非营利监督组织“共同事业”，由美国公民自由联盟（ACLU）的律师代理，已提交动议，申请介入司法部针对阿拉斯加州参议员选举提起的诉讼。司法部周四提起诉讼，声称一名与现任参议员丹·沙利文（共和党）同名的候选人参选，可能会让民主党人玛丽·佩尔托拉在即将到来的参议员选举中获得不公平优势。“共同事业”和美国公民自由联盟提交的动议旨在阻止司法部“阻挠阿拉斯加州参议员选举结果”，根据“共同事业”周六发布的新闻稿。
Nonprofit watchdog group Common Cause, represented by attorneys from American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), has filed a motion to intervene in the Justice Department’s lawsuit over Alaska’s Senate election. The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Thursday claiming that the presence of a candidate with the same name as incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R) could give Democrat Mary Peltola an unfair advantage in the upcoming Senate election. The motion brought by Common Cause and the ACLU aims to stop the DOJ “from blocking Alaska's Senate election results,” according to a press release sent Saturday by Common Cause.
“‘共同事业’的文件主张，司法部试图干涉和扰乱阿拉斯加州选举毫无根据，且联邦政府无权提起此案，”新闻稿称。“特朗普政府正试图为拒绝接受选举结果铺平道路，因为他们迫切想要控制我们的选举，”“共同事业”总裁兼首席执行官弗吉尼亚·凯斯·所罗门在新闻稿中说。司法部的诉讼——特朗普总统称是他指示提起的——声称丹尼尔·J·沙利文以共和党人身份参加参议员竞选，“意在误导”现任参议员的支持者。
“Common Cause’s filing argues that DOJ’s attempt to interfere and disrupt Alaska's election is baseless, and that the federal government has no authority to bring this case,” the release said. “The Trump administration is trying to lay the groundwork to reject election results because they are desperate to control our elections,” said Virginia Kase Solomon, president and CEO of Common Cause in the release. The Justice Department’s lawsuit, which President Trump has said he directed to be filed, claimed Daniel J. Sullivan entered the Senate race “as a Republican with the intention of misleading” the incumbent senator’s supporters.
“如果阿拉斯加认证任何因丹尼尔·J·沙利文出现在选票上而受到玷污的选举结果……该州及其官员将未能履行其保护选举公正性的义务，”起诉文件写道。
“Should Alaska certify any electoral results tainted by the inclusion on the ballot of Daniel J. Sullivan … the State and its officers will fail in its obligation to protect the integrity of its election,” the filing reads.
周六，司法部长托德·布兰奇在社交媒体发文称，提起这项诉讼，该部门并非试图阻止阿拉斯加选举的认证，而是寻求“确保阿拉斯加选民投出选票后，选票得到妥善保存，使得只有阿拉斯加的政府官员掌握必要信息，以判断阿拉斯加选民是否感到困惑或被误导。”周六提交的动议将阿拉斯加选民丽丝·罗伊和扬·雅库布·格热达，以及阿拉斯加妇女选民联盟和“共同事业”组织列为拟介入方。
In a social media post on Saturday, Attorney General Todd Blanche said with this lawsuit, the department is not trying to stop the certification of Alaska’s election, but is seeking “to ensure that after Alaskans cast their ballots, they are preserved in a manner so that only Alaska’s governing officials have the information necessary to make a determination as to whether Alaskan voters were confused or mislead.”Saturday’s motion lists Alaska voters Risé Roy and Jan Jakub Grzeda and the League of Women Voters of Alaska along with Common Cause as the proposed intervenors.
“拟介入方在阿拉斯加参议院竞选自由公正的选举结果认证方面有强烈利益关切，”这家非营利组织的文件写道。“联邦政府寻求的救济措施有剥夺阿拉斯加居民选举权的风险。”
“Proposed Intervenors have a strong interest in the certification of free and fair election results in the Alaska Senate contest,” the filing from the nonprofit organization read. “The relief the federal government seeks risks disenfranchising Alaska residents entirely.”