参议院民主党人周三宣布，他们已招募并培训了超过100名国会工作人员，以参与一项新的选举观察员计划。随着唐纳德·特朗普总统继续在中期选举前削弱公众对选举的信心，这一举措正在推进。
Senate Democrats announced Wednesday that they have recruited and trained more than 100 congressional staff members for a new election observer program as President Donald Trump continues his efforts to undermine confidence in elections ahead of the midterms.
该计划是首个此类参议院项目，于6月宣布，由参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默（民主党-纽约州）和参议员亚历克斯·帕迪拉（民主党-加利福尼亚州）领导。该计划旨在将工作人员派往九个州的投票站和计票、核查选举结果的地点。在那里，工作人员将观察、记录并向参议院报告任何明显的干扰投票行为，包括对选举工作人员的威胁以及散布虚假信息的尝试。
The first-of-its kind Senate program, announced in June and led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., is intended to deploy staffers across nine states to polling locations and sites where ballots are counted and elections are canvassed and certified. There, staffers will observe, document and report back to the Senate any apparent attempts to interfere with voting, including any threats made against election workers and attempts to distribute misinformation.
参议院民主党人主导的选举观察员部署正值特朗普政府和共和党人更广泛推动之际，他们正试图在中期选举前重塑选举规则，包括努力将政府认定为不合格选民从选民名单中移除，以及限制邮寄和缺席投票。特朗普还多次宣传关于广泛选举欺诈的虚假说法，并推动联邦执法部门在投票站部署。
This Democratic-led deployment of Senate election observers comes amid a broader push by the the Trump administration and Republicans to reshape election rules ahead of the midterms, including efforts to remove people from voter rolls whom the government deems ineligible and to restrict mail-in and absentee voting. Trump has also repeatedly promoted false claims about widespread voter fraud and pushed to deploy federal law enforcement at voting sites.
特朗普还最近打破了数十年的传统，拒绝邀请国际观察员来见证其联邦选举在此次中期选举中的过程，这一举动引起了国会民主党人的强烈批评。司法部表示，其民权司部门的人员将被派往监控投票站，并称将在中期选举期间增加其存在。民权司司长哈米特·迪隆在8月宣布，该部门计划在全国范围内的投票站部署1000名自身的选举监督员，称这是“司法部历史上规模最大的监控行动！”在宣布该计划的声明中，舒默表示，民主党人拒绝让特朗普干涉选举。
Trump has also recently broken with a decadeslong tradition and declined to invite international observers to witness its federal elections for this midterm, a move met with fierce criticism from congressional Democrats. The Department of Justice, which deploys personnel from its Civil Rights Division to monitor polling places, says it will increase its presence during the midterm elections. Harmeet Dhillon, head of the Civil Rights Division, announced in August that the department plans to deploy 1,000 of its own election monitors to polling sites across the country, calling it “the largest monitoring effort in @theJusticeDept history!”In a statement announcing the program, Schumer said Democrats refuse to let Trump meddle in the election.
“唐纳德·特朗普试图窃取选举结果，但民主党人和美国民众绝不会让他得逞，”这位参议员说道。“我们的选举是自由且安全的，但我们绝不能对此掉以轻心。我非常感谢那些主动站出来、致力于提升民众对即将举行的选举信任度并维护民主制度神圣性的参议院工作人员。”
“Donald Trump is trying to steal the election, but Democrats and the American people won’t let him,” the senator said. “Our elections are free and secure, but we cannot take that for granted. I am grateful for the Senate staff members who are raising their hand to help build trust in our upcoming election and protect the sanctity of our democracy.”
帕迪利亚在声明中还指出，特朗普“已明确表示想要‘掌控’各州组织的选举过程”，并称这种行为属于选举干预，是“违宪且违法的，国会必将予以监督。”帕迪利亚强调：“每一位符合资格的美国公民都有权在不受恐吓的情况下投票，每一张选票都应得到公正统计。”文章标题：民主党人将派遣100多名选举观察员监督中期选举
Padilla also said in the announcement that Trump “has made clear that he wants to ‘take over the voting’ in state-run elections,” and characterized it as election interference that is “unconstitutional and illegal and Congress will be watching.”“Every eligible American deserves to cast a ballot free from intimidation, and every vote deserves to be counted fairly,” Padilla said. The post Senate Democrats to deploy more than 100 election observers for midterms MS NOW