华盛顿，10月22日电——美国司法部周四请求一家上诉法院介入其诉讼，寻求暂时阻止加州统计特朗普政府称很可能不是美国公民的选民投出的2万多张邮寄选票。
Justice Department asks appeals court to intervene in California ballot case WASHINGTON, Oct 22 - The US Justice Department asked an appeals court on Thursday to intervene in its lawsuit seeking to temporarily block California from counting more than 20,000 mail-in ballots from voters the Trump administration says are likely not US citizens.
司法部请求第九巡回上诉法院在下级法院法官作出裁决前介入此案。
The Justice Department asked the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals to get involved before a lower-court judge ruled in the dispute.
司法部律师称，这种不同寻常的举动是必要的，因为负责审理此案的美国联邦地区法官大卫·卡特在周四下午前未作出决定，而这是司法部所要求的。
Justice Department lawyers said the unusual maneuver was necessary because the judge assigned to the case, US District Judge David Carter, had not made a decision by Thursday afternoon, as the department had requested.
卡特安排下周举行听证会，审议司法部要求发布紧急命令、阻止加州在11月3日中期选举中统计2万多名选民的邮寄选票，直到核实其公民身份。司法部表示，它将卡特未作出裁决解读为对其请求的“实质性驳回”。
Carter scheduled a hearing for next week to consider the department's request for an emergency order to block California from counting mail-in ballots from more than 20,000 voters in the November 3 midterm elections until their citizenship status could be verified. The department said it interpreted Carter's lack of ruling as a "constructive denial" of its request.
随着特朗普总统政府寻求对下个月将决定国会控制权的选举施加更大控制，此案受到密切关注。在美国，各州负责管理选举。
The case is being closely watched as the administration of President Donald Trump seeks to exert greater control over the elections next month that will determine control of Congress. In the US, individual states are in charge of running elections.