民主党预计将在选举日派遣数千名观察员前往全国各地的投票站，监控潜在的选民恐吓行为。
Thousands of Election Day observers are expected to be dispatched by the Democratic Party to monitor potential voter intimidation at polling places around the country.
民主党全国委员会下属的州民主党委员会协会已培训了4000多名志愿者，如果联邦执法人员在周二选民投票期间被部署，这些志愿者将通知该党的选民保护项目。根据一份与MS NOW共享的备忘录，这些人员将在选举日身穿蓝色衣物。
The Association of State Democratic Committees, a branch of the Democratic National Committee representing state-level parties, trained more than 4,000 volunteers to notify the party’s voter protection programs if federal law enforcement is deployed while voters are casting their ballots on Tuesday. The individuals will be wearing blue on Election Day, according to a memo shared with MS NOW.
备忘录称，志愿者将“在投票地点提供和平、安全的存在——以对抗恐吓，包括来自移民与海关执法局（ICE）和其他联邦特工的恐吓，并增强公众对投票的信心”。
The volunteers will “provide a peaceful, secure presence at polling locations — countering intimidation, including from ICE and other federal agents, and reinforcing public confidence in the vote,” the memo states.
总统唐纳德·特朗普及其盟友曾提出下令让移民与海关执法局官员、国民警卫队部队和联邦调查局特工前往投票站，引发了对中期选举干预的担忧，而中期选举历史上有利于在华盛顿处于在野地位的政党。联邦调查局局长卡什·帕特尔今年秋天早些时候在参议院作证时，没有排除派遣特工前往投票站的可能性，他说：“选举诚信至关重要。联邦调查局不会回避这一努力。”联邦法律禁止武装联邦特工或军事人员出现在投票地点。
President Donald Trump and his allies have floated ordering Immigration and Custom Enforcement officers National Guard troops and Federal Bureau of Investigations agents to polling sites, fueling concerns about election interference in the midterm elections, which historically favors the political party out of power in Washington. Testifying before the Senate earlier this fall, FBI Director Kash Patel, did not rule out sending agents to the polls, saying, “Election integrity is of paramount importance. This FBI will not shy away from that effort.”Federal law prohibits armed federal agents or military personnel at polling locations.
多年来，特朗普一直推动关于美国存在大规模选民欺诈的未经证实的指控，并从未承认他在2020年大选中输给了前总统乔·拜登。周二，特朗普对记者表示，如果中期选举结果“诚实”，他将予以尊重。在中期选举前夕，特朗普政府曾因所谓的非公民投票问题威胁各州，辩称这些案件在加利福尼亚州已达到“紧急”程度，但MS NOW发现，无论是在加利福尼亚州还是全国范围内，基于这些指控的联邦起诉数量仍然很低。
For years, Trump has pushed unsubstantiated claims about widespread voter fraud in the United States, and never conceded his 2020 election loss to former President Joe Biden. On Tuesday, Trump told reporters that he would respect the results of the midterms “if they’re honest.”Ahead of the midterms the Trump administration has threatened states over alleged noncitizen voting, arguing those cases have reached “emergency” proportions in California MS NOW has found, however, that federal prosecutions based on those allegations remain low in California and across the country.
前副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯为名为“民主守护者”的项目志愿者录制了一段视频留言，该视频由MS NOW首家报道，这些志愿者将于周三参加一个虚拟会议。
Former Vice President Kamala Harris taped a video message, first reported by MS NOW, for volunteers from the program, known as“Democracy Protectors” who are gathering on a virtual call on Wednesday.
哈里斯在视频中说：“非常感谢你们每天所做的工作，这些工作关乎提升民众、振奋人心、放大民声，以及捍卫所有人理应享有的尊严的重要性。”
“Thank you so very much for the work you do every day that is about lifting up the people, lifting their spirits, lifting their voice, lifting the importance of all people having the dignity they so rightfully deserve,” Harris says in the video.
哈里斯一直在全国各地进行竞选活动，本周早些时候现身威斯康星州，预计将于周四前往佐治亚州，与参议员乔恩·奥索夫共同助选。
Harris has been campaigning across the country, showing up in Wisconsin earlier this week and is expected to be in Georgia Thursday to stump with Sen. Jon Ossoff.
除了身穿蓝衫的志愿者外，一位资深民主党议员告诉MS NOW的斯蒂芬妮·鲁尔，民主党将在选举日安排1.5万名志愿律师在全国各地的投票站值守。
In addition to the blue-shirted volunteers, a senior Democratic lawmaker told MS NOW’s Stephanie Ruhle that Democrats will have 15,000 lawyers volunteering at poll sites across the country on Election Day. The post Democrats are deploying volunteers wearing blue on Election Day. Here’s what they’ll do.