华盛顿，10月30日 —— 距离将决定唐纳德·特朗普任内最后两年华盛顿权力平衡的中期选举仅剩数日，特朗普政府正在加强对美国各州的法律行动。
WASHINGTON, Oct 30 - Donald Trump's administration is intensifying legal action against US states with just days to go until a midterm election that will decide the balance of power in Washington during his final two years in office.
在阿拉斯加，司法部周四提交了一份修正起诉书，寻求在共和党候选人以微弱劣势落败这一极其关键的参议院竞选中，阻止选举结果认证。起诉书引用《纽约时报》的一篇报道，称民主党操盘手招募了一名搅局候选人，从共和党现任议员那里分流选票。
In Alaska, the Justice Department filed an amended lawsuit on Thursday seeking to block the certification of results in the event of a narrow Republican loss in a hugely consequential Senate race, citing a New York Times report that Democratic operatives recruited a spoiler candidate to siphon votes from the Republican incumbent.
与此同时，在加利福尼亚州，司法部正在升级对州选举官员的施压行动，作为针对非公民涉嫌投票的刑事调查的一部分，已发出传票，据路透社看到的文件副本显示。
In California, meanwhile, the DOJ is escalating its pressure campaign against state election officials, issuing subpoenas as part of a criminal probe into alleged voting by non-citizens, according to copies of documents seen by Reuters.
这些举措合在一起，代表了联邦政府对州选举的非同寻常的干预，根据美国宪法，选举由地方负责管理。随着11月3日临近，全国各地的选举官员告诉路透社，他们正在为来自华盛顿的进一步法律挑战做准备。
The moves, taken together, represent an extraordinary federal intervention in state elections, which are administered locally under the US constitution. As November 3 nears, election officials around the country have told Reuters they are bracing for further legal challenges from Washington.
阿拉斯加的争端——该州是约10场竞争激烈的参议院竞选之一——可能会让参议院控制权在数周内悬而未决。民主党需要净增四个席位，才能从共和党手中夺回多数党地位。
The dispute in Alaska, home to one of about 10 highly competitive Senate races, could leave control of the chamber unclear for weeks. Democrats need a net gain of four seats to win back the majority from Republicans.
如果民主党夺取国会一院或两院的控制权，他们可能会对特朗普政府发起调查，并增加压力迫使总统结束在伊朗的战争。
If Democrats take one or both chambers of Congress, they could launch probes into Trump's administration and increase pressure on the president to end the war in Iran.
特朗普缩减行程 周五，特朗普将在佛罗里达州造势，希望在该州激发支持者热情。他在2024年大选中轻松拿下该州，但提前投票目前倾向民主党。
TRUMP SCALES BACK TRAVEL On Friday, Trump will campaign in Florida, hoping to galvanize his supporters in a state he won handily in 2024 but where early voting has tilted toward Democrats.
这将是他最新一次造访共和党通常预期会赢下的州，本周早些时候他刚在密西西比州和南卡罗来纳州举行过竞选活动。
It will be his latest stop in a state Republicans usually expect to win, following campaign events earlier this week in Mississippi and South Carolina.
总统取消了原定于周末在堪萨斯州和爱荷华州举行的集会，据共和党全国委员会称，他将转而在周二之前参加约20场虚拟竞选活动。
The president canceled planned weekend rallies in Kansas and Iowa and will instead participate in some 20 virtual campaign appearances before Tuesday, according to the Republican National Committee.
前副总统卡马拉·哈里斯在2024年大选中败给特朗普，她将于周五在亚特兰大为民主党举行集会。
Former Vice President Kamala Harris, who Trump defeated in the 2024 election, will rally for Democrats in Atlanta on Friday.
“过去一年半，情况很艰难，”她周四在佐治亚州梅肯的一次活动上对人群说。“现在我们进入了一个可以大有作为的阶段。”根据佛罗里达大学选举实验室的数据，截至周四晚，已有超过4400万美国人投票，比2022年中期选举的总投票数少不到200万。
"The last year and a half, it's been difficult," she told the crowd on Thursday at an event in Macon, Georgia. "Now we're in the phase where we can do a whole lot." More than 44 million Americans had already voted as of Thursday evening, according to the University of Florida’s Election Lab, less that two million shy of the total from the 2022 midterms.
周四，在俄亥俄州哥伦布市的一个投票中心——该地拥有竞争激烈的参议员和州长选举——选举官员安东·怀特表示，投票率约为2022年的两倍。
At a polling center on Thursday in Columbus, Ohio, home to highly competitive Senate and governor's races, election official Antone White said turnout was about twice as high as 2022.
在等待投票的人群中，有靠固定收入生活的老年人萨迪拉·西蒙斯。“经济没有好转的迹象，”她说。“如果你想要改变，就必须出去投票。”
Among those waiting to cast their ballot was Sadirah Simmons, a senior citizen living on a fixed income. "The economy is not getting any better," she said. "You have to go out and vote if you want change."
阿拉斯加参议院选举纠纷 司法部周四在阿拉斯加提交的修订起诉书中写道，民主党候选人玛丽·佩尔托拉的工作人员策划了一场“旨在误导阿拉斯加选民的虚假竞选活动”。《纽约时报》周三报道称，这些工作人员招募了一名与现任参议员丹·沙利文同名的候选人。
ALASKA SENATE DISPUTE In its revised lawsuit in Alaska on Thursday, the Justice Department wrote that operatives for Democratic candidate Mary Peltola orchestrated a "sham campaign for the purpose of misleading Alaskan voters." The New York Times reported Wednesday that the operatives recruited a candidate with the same name as incumbent Dan Sullivan.
共和党籍州长迈克·邓利维呼吁进行州级调查，并在接受News Nation采访时表示，任何认定违法的结果“实际上可能会影响某人是否能在美国参议院就职。”
Republican Governor Mike Dunleavy called for a state investigation and said in an interview with News Nation that any finding of illegality "may in fact impact whether someone is seated in the US Senate."
阿拉斯加选举官员在周四晚间提交的法庭文件中称修正后的诉讼“毫无根据”，称其“给阿拉斯加的选举蒙上了一层阴影，这与公众利益背道而驰。”
Alaska election officials called the amended lawsuit "meritless" in a court filing on Thursday night, saying it has "cast a cloud over Alaska’s election that is contrary to the public interest."
佩尔托拉的竞选团队未立即对修正后的诉状作出回应，但此前曾表示与“苏利文的两个竞选团队均无牵连”。民主党参议员竞选委员会否认了介入指控，并指责共和党在其他竞选中扶持他们自己的候选人。
Peltola's campaign did not immediately respond to the amended complaint but has previously said it had "no involvement with either Sullivan campaign.”The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has denied involvement and accused Republicans of propping up candidates of their own in other races.
丹尼尔·J·苏利文此前否认其目的旨在制造混淆或分流丹·S·苏利文的选票。
Daniel J. Sullivan has previously denied that his aim was to cause confusion or divert votes from Dan S. Sullivan.
“这家伙的存在对玛丽·佩尔托拉的伤害远大于帮助，”阿拉斯加选举和竞选律师斯科特·肯德尔表示。但他补充道，鉴于犹豫不决的选民所剩无几，这些披露不太可能影响竞选结果。
“This guy's existence is gonna hurt Mary Peltola so much more than it helps her," said Alaska-based elections and campaign attorney Scott Kendall. But with so few undecided voters left, he added, the revelations were unlikely to impact the outcome of the race.
居住在首府朱诺的62岁物流经理朱莉·怀亚特表示，这种伎俩在阿拉斯加政治中并不新鲜，她仍计划投票给佩尔托拉。“如果共和党如此绝望，说明玛丽已让他们陷入被动，”她写道。
Julie Wyatt, a 62-year-old logistics manager who lives in the capital of Juneau, said such trickery was nothing new in Alaskan politics, and she still planned to vote for Peltola.
加利福尼亚州传票 在加利福尼亚州，与此同时，据路透社周四看到的文件副本显示，洛杉矶县注册登记官办公室上周收到大陪审团传票，这是司法部针对涉嫌非公民投票展开调查的一部分。
"If the Republicans are this desperate, Mary has them on the ropes,” she wrote in an CALIFORNIA SUBPOENAS In California, meanwhile, the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder's office received grand jury subpoenas last week as part of a DOJ probe into alleged non-citizen voting, according to copies of the documents seen by Reuters on Thursday.
“在每一步中，美国司法部都采取了对抗性、敌对性的做法，”洛杉矶县选民登记官兼记录官迪安·洛根周四在一份声明中说。“选举官员正依照州法和联邦法行事。”
"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 Thursday. "Election officials are acting in accordance with state and federal law."
司法部发言人拒绝就传票置评，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法妥善处理”。
A Justice Department spokesperson declined to comment on the subpoenas but said that California and the federal government "agree that non-citizen voting is properly addressed through criminal law." REUTERS