亚利桑那州人口最多的县的一位高级选举官员显然决心让联邦政府介入即将到来的中期选举。
A top election official in Arizona’s most populous county appears dead-set on having the federal government intervene in the upcoming midterms.
该县记者贾斯汀·希普（Justin Heap）公开支持亲特朗普的选举否认主义，并鼓动特朗普总统的盟友干涉即将到来的中期选举，这一行为已有充分记录。媒体《VoteBeat》获得了他发送给司法部的电子邮件，其中他鼓动对自己县选举进行虚假调查。他试图控制马里科帕县选举系统的行为也引起了当地共和党人的谴责，包括由共和党控制的监事会以及该县首席律师，后者指责希普将其办公室的控制权交给了极右翼意识形态者。
上周，亚利桑那州NBC附属台12 News报道了希普试图利用一名知名选举否认者散布的虚假不当行为指控，让FBI调查监事会的情况。
County Recorder Justin Heap’s shameless support for pro-Trump election denialism, and his encouragement of President Donald Trump’s allies to meddle with the upcoming midterms, have been well documented. Media outlet VoteBeat obtained emails to the Department of Justice in which Heap egged on a bogus probe of his own county’s elections And his efforts to wield control over Maricopa County’s election system have drawn condemnation from local Republicans including the GOP-controlled board of supervisors and the county’s top attorney, who has accused Heap of handing over control of his office to far-right idealogues Last week, NBC affiliate 12 News in Arizona reported on Heap’s attempt to sic the FBI on the board of supervisors using bogus accusations of wrongdoing promoted by a known election denier.
据报道，马里科帕县记者贾斯汀·希普的高级助理们联系了FBI，要求调查对他在监督中期选举中的合作伙伴——马里科帕县监事会——所提出的选举篡改指控。12News通过公开记录请求获得的调查报告称，一位知名选举否认者和共和国民委员会将该指控带到了希普的办公室。一则在社交媒体上声称马里科帕县选票 tabulation 中心存在不当行为的帖子获得了100万次观看。其他煽动性帖子声称存在“计算机篡改的证据”。但FBI要求调查该指控的调查员得出结论称，那里没有任何问题。没有不当行为。
According to the report Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap’s top staffers called in the FBI to investigate an election tampering claim leveled at Heap’s partner in overseeing the midterm vote, the Maricopa County Board. The investigator’s report, obtained by 12News through a public records request, says a prominent election denier and the Republican National Committee brought the claim to Heap’s office. The social media post alleging the wrongdoing in Maricopa County’s ballot tabulation center got 1 million views. Other feverish posts claimed there was “evidence of computer tampering.”But the investigator the FBI asked to look into the allegation concluded there was nothing to see there. There was no wrongdoing.
右翼影响者分享了县官员在办公室工作的视频，并错误地暗示他们未获授权而在该地工作。马里科帕县选举部门则通过社交媒体回应称，选举人员当时正在加班工作。
Right-wing influencers shared video of county officials working in an office and falsely suggested they had no authorization to be there. The Maricopa County Elections Department responded by explaining on social media that elections personnel were there working late.
2026年10月9日 多年来，特朗普及其盟友如卡里·莱克一直在推动关于亚利桑那州选票计票系统存在欺诈的毫无根据的说法。12 News的调查指出，极右翼活动家谢尔比·布施是加入共和党全国委员会并将虚假说法提交给希普办公室的人。布施在2024年曾表示，她将“私刑处死”希普的前任、 fellow Republican 斯蒂芬·里彻，后者因拒绝推动亲特朗普的选举谎言而成为特朗普盟友的攻击目标。
（布施随后表示“该说法是个玩笑”，属于“政治夸张，绝无暴力威胁之意”，《华盛顿邮报》报道。上周的野鸡追逐典型地体现了MAGA选举否认的运作方式：右翼影响者推动谎言，然后右翼官员将其转交联邦调查人员，后者可借此作为联邦干预选举的借口。这与特朗普友好的乔治亚州选举委员会所做的类似。这也是选民和致力于捍卫民主的官员在未来几周需要警惕并采取防御措施的事情。
October 9, 2026 The context here is that for years Trump and allies like Kari Lake have promoted baseless claims of fraud in Arizona’s ballot tabulation systems. The 12 News investigation identified far-right activist Shelby Busch as the person who joined the Republican National Committee in raising the false claims to Heap’s office. Busch talked in 2024 about how she would “lynch” Heap’s predecessor, fellow Republican Stephen Richer, who was targeted by Trump allies for his refusal to promote pro-Trump election lies. (Busch subsequently said “the statement was a joke” and was “political hyperbole and no way meant as a threat of violence,” the Washington Post reported Last week’s wild goose chase is typical of how MAGA election denial works: Right-wing influencers promote a lie, then right-wing officials pass it along to federal investigators, who can use the lie as a pretext for federal intervention in elections. It’s similar to what the Trump-friendly board of elections is doing in Georgia And it’s something voters and officials who are interested in defending democracy need to beware of and on defense against in the weeks ahead.
总统的民意支持率已跌至历史低点，其政府成员似乎正诉诸专制手段作为维持权力的主要手段，而太多掌权的特朗普盟友愿意给选举否认者背书。
The president’s polling has cratered to record lows members of his administration appear to be resorting to authoritarian tactics as their primary means of maintaining power, and far too many Trump allies in positions of power are willing to lend credence to election deniers.
在此背景下，上周晚些时候，希普告诉亚利桑那州广播主持人迈克·布鲁姆黑德，他的办公室“在将虚假说法提交给FBI时，恰恰做了我们该做的事”。
On that note, late last week, Heap told Arizona radio host Mike Broomhead that his office “did exactly what we should have done” in taking the bogus claims to the FBI.
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