据最先与《塞马福》分享的细节，共和党高层正指示联邦选举委员会调查阿拉斯加州民主党参议员候选人玛丽·佩尔托拉在试图扶持一名与其对手、现任共和党参议员丹·沙利文同名的搅局候选人一事中所扮演的角色。
Top Republicans are directing the Federal Election Commission to investigate Democratic Alaska Senate candidate Mary Peltola’s role in the effort to prop up a spoiler candidate with the same name as her opponent, incumbent GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan, according to details first shared with Semafor.
《纽约时报》本周的最新报道详细披露了全国民主党人和佩尔托拉竞选团队如何设法让丹·J·沙利文进入参议院选战。紧随这篇报道，全国共和党参议院委员会正请求联邦选举委员会调查民主党参议院竞选委员会和佩尔托拉竞选团队，并请求该委员会若认定“这些违规行为系明知且故意”便将此事移交司法部。
On the heels of new reporting from The New York Times this week that detailed the efforts of national Democrats and the Peltola campaign to draft Dan J. Sullivan into the Senate race, the National Republican Senatorial Committee is asking the FEC to probe both the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and Peltola’s campaign and refer the matter to the Justice Department if the FEC determines “these violations were knowing and willful.”
这份新的投诉呼吁该机构“在法律允许的最大范围内制裁其查实的所有违规行为”。全国共和党参议院委员会此前已于6月请求联邦选举委员会调查另一位丹·沙利文，但有关这场选战的新报道促使共和党竞选机构扩大了其请求。这份新投诉是补充性的，包含新的细节和指控。
The new complaint calls on the body to “sanction to the fullest extent of the law all the violations it finds.”The NRSC previously asked the FEC to probe the other Dan Sullivan in June, but the new reporting on the race has prompted the GOP’s campaign arm to expand its request. The new complaint is supplemental and contains new details and allegations.
投诉中写道：“现在已经清楚，被投诉人沙利文的虚假候选资格是佩尔托拉女士及其竞选委员会‘阿拉斯加人支持玛丽’（合称‘佩尔托拉竞选团队’）的代理人开展的长达数月的‘选票构成项目’的产物，并由多个超级政治行动委员会提供资金。”
“It is now clear that Respondent Sullivan’s sham candidacy was the product of a months-long ‘ballot composition Project’ run by agents of Ms. Peltola and her campaign committee, Alaskans for Mary (together,the ‘Peltola Campaign’), and financed by multiple super PACs,” the complaint reads.
中期选举如今只剩几天，这份投诉是一场紧急行动的一部分，目的是在可能轻易决定参议院多数归属的一场非赢不可的参议院选战中抹黑佩尔托拉。司法部也在调查此事。
With the midterms now days away, the complaint is part of an urgent effort to discredit Peltola in a must-win Senate race that could easily determine the upper chamber’s majority. The Justice Department is also investigating the matter.
民主党参议员竞选委员会（DSCC）在回应中指出，联邦选举委员会（FEC）目前缺乏法定人数。一名发言人表示，共和党的投诉“是共和党危险地干预阿拉斯加参议院竞选行动的一部分，充分将司法部武器化以对付政治对手，并威胁拒绝认证选举结果，因为他们知道自己的候选人在选民关心的议题上极不受欢迎。”
The DSCC noted in a response that the FEC is without a quorum. A spokesperson said the GOP’s complaint is “part of the Republicans’ dangerous effort to interfere in the Alaska Senate race, fully weaponizing the Department of Justice against political opponents and threatening to refuse to certify the election because they know their candidates are deeply unpopular on the issues that matter to voters.”
共和党担心，选票上出现第二个丹·沙利文（Dan Sullivan）会让这位寻求连任的两届现任参议员在该州的竞选中失去选票，该州采用独特的排序复选制来统计选票。阿拉斯加温和派共和党参议员丽莎·穆尔科夫斯基（Lisa Murkowski）表示，“招募候选人以操纵竞选格局并影响投票结果纯属错误。阿拉斯加选民理应从玛丽及其竞选团队那里得到诚实的真相。”
Republicans are worried the existence of a second Dan Sullivan on the ballot will cost the two-term incumbent votes in the state’s race, which uses a unique ranked choice system to tabulate the votes. Alaska’s moderate Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski said that “recruiting candidates to manipulate the field and influence voting outcomes is simply wrong. Alaskans deserve the honest truth from Mary and her campaign.”
新投诉指控称，由于丹·J·沙利文（Dan J. Sullivan）是“因其名字而被招募，蓄意误导阿拉斯加选民投票给错误的候选人”，因此违反了联邦法律，且佩尔托拉的盟友不当与外部团体协调以协助他。投诉还指控“沙利文并非佩尔托拉竞选团队试图招募参选的唯一搅局候选人”，点名了同样出现在选票上的杰拉尔德·海克斯（Gerald Heikes）。
The new complaint alleges that federal laws were violated since Dan J. Sullivan was recruited “because of his name for the deliberate purpose of misleading Alaska voters into voting for the wrong candidate” and that Peltola allies inappropriately coordinated with outside groups to aid him. The complaint also alleges that “Sullivan was not the only spoiler candidate that the Peltola Campaign attempted to recruit to run,” naming Gerald Heikes, who is also on the ballot.