10月15日 - 第一份要求提供选民信息的司法部传票让内华达州民主党州务卿西斯科·阿吉拉尔措手不及。当时是6月，他的办公室一直在与FBI就常规选举安全问题进行非正式合作。
Oct 15 - The first Justice Department subpoena demanding voter information caught Democratic Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar off guard. It was June, and his office had been working informally with the FBI on routine election security.
几周后，即7月16日，特朗普总统在椭圆形办公室的讲话中，毫无证据地声称有数十万非公民参与了投票，引用了一项政府审查。该审查将内华达州列为四个非公民选民登记普遍存在的州之一，而内华达州是今年11月争夺美国国会控制权的关键战场。
Weeks later, in a July 16 address from the Oval Office, President Donald Trump claimed without evidence that hundreds of thousands of noncitizens haded to vote, citing an administration review. That review cited Nevada - a key prize in November's fight for control of the US Congress - as one of four states where noncitizen voter registration was widespread.
“我们将成为这次行动的目标，”阿吉拉尔回忆道，他在特朗普的讲话之前曾这样告诉共和党州长乔·隆巴多。
“We're going to be the target of this," Aguilar recalled telling Republican Governor Joe Lombardo before Trump’s address.
随后，9月1日和2日又陆续收到了三份要求提供选民数据的传票。
Then three more subpoenas seeking voter data arrived on September 1 and 2.
公开记录请求显示，司法部在6月16日至9月2日期间总共向阿吉拉尔的办公室送达了七份传票。
In total, the Justice Department would deliver seven subpoenas to Aguilar’s office between June 16 and September 2, a public records request shows.
随着特朗普政府加大力度，迫使各州交出选民名单以寻找所谓的欺诈行为，联邦施压正在塑造一场关系重大的选举 rematch，阿吉拉尔的职位正处于内华达州这一顶级选举战场的风暴中心。
As the Trump administration escalates its efforts to compel states to hand over voter rolls in search of fraud, the federal pressure is shaping a high-stakes rematch for Aguilar's job in Nevada, a top electoral battleground.
作为州务卿，阿吉拉尔是内华达州的最高选举官员，负责监督选举和认证结果等行政职责。
As secretary of state, Aguilar is Nevada's chief election officer, responsible for overseeing elections and certifying results among other administrative duties.
这些传票让阿吉拉尔陷入文件处理的泥潭，分散了他参加连任竞选的精力，而他的对手是共和党人吉姆·马钱特，后者错误地声称2020年大选被操纵以利于民主党，而阿吉拉尔在2022年曾以微弱优势击败过他。隆巴多既未背书任何候选人，也未回应就他支持谁的置评请求。
The subpoenas have buried Aguilar in paperwork, distracting him from his own reelection campaign against Republican Jim Marchant, who falsely claims the 2020 election was rigged to favor Democrats and whom Aguilar narrowly beat in 2022. Lombardo has not endorsed either candidate, and did not respond to a request for comment on whom he's supporting.
特朗普将他与选举相关的许多行动描述为帮助共和党赢得席位的努力，而在这一年，他的党被广泛预计将失去众议院的控制权，并可能失去参议院的控制权。他毫无证据地声称，民主党希望非公民能够投票，因为他们的支持会让他们重新掌权，这一指控被民主党驳斥。
Trump has framed many of his election-related moves as an effort to help Republicans win seats in a year in which his party is widely expected to lose control of the House of Representatives and possibly the Senate. He has claimed without evidence that Democrats want noncitizens to be able to vote because their support would return them to power, a charge rejected by Democrats.
路透社周三报道，超过50名选举官员和选举法专家认为，特朗普政府可能通过多种方式干预2026年中期选举。他们指出的潜在冲突点包括选举欺诈指控、对州官员的施压、扣押选举材料以及在投票站附近的移民执法。白宫表示，政府的目标是保障选举诚信和投票安全。
More than 50 election officials and election-law experts see multiple ways the Trump administration could potentially interfere with the 2026 midterms, Reuters reported on Wednesday. They identified potential flashpoints ranging from election-fraud claims and pressure on state officials to seizures of election materials and immigration enforcement near polling sites. The White House says the administration's goal is to safeguard election integrity and voting security.
阿吉拉尔忙于应对传票 阿吉拉尔表示，他认为传票的洪流是特朗普政府故意试图削弱他的连任竞选并影响谁将监督2028年总统选举中内华达州选票的尝试。
AGUILAR KEPT BUSY ANSWERING SUBPOENAS Aguilar said he considers the flood of subpoenas a deliberate attempt by the Trump administration to weaken his reelection bid and influence who will oversee Nevada's ballots in the 2028 presidential election.
司法部发言人表示，该机构不确认或评论大陪审团传票，并拒绝回应阿吉拉尔关于政治动机的断言。白宫未对置评请求作出回应。
A Justice Department spokesperson said the agency does not confirm or comment on grand jury subpoenas and declined to address Aguilar's assertions about political motivation. The White House did not respond to a request for comment.
阿吉拉尔表示，他的日子被安抚担忧的员工、在媒体露面中反驳特朗普的说法、与私人律师会面以及应对传票所占据。一些捐助者因担心支持可能损害他们的业务而撤回了支持，他表示，他用于筹款电话的时间已从每天多达三小时减少到每周一次。
Aguilar said his days were consumed by reassuring worried staff, pushing back on Trump's claims in media appearances, meetings with his personal lawyers and answering the subpoenas. Some donors had withdrawn support because they worried that support could harm their businesses, and his time for fundraising calls has dropped from as many as three hours a day to one a week, he said.
“如果他们能在‘26年把我拉下马，他们就在‘28年掌控局面，”阿吉拉尔说，他是本轮选举中仅有的两名在摇摆州参选的民主党现任州务卿之一。“这是绝对故意的，”他在接受路透社采访时告诉记者。
“If they can take me out in ‘26, they have control in ‘28,” said Aguilar, one of only two Democratic incumbent secretaries of state running in battleground states this cycle. “It’s absolutely intentional,” he told Reuters in an interview.
根据民主党州务卿协会以及其他关键摇摆州的州务卿的说法，除了亚利桑那州之外，没有其他民主党籍州务卿——包括在亚利桑那州，现任州务卿正在竞选连任的另一个摇摆州——被证实收到过任何传票。
No other Democratic secretary of state - including in Arizona, the other battleground state where the incumbent is up for reelection - is known to have received any subpoenas, according to the Democratic Association of Secretaries of State and other secretaries in key swing states.
与亚利桑那州等县级政府拥有更大权力的州不同，内华达州的选举流程赋予了州务卿在管理选举方面更大的控制权，阿吉拉尔和其他州务卿如是说。
Unlike in states like Arizona where counties have more power, Nevada's elections process gives the secretary of state more control in administering elections, Aguilar and other secretaries of state said.
没有广泛选举舞弊的证据 马尚特欢迎联邦层面的关注，认为这将促使选民质疑阿吉拉尔对选举的管理。
NO EVIDENCE OF WIDESPREAD VOTER FRAUD Marchant welcomed the federal spotlight, arguing it would lead voters to question Aguilar's stewardship.
“人们对不信任选举系统已经疲惫不堪，”马尚特在一次采访中说道，他声称（但未提供证据）阿吉拉尔一直在监督充斥着舞弊的选举。阿吉拉尔驳斥了这些说法。
"People are so tired of not trusting their election system," Marchant said in an interview, claiming without evidence that Aguilar has overseen elections rife with fraud. Aguilar dismisses such assertions.
他指出，在内华达州，非公民参与投票本来就是非法的，这一点在所有州的联邦和州级选举中都适用。他的办公室也曾调查过特朗普的相关主张，但未发现其行政机构标记的任何人具有非公民身份，他说。
He pointed out that it was already illegal for noncitizens to vote in Nevada, as is true in all states for federal and state elections. His office had also investigated Trump's claims and has not found evidence that any of the people flagged by his administration were noncitizens, he said.
内华达州的选民基础大约有30%是拉美裔，该州在2024年大选中以46,000票的微弱优势倾向特朗普。
Nevada, whose voter base is roughly 30% Latino, narrowly swung toward Trump in 2024 by 46,000 votes.
政治网站《萨巴托水晶球》的资深专栏作家路易斯·雅各布森在9月份将选举形势倾向于阿吉拉尔，他写道，马尚特的选举否认论在民主党友好的政治环境中可能不会受到热烈欢迎。
Louis Jacobson, a senior columnist with the politics website Sabato’s Crystal Ball, moved the race toward Aguilar in September, writing that Marchant's election denialism likely won't be warmly received in a Democratic-friendly political environment.
然而，雅各布森告诉路透社，司法部的关注可能导致一些选民远离阿吉拉尔，如果他们认为他管理了存在舞弊的选举的话。这也可能让他成为反对华盛顿越权行为的捍卫者而被提升。特朗普的施压行动特朗普政府加强了对州选举施加控制的行动，尽管它在法庭上仍面临挣扎。司法部已对30个州和哥伦比亚特区提起诉讼，要求提供选民数据，并在这些案件中输掉了26起，包括对内华达州的诉讼。
Still, Jacobson told Reuters the Justice Department's focus could cause some voters to stay away from Aguilar if they think he's administered fraudulent elections. It could also elevate him as a defender against Washington overreach. TRUMP'S PRESSURE CAMPAIGN The Trump administration has intensified a campaign to exert control over state elections, even as it struggles in court. The Justice Department has sued 30 states and the District of Columbia to provide voter data and has lost 26 of those cases, including against Nevada.
国土安全部声称多达16,000名非公民出现在内华达州的选民名单上，阿吉拉尔表示，这一行动旨在恐吓可能担心联邦移民特工在投票站拘留他们的拉美裔选民。
The Department of Homeland Security has claimed as many as 16,000 noncitizens are on Nevada's rolls, an effort Aguilar says is designed to intimidate Latino voters who may worry federal immigration agents could seek to detain them at polls.
在会议上，国土安全部官员告诉内华达州选举官员，截至目前他们仅确认了185起此类案例，这是根据路透社看到的电子邮件和视频得出的结论。然而，内华达州官员在电子邮件中表示，他们的记录显示这185人都是公民，且国土安全部未提供任何实质性证据来支持相反的说法。
In meetings, DHS officials told Nevada election officials it had thus far confirmed only 185 such cases, according to emails and a video seen by Reuters. Nevada officials, however, said in the emails their records indicated all 185 were citizens and that DHS had provided nothing substantive to suggest otherwise.
一位国土安全部发言人表示，官员们此后发现，最初名单上的16,000人中，至少有2,000人的名字属于非公民。国土安全部称，他们已经向内华达州提供了足够的信息，使其能够自行核查名单，但阿吉拉尔表示，该机构尚未向该州提供可信的证据。阿吉拉尔说，这些指控旨在耗尽他的办公室并削弱公众信任。
A DHS spokesperson said officials have since found that at least 2,000 names on the initial list of 16,000 were those of noncitizens. DHS said it had given Nevada enough information to parse the list on their own, but Aguilar said the agency had not yet provided the state with credible evidence. Aguilar said the accusations were meant to exhaust his office and erode public trust.
“这一系列事件就像千层面，”他说。“你不断添加威胁的层次，并动用我们的资源来应对。”反抗的代价这种压力已经跟随阿吉拉尔回到家中，并遍及全州。公开场合，他一直试图展现乐观和镇定。
"This whole series of events is like lasagna," he said. "You keep adding on layers of threats and pulling our resources to respond." THE PRICE OF DEFIANCE The pressure has followed Aguilar home and across the state. Publicly, he has tried to project optimism and calm.
阿吉拉尔回忆起他曾担任网球巨星安德烈·阿加西商业利益的总法律顾问时的情况。阿加西身边有教练和顾问，他说，但当比赛开始时，他独自一人走上球场。
Aguilar recalled when he served as general counsel to tennis great Andre Agassi's business interests. Agassi had coaches and advisers around him, he said, but when a match began, he alone stepped onto the court.
阿吉拉尔说，他在这些场合并不感到像阿加西那样孤立，但作为内华达州最高选举官员，他是最终的决策者，也是该州选举制度的公众形象。他最初对传票的担忧如今已转变为反抗。“把它带来吧，”他说。他们“不会吓到我。”路透社
Aguilar said he does not feel as isolated as Agassi did on those occasions, but as Nevada's top election official, he is the final decision-maker and the public face of the state's election system. His initial concern about the subpoenas has now turned into defiance. "Bring it," he said. They "don’t scare me." REUTERS