民主党全国委员会（DNC）主席肯·马丁（Ken Martin）在党内日益担忧需要为选举后的法律斗争做准备之际，为参议院候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔赛义德（Abdul El-Sayed）和前众议员玛丽·佩尔托拉（Mary Peltola，D-Alaska）辩护，以回应共和党近期的攻击。
Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin defended Democratic Senate candidates Abdul El-Sayed and former Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) against recent GOP attacks amid growing concern the party will have to brace for post-election legal fights.
“埃尔赛义德博士说的是实话。我的意思是，大多数密歇根州人关心的不是目前围绕他们旋转的所有争议。他们关注的是，他们现在几乎无法负担自己的生活，”马丁在《国会山报》周日节目（The Hill Sunday）的一次亮相中表示。埃尔赛义德因一家支持其竞选活动的超级政治行动委员会近期播出的广告而受到前初选对手、众议员海莉·斯蒂文斯（Haley Stevens，D-Mich.）的批评，该广告将杂货价格上涨与美国对以色列的军事援助联系起来。
“What Dr. El-Sayed has said is true. I mean, what most Michiganders care about is not all of this controversy that’s swirling around right now. What they’re focused on is the fact that they can barely afford their lives right now,” Martin said during an appearance on “The Hill Sunday.”El-Sayed has been called out by former primary opponent Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) over recent ads aired by a super PAC supporting his campaign that tied rising grocery prices to U.S. military aid to Israel.
马丁同样将斯蒂文斯最近决定支持前众议员迈克·罗杰斯（Mike Rogers，R-Mich.）参加该州竞争激烈的参议院选举的举动称为“令人失望”和“政治噱头”。佩尔托拉也面临着自己的挑战，因为《纽约时报》的一篇报道称她参与了“选票堆叠”计划，以招募一名与现任参议员丹·沙利文（Dan Sullivan，R-Alaska）同名的另一名候选人，随后共和党对她的竞选活动发起了多项调查。
Martin similarly called Stevens’s recent decision to endorse former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) in the state’s competitive Senate race “disappointing” and a “political stunt.”Peltola is facing her own challenges as the GOP launched multiple probes into her campaign following a New York Times report alleging she participated in a “ballot-stacking” scheme to recruit another candidate who shared the same name as incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska).
选票“堆叠”是一种常见做法，尤其是在阿拉斯加这种非党派、前四名投票制度下。共和党策略人士此前曾告诉《国会山报》，这并不违法。
Ballot “stacking” is a common practice, especially in Alaska’s unusual nonpartisan, top four voting system. GOP strategists previously told The Hill that it is not illegal.
“我当然对任何此类手段都感到不舒服。但让我说，玛丽·佩尔托拉已明确表示，她与此事毫无关系，她竞选团队的任何人也都无关，”马丁表示。“但现实是，阿拉斯加州最高法院已就此案作出裁决。正如您所知，此案今年早些时候提起。法院称，选票上可以有两个丹·沙利文，但必须确保不会造成选民混淆。”
“I’m certainly uncomfortable with any of those types of tactics. But let me say, Mary Peltola has made it very clear that she had nothing to do with this, nor anyone on her campaign,” Martin stated. “But the reality is the Supreme Court in Alaska has already decided in this case. This was brought earlier this year, as you know. They said that it’s fine to have two Dan Sullivans on the ballot, but that they needed to make sure that there was no voter confusion.”
民主党全国委员会主席指的是最近的一项裁决，该裁决将参议员列为“现任”和“登记的共和党人”，而另一位候选人则列为“沙利文，丹尼尔·J.小”。
The DNC chair is referring to a recent decision that listed the senator as “incumbent” and “Registered Republican” on ballots, while the other candidate was listed as “Sullivan, Daniel J. Jr.”
“许多阿拉斯加人已经投票，他们投票支持玛丽·佩尔托拉，”马丁总结道。“现任参议员丹·沙利文在参议院本有机会为阿拉斯加人带来实际成果，但他选择不这么做。”一名联邦法官驳回了特朗普政府在阿拉斯加州提起的诉讼，该诉讼旨在阻止认证选举结果，以防第二个参选参议院的丹·沙利文造成选民混淆。
“A lot of Alaskans have already voted, and they’re voting for Mary Peltola,” Martin concluded. “Dan Sullivan, the current incumbent, had an opportunity in the Senate to actually deliver for Alaskans. He chose not to.”A federal judge dismissed the Trump administration’s lawsuit in Alaska that sought to block certification if the second Dan Sullivan running for Senate causes voter confusion.
众议院监督委员会对此事的调查仍在进行中。詹姆斯·科默众议员（共和党-肯塔基州）警告说，即使佩尔托拉赢得选举，她也有“大可能”无法入席。
The House Oversight Committee’s probe into the matter is still ongoing. Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) warned there’s “a big possibility” Peltola will not be seated even if she won the race.