萨菲亚·里德尔 洛杉矶——周五，一名联邦法官下令司法部向两个外部团体移交一份存在争议的加州选民名单，联邦政府声称名单上的人可能不是美国公民。
SAFIYAH RIDDLE LOS ANGELES — A federal judge on Friday ordered the Justice Department to hand over to two outside groups a disputed list of California voters it claims may not be U.S. citizens.
这一裁决是联邦政府与加州之间在中期选举临近之际展开的一场广泛法律战的最新进展。中期选举将于周二结束，加州已有数百万选民完成了投票。
The ruling is the latest in an expansive legal battle between the federal government and the state ahead of the fast-approaching midterm elections. Millions of people in California have already voted in the election that concludes Tuesday.
华盛顿特区首席地区法官詹姆斯·E·博阿斯伯格下令特朗普政府将名单分享给“人道移民权利联盟”和“加州大学洛杉矶分校投票权项目”的律师。这两个团体希望获得名单，以便审查名单上有哪些人，并评估其对合格选民的影响。这将是非政府组织首次有机会评估这份约2万人名单的实质内容。州政府官员表示，该名单极不可靠，很可能包含许多美国公民。
Washington D.C. Chief District Judge James E. Boasberg ordered the Trump administration to share the list with lawyers for the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights and the UCLA Voting Rights Project. They want the list so they can examine who is on the list and assess its impact on eligible voters. It will be the first time that a nongovernment organization will have the opportunity to evaluate the merits of the list of some 20,000 names. State officials say it is highly unreliable and likely includes many people who are U.S. citizens.
特朗普政府的检察官则主张，非公民非法投票同样会带来严重危害，称统计这些选票会稀释公民的声音。
Prosecutors with the Trump administration have argued that there is just as much to lose from noncitizens illegally voting, arguing that to tally those votes would dilute the voice of citizens.
周五上午，司法部未立即回复通过电子邮件提出的置评请求，询问其是否计划上诉。民主党州长候选人泽维尔·贝塞拉是加州大学洛杉矶分校投票权项目的顾问。
The Justice Department did not immediately respond to emailed requests for comment on Friday morning on whether it planned to appeal. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra is an adviser to the UCLA Voting Rights Project.
这两个团体于10月初起诉美国国土安全部，要求阻止该部门利用联邦移民数据质疑州选民名册。诉讼援引了其他州的案例，在这些案例中，联邦政府的数据已被证明错误地包含了数千名公民。诉讼主张，这种数据比对方法有可能剥夺公民的投票权或使其不敢投票。此外，原告还主张，这些名单可能不成比例地将合法享有投票权的归化公民作为目标。
The two groups sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in early October to prevent the department from using federal immigration data to challenge state voter rolls. The lawsuit cited examples in other states where the federal government’s data has been proven to mistakenly include thousands of citizens. It argued that the data-matching methods risk disenfranchising or deterring citizens from voting. On top of that, plaintiffs argued, the lists could disproportionately target naturalized citizens who are legally entitled to vote.
这项裁决是特朗普政府与加州之间围绕这个民主党占绝对优势州的选民资格问题不断升级的斗争中遭遇的最新挫折。司法部在10月中旬请求联邦法官命令加州选举官员将名单上选民投下的任何选票分开，并在公民身份得到核实之前不予计票。
The ruling is the latest setback for the Trump administration’s escalating fight with California over the eligibility of voters in the heavily Democratic state. The Justice Department in mid-October asked a federal judge to require that California elections officials separate any ballots received by voters on its list and not count them until citizenship can be verified.
该案目前正在上诉法院审理，此前一名地区法官坚决驳回了联邦政府的请求。
That case is before an appeals court after a district judge forcefully rejected the federal government’s request.
数十万张选票已经处理完毕。选举官员表示，已处理的选票完全匿名化，无法与提交选票的选民对应起来。
Hundreds of thousands of ballots have already been processed. Elections officials have said that processed votes are completely anonymized and can’t be matched back to the voters who submitted them.
这项裁决出台之际，联邦政府正在对地方选举进行更广泛的审查，特朗普政府在阿拉斯加的一起“搅局候选人”争议中发出了一系列传票。司法部还向华盛顿州官员提供了一份涉嫌为非公民的选民名单。
The ruling comes amid broader federal scrutiny of local elections , with the Trump administration issuing a raft of subpoenas in Alaska in a spoiler-candidate controversy. The Justice Department has also provided a list of alleged noncitizen voters to officials in Washington state.
周五，一个工会联盟加入了越来越多的团体行列，挑战联邦政府在加州的行动。
A coalition of unions on Friday joined the growing list of groups challenging the federal government’s efforts in California.
这些工会包括美国劳工联合会-产业工会联合会以及美国州、县和市政雇员联合会，它们请求联邦法官暂时阻止司法部要求地方官员停止计票，并放弃对不服从其要求的官员提起刑事起诉的威胁。
The unions, including the A.F.L.-C.I.O. and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, are asking a federal judge to temporarily block the Justice Department from demanding that local officials stop counting ballots and to drop threats to criminally prosecute officials who do not comply with their demands.
洛杉矶最高联邦检察官比尔·埃萨伊利警告称，“任何明知故犯地处理非公民选票的选举官员，都是在让自己面临法律风险。”周四，美联社获得了向洛杉矶县选举官员发出的传票。传票要求提供与联邦官员7月和10月向州选举官员发送的信件相关的任何文件和通信，这些信件概述了有关非公民选民的指控。传票还要求提供有关阻止非公民选票被计入的任何信息。至少三名洛杉矶县选举官员被要求于11月4日、即选举次日出席大陪审团。
The top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, Bill Essayli, has warned that “any election official who knowingly processes the ballot of a noncitizen is opening themselves to legal jeopardy.”On Thursday the Associated Press obtained subpoenas issued to election officials in Los Angeles County. The subpoenas request any documents and communications related to letters sent in July and October by federal officials to state election officials outlining the allegations about noncitizen voters. They also seek any information about efforts to prevent noncitizen votes from being counted. At least three LA County election officials have been asked to appear before a grand jury on Nov. 4, the day after the election.
该诉讼指控司法部对选举官员发出威胁，可能干扰他们处理选票的能力。
The lawsuit accuses the Justice Department of issuing threats against election officials that could interfere with their ability to process votes.
目前尚不清楚司法部是否打算对任何人提起刑事指控。该部门通常不会传唤其视为刑事调查目标的人出席大陪审团。
It is unclear whether the Justice Department intends to bring criminal charges against anyone. The department does not typically subpoena people whom it regards as targets of a criminal investigation to appear before a grand jury.