众议院情报委员会首席议员、民主党众议员吉姆·海姆斯（Jim Himes，康涅狄格州）周三表示，使用纸质选票可以防范科技巨头埃隆·马斯克的黑客攻击，马斯克本轮选举周期支持共和党人。
Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee, said Wednesday that the use of paper ballots prevents hacking from tech mogul Elon Musk, who is supporting Republicans this election cycle.
“50个州中有49个州有选票的纸质记录，对吧？”海姆斯在MS NOW的《早安乔》节目中表示。“除了路易斯安那州，联邦内的每个其他州都有纸质备份。”他补充道。“所以，让我们想象一下，埃隆·马斯克或其他人能够完成他们从未完成过的事情，进入系统并更改投票总数，那么回去核对实际纸质选票相对容易。”马斯克是特朗普的盟友，在中期选举中花费超过4.42亿美元，并在过去一个月向他的政治行动委员会追加投入了7680万美元。
“Forty-nine of the 50 states have paper records of the ballots, right?”Himes said on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe.”“Except for Louisiana, every other state in the union has a paper backup,” he added. “So, let’s just imagine that Elon Musk or whoever can pull off something they’ve never pulled off before and get in and change the vote totals, it would be relatively easy to go back and check that against the actual paper ballot.”Musk, a Trump ally, has spent over $442 million in the midterm elections, after putting an additional $76.8 million into his super PAC in the past month.
在7月至9月期间，这位科技巨头向其政治行动委员会和各种共和党团体合计捐赠了2.76亿美元。
Between July and September, the tech mogul gave a combined $276 million to his super PAC and various Republican groups.
马斯克还大量资助支持得克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿（Ken Paxton，共和党人）参选参议员，对手是民主党人詹姆斯·塔拉里科（James Talarico）。
Musk also spent a significant amount backing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) in his Senate race against Democrat James Talarico.
全国各州的官员最近一直在应对特朗普总统关于选举欺诈的指控，总统在今年中期选举前再次强化了这一说法。
Officials in states around the country have recently played defense against election fraud claims from President Trump, with the president doubling down ahead of this year’s midterms.
7月在全国发表的讲话中，总统声称看到“我们选举基础设施中令人震惊的漏洞”。特朗普指向了2020年密歇根州的一起选民登记案件，同时也抨击加利福尼亚州，称该州的邮寄选票“漫无目的地飘荡”。特朗普有选举否认的历史，反复虚假声称自己赢得了2020年总统选举。
In remarks to the country in July, the president claimed to see “shocking vulnerabilities in our election infrastructure.”Trump pointed to a voter registration case in Michigan from 2020, also taking aim at California, suggesting the Golden State’s mail-in ballots were “floating aimlessly.”Trump has a history of election denial, repeatedly claiming falsely that he won the 2020 presidential election.