美国副总统万斯为特朗普政府对阿拉斯加州参议院选举提起的法律挑战进行了辩护，将第二名候选人与现任参议员名字几乎相同的参选行为称为“大骗局”，并辩称这可能会在下周的中期选举前让选民感到困惑。
US Vice President JD Vance defended the Trump administration’s legal challenge to Alaska’s Senate election, describing the candidacy of a second candidate with a name nearly identical to that of the incumbent as a “big fraud” and arguing that it could confuse voters ahead of next week’s midterm elections.
周二，万斯在前往密歇根州参加竞选集会途中接受记者提问时，被问及为何阿拉斯加选民不应觉得政府似乎暗示他们无法分辨选票上的两名候选人这一做法“令人侮辱”。万斯回应道：“我认为这个问题预设了太多东西。”
Speaking to reporters Tuesday as he departed for a campaign rally in Michigan, Vance was asked why Alaskans should not find it "insulting" that the administration appeared to suggest they could not distinguish between the two candidates on the ballot. “Well, I think the question presumes quite a bit,” Vance responded.
他辩称，许多选民会意识到所谓的问题，但也表示其他人可能会因为生活琐事缠身而感到困惑。
He argued that many voters would recognize the alleged problem but said others might be confused because of competing demands on their time.
万斯说：“我是说，看吧，很多阿拉斯加人会去看选票，并准确意识到你刚才说的，这完全是一场大骗局。人们很忙，人们有生活，人们有工作。当你把一个人放在选票上，明目张胆地试图混淆选民视听时，我认为这就是选举欺诈的定义。我不认为我们应该认可这种做法。”
"I mean, look, a lot of Alaskans are going to go and look at the ballot and realize exactly what you said, that this is all a big fraud." “People are busy. People have lives. People have jobs. And when you put a person on the ballot explicitly to try to confuse voters, I think that’s the definition of electoral fraud. And I don’t think that we should endorse it," Vance said.
此番言论是在上周美国司法部提起诉讼后发表的，该诉讼旨在阻止阿拉斯加在特定情况下认证其参议院选举结果，前提是共和党现任参议员丹·S·沙利文落选。
The comments came after the US Department of Justice filed a lawsuit last week seeking to prevent Alaska from certifying its Senate election results under certain circumstances if Republican incumbent Sen. Dan S. Sullivan loses.
这场法律纠纷的核心在于丹·J·沙利文，这位第二名候选人的名字与现任参议员极为相似。政府指控这名挑战者的参选可能会误导选民，并影响竞选结果。
The legal dispute centers on Dan J. Sullivan, a second candidate whose name closely resembles that of the incumbent senator. The administration alleges that the challenger's candidacy could mislead voters and affect the outcome of the race.
起诉文件主张，如果认证受第二名候选人出现在选票上影响的结果，将损害该州维护选举公正的责任。
The filing argues that certifying results affected by the second candidate’s appearance on the ballot would undermine the state’s responsibility to protect election integrity.
上周，美国总统特朗普指责民主党试图通过推出一名与现任参议员沙利文同名的候选人，来混淆阿拉斯加参议院选举的选民视听。
Last week, US President Donald Trump accused Democrats of trying to confuse voters in Alaska’s Senate race by fielding a candidate with the same name as incumbent Sen. Sullivan.
“我们有一个叫丹·沙利文的人。所以民主党人，也许在这里他们没那么蠢。他们也安插了一个叫丹·沙利文的人。所以我们有两个丹·沙利文。这怎么样？”他说。
“We have a man named Dan Sullivan. So the Democrats, maybe here they're not so dumb. They put another man also with the name of Dan Sullivan. So we have two Dan Sullivans. How about that?” he said.
总统辩称，出现两名名字相似的候选人可能会在11月的中期选举前给选民造成困惑。
The president argued that the presence of two candidates with similar names could create confusion among voters ahead of the November midterm elections.