大选日终于来临。美国民众正涌向投票站，这也意味着特朗普政府正准备好各种手段，对任何对其不利的结果表示怀疑。
Election Day has finally arrived. Americans are headed to the polls, and that means the Trump administration is preparing ways to cast doubt on any unfavorable results.
司法部周二宣布，将向全国各地的投票站部署1000名联邦“选举监察员”。监察员将被派往全美50个州的关键竞选地区，包括得克萨斯州、佐治亚州、密歇根州、缅因州、爱荷华州和明尼苏达州。此次动员正值共和党预计将失去对众议院的控制权，并可能丧失参议院多数党地位之际。
The Justice Department announced on Tuesday that it is deploying 1,000 federal “election monitors” to polling places around the country. The monitors will be sent to critical races across all 50 states, including Texas, Georgia, Michigan, Maine, Iowa, and Minnesota. The mobilization comes as Republicans are expected to lose control of the House of Representatives, and may also be stripped of their Senate majority.
根据司法部发布的新闻稿，监察员将包括司法部民权司人员——该部门由特朗普的长期盟友、保守派活动人士哈米特·迪隆领导——以及“其他司法部部门/组成部分、美国检察官办公室和人事管理办公室的联邦观察员”。“在整个选举日，司人员将与州和地方选举官员保持联系，”迪隆写道。该公告还设有一条举报热线，供个人举报涉嫌违反选举法的行为。
According to a press release issued by the DOJ, monitors will include personnel from the DOJ Civil Rights Division — headed by longtime Trump ally and conservative operative Harmeet Dhillon — as well as “other DOJ divisions/components, U.S. Attorney’s Offices and federal observers from the Office of Personnel Management.”“Throughout Election Day, Division personnel will maintain contact with state and local election officials,” Dhillon wrote. The announcement contained a tip line where individuals could report suspected violations of election law.
包括NBC康涅狄格州分台在内的当地媒体报道称，联邦监察员不会以司法部或执法人员身份亮相，将以便衣出现在投票站。记者还指出，许多将部署监察员的选区和县份严重倾向民主党，或代表了全美政治光谱中最坚定的民主党大本营。
Local outlets, including NBC Connecticut, have reported that the federal monitors will not be identified as members of the DOJ or law enforcement, and will be at polling places in plain clothes. Journalists have also pointed out that many of the districts and counties where the monitors will be deployed lean heavily Democratic, or represent the bluest strongholds in states across the political spectrum.
在大选日临近之际，特朗普已开始对关键选战抛出舞弊指控。总统在10月表示，只要他觉得结果“诚实”，就会尊重选举结果……当然，特朗普从未遇到过他认为“诚实”的民主党胜利。在有报道称阿拉斯加民主党人玛丽·佩尔托拉的竞选团队招募了一名与共和党人丹·沙利文同名的候选人作为“搅局者”参选后，政府指控佩尔托拉舞弊——并要求将其从竞选中移除。
In the run up to Election Day, Trump has already begun lobbing accusations of fraud in critical races. The president said in October that he would respect the results of the election … as long as he felt that they were “honest.”Trump has, of course, never encountered a Democratic victory he considered “honest.”The administration has accused Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola of fraud — and demanded she be removed from the race — after reports that her campaign recruited a candidate with the same name as Republican Dan Sullivan to run as a ballot spoiler.
“我认为，在策划如此可怕的阴谋后，玛丽·佩尔托拉不应被允许参选，因为这是选举舞弊，”特朗普上周在Truth Social上写道。“她不应被允许参选，那个‘假’丹·沙利文也不应被允许！”周一，一名联邦法官驳回了政府提起的一起诉讼，该诉讼试图在沙利文落选的情况下，为该州选举结果的认证附加条件。总统还声称，在民主党大本营洛杉矶，选举舞弊已经在发生。特朗普借机再次抱怨2020年大选，以及他多次试图干预那次大选却在司法上均以失败告终。
“I don’t think Mary Peltola, after perpetrating such a terrible scheme, should be allowed to run, because this is ELECTION FRAUD,” Trump wrote last week on Truth Social. “She shouldn’t be allowed to run, and neither should the FAKE Dan Sullivan!”On Monday, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit from the administration attempting to caveat the certification of election results in the state should Sullivan lose. The president also claimed that election fraud was already taking place in Los Angeles, a Democratic stronghold. Trump took the opportunity to once again complain about the 2020 election, and his many failed judicial attempts to meddle with that election.
以史为鉴，政府若试图挑战其不满意的中期选举结果，并不算意外——他们为此筹备已久。但如果中期选举前的民调可信，似乎绝大多数美国人可能已厌倦了共和党的把戏。
With history as a guide, it’s not unreasonable to expect that the administration will attempt to challenge midterm results it doesn’t like — they’ve been preparing for years to do so. But if polls ahead of the midterms are to be believed, it seems the vast majority of Americans may be tired of the GOP’s antics.