特朗普的司法部在一项关于非公民投票的刑事调查中传唤了洛杉矶县的记录，在11月3日中期选举前扩大了与加利福尼亚州的冲突。
Trump’s Justice Department has subpoenaed Los Angeles County records in a criminal probe into alleged non-citizen voting, widening its fight with California before the Nov 3 midterm election.
司法部表示，已对156名移民提起指控，并正在利用传票构建案件，但研究表明，非公民投票很少见，且不会影响选举结果。
The DOJ says it has charged 156 immigrants and is using subpoenas to build cases, but studies say non-citizen voting is rare and has no effect on results.
一名法官驳回了司法部阻止加利福尼亚州邮寄选票的请求，加利福尼亚州表示，联邦政府无权干预州级选举。
A judge rejected the DOJ bid to block California mail-in ballots, and California says the federal government lacks authority to interfere in state-run elections.
AI generated 华盛顿 – 美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的政府要求加利福尼亚州提供记录，作为一项关于非公民投票的刑事调查的一部分，在11月3日中期选举前，加剧了与美国最大州的对抗。
AI generated WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s administration has demanded records from California as part of a criminal investigation into alleged voting by non-citizens – escalating its battle with the largest US state ahead of the midterm election on Nov 3.
据路透社于10月29日看到的传票副本，洛杉矶县登记官-记录官办公室上周收到了联邦大陪审团传票，要求提供该机构检测“外国人非法投票”并防止此类选票被计入的方法的信息。
The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder’s office received federal grand jury subpoenas last week seeking information about the agency’s methods for detecting “unlawful voting by aliens” and preventing such ballots from being counted, according to copies of the subpoenas seen by Reuters on Oct 29.
特朗普的司法部就涉嫌非公民投票向加利福尼亚州施压，对该州提起民事诉讼，并在10月发送了一系列信件，警告选举官员，如果不核实选民的公民身份，他们可能面临刑事风险。
The Trump Justice Department has heaped pressure on California over alleged non-citizen voting, filing a civil lawsuit against the state and sending a series of letters in October warning election officials that they risk criminal exposure if they do not verify voters’ citizenship status.
根据这些文件，传票还要求提供与洛杉矶县回应这些信件相关的记录。
The subpoenas also seek records related to Los Angeles County’s response to those letters, according to the documents.
这些要求是特朗普政府在全国范围内识别选民欺诈案件的努力的一部分，引起了民主党及其他批评者的担忧，他们担心特朗普可能会利用这一问题对选举结果产生怀疑，该选举将决定国会的控制权。
The demands are part of a nationwide effort by the Trump administration to identify cases of voter fraud, raising concerns among Democrats and other critics that Trump could use the issue to sow doubt about the results of the election, which will determine control of Congress.
“在每一步，美国司法部都采取了对抗性、对立的态度，”洛杉矶县登记官-记录官迪安·洛根在10月29日的一份声明中表示。
“At every step, the US Department of Justice has taken a confrontational, adversarial approach,” Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder Dean Logan said in a statement on Oct 29.
“选举官员正在遵循州和联邦法律。”目前尚不清楚洛根的办公室是否是调查的重点。
“Election officials are acting in accordance with state and federal law.”It was not immediately clear if Logan’s office was the focus of the investigation.
法律之争 尽管研究反复表明，非公民投票现象罕见且对选举结果没有影响，但特朗普政府仍高度关注此问题。
Legal battle Though studies have repeatedly shown that voting by non-citizens is rare and has no impact on election results, the Trump administration has intensely focused on the issue.
司法部代理副部长特伦特·麦科特在10月29日对记者表示，司法部已在中期选举前推动起诉156名移民，指控其非法投票或登记投票。该机构已向州和地方选举官员发出传票，以构建此类案件。
The Justice Department has charged 156 immigrants with voting or registering to vote unlawfully in a pre-midterm push, Acting Deputy Attorney-General Trent McCotter told reporters on Oct 29. The agency has used subpoenas to state and local election officials to build such cases.
司法部发言人拒绝就最新传票发表评论，但表示，加利福尼亚州和联邦政府“同意非公民投票应通过刑事法予以妥善处理”。
A Justice Department spokesperson declined to comment on the latest subpoenas but said that California and the federal government “agree that non-citizen voting is properly addressed through criminal law”.
10月28日，一名联邦法官驳回了司法部要求暂时阻止加利福尼亚州统计来自2万名选民名单的邮寄选票的请求，该政府声称这些选民可能是非公民。司法部已对该裁决提出上诉。
On Oct 28, a federal judge rejected a Justice Department request to temporarily block California from counting mail-in ballots from a list of 20,000 voters the administration alleges are likely noncitizens. The DOJ has appealed the ruling.
加利福尼亚州的律师质疑特朗普政府移民数据的可靠性，并认为联邦政府无权干预其选举。根据美国宪法，各州负责管理选举，而非联邦政府。
Lawyers for California have questioned the reliability of the Trump administration’s immigration data and argued that the federal government does not have the authority to intervene in its elections. Under the US Constitution, states administer elections and not the federal government.
在对司法部作出不利裁决之前，美国地区法官大卫·卡特在10月27日的一次听证会上告诉该机构的律师，法院“认为，任何针对州和县选举工作人员的威胁都应立即停止，这样才明智”。
Before ruling against the DOJ, US District Judge David Carter told agency lawyers at a hearing on Oct 27 that the “court believes that it would be wise that any threats to state and county election employees cease immediately”.