佐治亚州州长民主党候选人兰斯·博特姆斯呼吁下周选举出现强劲投票率，预测这将助她在与共和党人里克·杰克逊的胶着较量中获胜。
Lance Bottoms, the Democratic candidate for Georgia governor, called for a strong turnout in next week’s election, predicting it would help sweep her to victory in a tight race against Republican Rick Jackson.
“我们不想非得为1.1万张选票而争斗，”博特姆斯在亚特兰大彭博社办公室接受采访时表示，指的是乔·拜登在2020年总统大选中在佐治亚州以微弱优势击败唐纳德·特朗普的票数差距。“我们的优势必须‘大到无法舞弊’。”这位前亚特兰大市长正试图激发民主党选民的投票热情，以克服杰克逊在民调中微弱的领先优势，角逐接替佐治亚州州长布赖恩·肯普的职位。肯普是共和党人，因任期限制无法寻求连任。非党派的库克政治报告将该竞选评为“势均力敌”。
“We don’t want to have to fight over 11,000 votes,” Bottoms said in an interview at Bloomberg’s offices in Atlanta, referring to the narrow margin by which Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in Georgia during the 2020 presidential race. “Our margin has to be ‘too big to rig.’”Bottoms, a former Atlanta mayor, is seeking to spur Democratic voters as she tries to overcome Jackson’s narrow polling edge in the campaign to succeed Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, a Republican who’s barred by term limits from seeking reelection. The race is rated as a toss-up by the nonpartisan Cook Political Report.
这位民主党人对潜在的选举干预表示担忧，称其竞选团队正在调查指控，即一些选民被告知他们不具备资格，或需要在投票前参加课程。她补充说，目前没有迹象表明任何此类行动具有广泛性。
The Democrat expressed concern about potential election interference, saying that her campaign is investigating allegations that some voters had been told they were ineligible or needed to take a class before voting. She added that there was no indication so far that any such efforts were widespread.
佐治亚州州务卿布拉德·拉芬斯珀格上周表示，他预计该州将在选举日午夜前公布投票结果，作为“自由、公平、快速”进程的一部分。
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said last week that he expects the state’s voting results by midnight on Election Day as part of a “free, fair and fast” process.
博特姆斯的言论紧随特朗普近期重提虚假指控之后，后者声称2020年佐治亚州大选针对他进行了舞弊。这位前总统在10月16日于该州举行的集会上，还毫无根据地声称寻求连任的民主党参议员乔恩·奥索夫从未合法当选。
Bottoms’ comments followed Trump’s recently renewed false claims that the 2020 election in Georgia was rigged against him. Speaking at an Oct. 16 rally in the state, the president also claimed without evidence that Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff, who is seeking reelection, was never legitimately elected.
特朗普正在为杰克逊和共和党众议员迈克·柯林斯助选，后者正在挑战奥索夫。前总统巴拉克·奥巴马定于周三在亚特兰大与奥索夫和博特姆斯共同举行集会。
Trump was campaigning for Jackson and Republican Representative Mike Collins, who is challenging Ossoff. Former President Barack Obama is set to rally with Ossoff and Bottoms in Atlanta on Wednesday.
总统的言论是在佐治亚州由共和党控制的州选举委员会主任请求特朗普政府介入选举以确保公平之后发表的，这引发了一些担忧，即政府可能试图影响投票。
The president’s remarks followed a request by the director of Georgia’s Republican-controlled State Election Board for the Trump administration to intervene in the election to ensure fairness, prompting some concerns that the administration could try to influence the vote.
但共和党人拉芬斯珀格本月告诉彭博电视台，他没有听到联邦官员有介入的意向，也不指望政府会这样做。他说：“我们非常有信心，归根结底，你可以信任结果。”
But Raffensperger, a Republican, told Bloomberg Television this month that he hadn’t heard from federal officials about getting involved and didn’t expect the administration to do so. “We are very confident that at the end of the day you can trust the results,” he said.
2020年大选后，特朗普曾施压拉芬斯珀格“找到”他扭转拜登在佐治亚州胜局所需的11700多张选票。拉芬斯珀格拒绝了这一要求。
After the 2020 election, Trump pressed Raffensperger to “find” the more than 11,700 votes he needed to overturn Biden’s victory in Georgia. Raffensperger rejected the request.