
得克萨斯州总检察长兼共和党参议院候选人肯·帕克斯顿表示,对哈里斯县重罪犯投票指控的调查将在周二“选举结束”之前无法解决。
Texas Attorney General and Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton said the investigation into claims of felon voting in Harris County will not be resolved by the time “the election is over” on Tuesday.
帕克斯顿办公室周六宣布,已逮捕了不具名数量的在中期选举中投票的重罪犯。总检察长周二在福克斯新闻频道上表示,调查不会在选举前完成,但选民应当知道此事正在得到处理。
Paxton’s office announced Saturday it had arrested an undisclosed number of convicted felons who had voted in the midterm elections. The attorney general said on Fox News on Tuesday that the investigation won’t be completed by the election but that voters should know it is being addressed.
“我的选举诚信部门正在积极调查更多选举犯罪报告,”帕克斯顿在一份新闻稿中表示。“我们将继续努力,保护得克萨斯州选民的合法选票。”总检察长办公室表示,这些指控源于一名关心此事的公民提交报告,并提供“开源”信息来支持该指控。帕克斯顿办公室表示,与得克萨斯州刑事司法部配合,确认了选民的犯罪身份并进行了逮捕。
“My Election Integrity Unit is actively investigating additional reports of election crimes,” Paxton said in a press release. “We will continue working to protect the lawful votes of Texans.”The attorney general’s office said the claims had stemmed from a concerned citizen who filed a report and provided “open-source” information to support the allegation. In conjunction with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Paxton’s office said, it confirmed the voter’s criminal status and made the arrests.
重罪犯是否可以合法投票由州法律规定。在两个州、哥伦比亚特区和波多黎各,重罪犯永远不会失去投票权。在24个州和领土,重罪犯出狱后可以投票;15个州允许重罪犯在假释或缓刑结束后投票;13个州要么永远不允许重罪犯投票,要么要求他们完成刑期并申请恢复投票身份。
Whether a convicted felon can legally vote is governed by state law. In two states, D.C. and Puerto Rico, felons never lose the right to vote. In 24 states and territories, felons can vote once they are released from prison; 15 allow felons to vote once they are off parole or probation, and 13 either never allow felons to vote or require them to finish their sentence and apply for their voting status to be restored.
在得克萨斯州,重罪犯只有在完成整个刑期(包括假释或缓刑)后才有资格投票。一家本地新闻媒体周日报道称,两名男子已被捕,并确认其处于缓刑的活跃状态。
In the Lone Star State, felons are only eligible to vote once they have completed the entirety of their sentence, including parole or probation. A local news outlet reported Monday that two men had been arrested and confirmed their active status under probation.
“我们将继续推进此事,它不会在选举结束前解决,但至少人们会知道,我的办公室处理了那些欺诈性的选举问题,或者那些不该投票的人投票的问题,”帕克斯顿周二表示。
“We’ll be pursuing this, it won’t be resolved by the time the election is over, but at least people will know that my office took care of election issues that were fraudulent or people voting that shouldn’t be voting,” Paxton said Tuesday.