署“一千名或更多”监督员。
The federal government has long deployed DOJ officials to polling sites to assure compliance with civil rights and voting laws. Blanche said the DOJ is hoping to have “a thousand or more” monitors stationed during November’s midterms.
这位司法部长表示，关于将向投票站部署“武装联邦特工”的说法是“完全虚假的”。
The attorney general said the claim that “armed federal agents” will be deployed to the polls is “completely false.”