唐纳德·特朗普周末抵达萨利纳地区机场参加竞选集会 y Smith、Iona Cleave 格林尼治标准时间晚上11:50据报道，美国司法部派往投票站的选举监察员一直在向选民询问“非同寻常的问题”。
Donald Trump arriving for a campaign rally at Salina Regional Airport on the weekend Credit Andrew Harnik/2026 Getty Images Poppy Wood US Correspondent. Emily Smith. Iona Cleave 11:50pm GMT Election monitors sent to polling stations by the US department of justice have been asking voters “unusual questions”, according to reports.
特朗普政府已向全美50个州派遣了前所未有的1000名监察员和观察员，以确保周二中期选举期间遵守联邦投票法律。
The Trump administration has dispatched an unprecedented 1,000 monitors and observers to all 50 states to ensure compliance with federal voting laws during Tuesday’s midterms.
美国总统经常声称，中期选举面临大规模选民欺诈的威胁，但从未拿出证据。
The US president has frequently claimed, without producing evidence, that the midterms are under threat from widespread voter fraud.
周二，新墨西哥州州务卿Maggie Toulouse Oliver表示，司法部（DOJ）监察员一直在新墨西哥州伯纳利略县“询问选民”，新墨西哥州公共广播电台（PBS）报道称。
On Tuesday, Maggie Toulouse Oliver, the New Mexico secretary of state, said department of justice (DOJ) monitors had been “questioning voters” in Bernalillo County, New Mexico PBS reported.
一名司法部发言人说：“我们的团队刚刚几分钟前与新墨西哥州州务卿进行了一次富有成效的通话。我们认为问题已解决，不会影响我们当天剩余时间的持续监察工作。” 美国人正在投票选举众议院和参议院议员，民主党普遍被预期将夺取国会众议院的控制权 据《华盛顿邮报》分析，司法部选定的三分之二监察选区——约89个——由民主党人把持，29个由共和党人把持，5个在两党之间摇摆。
Election workers process absentee ballots during the US midterm elections in Southfield, Michigan ARI SAPERSTEIN/EPA/Shutterstock A DOJ spokesman said: “Our team had a productive call with the New Mexico secretary of state just a few minutes ago. We believe the issue is resolved and will not affect our ongoing monitoring for the rest of the day.”Americans are voting in House of Representatives and Senate elections with Democrats widely expected to seize control of the lower house of Congress Two-thirds of the districts chosen by the DOJ for monitoring – around 89 – are Democrat-held, according to a Washington Post analysis, while 29 voted Republican and five have swung between the parties.
美国助理司法部长Harmeet Dhillon表示：“我们非常自豪能部署司法部历史上规模最大的监察行动，并以果断且非歧视的方式推动选举透明度。”选民排队准备在洛杉矶哈默博物馆投票站投票CHRIS TORRES/EPA/Shutterstock民主党人担心联邦选举监测员是干预或削弱选举的一部分拉丁裔选民预计将成为任何蓝色浪潮的重要组成部分，许多人在2024年将投票给特朗普后对他感到失望。有人指出，强硬的移民突袭让他们对美国总统失去兴趣。
Harmeet Dhillon, a US assistant attorney general, said she was “very proud we are deploying the largest monitoring effort in DOJ history, and pursuing transparency for elections in an assertive and non-discriminatory manner”. Voters line up ready to cast their ballots at the Hammer Museum polling station in Los Angeles CHRIS TORRES/EPA/Shutterstock Democrats are nervous that the federal election monitors are part of an effort to either interfere with or undermine the election. Latino voters are expected to form a significant part of any blue wave, with many having grown disillusioned with Mr Trump after trusting him with their vote in 2024. Some have cited heavy-handed immigration raids as turning them off the US president.
特朗普此前拒绝排除在投票站派遣移民与海关执法局（ICE）特工的可能性，但司法部随后澄清，他们不会担任选举监测员。仅仅是ICE存在的威胁就足以让西班牙裔社区感到不安。
Mr Trump previously refused to rule out sending Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to polling stations, but the DOJ later clarified they will not serve as election monitors. The threat of an ICE presence alone was enough to send jitters through Hispanic communities.
《电讯报》采访了一名在德克萨斯州奥斯汀的拉丁裔社区投票站的选民，后者抱怨一名投票监测员在他投票时给了他“恐吓的目光”。
The Telegraph spoke to a voter at one polling station in a Latino community in Austin, Texas, after he raised a complaint about a poll watcher giving him an “intimidating look” as he went to cast his ballot.
66岁的鲁迪·马丁内斯说，一名女子在他前往奥斯汀东塞萨尔·查韦斯社区为民主党参议员候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科投票时“给了他一个眼神”。
Rudy Martinez, 66, said a woman “made a look” as he went to vote for James Talarico, the Democrats’ candidate for Texas senator, in Austin’s East Cesar Chavez neighbourhood.
“她正坐在你走进去的地方，”这名零售工人说。“她是我见过的唯一一个给出那种眼神的人。你知道我怎么理解的吗？我把它当作‘这是一个墨西哥人进来’。”
“She was sitting right as you walked in,” the retail worker said. “She was the only person I saw that made a look like that. You know the way I took it? I took it as ‘That’s a Mexican coming in here.’”
《电讯报》随后采访了这名投票监测员，她否认恐吓任何人，并表示她在那里是为了确保投票顺利进行。她自称是当地志愿者，而非联邦监测员。
Intimidation denial The Telegraph later spoke to the poll watcher, who denied intimidating anyone and said she was there to make sure voting went smoothly. She identified herself as a local volunteer, not a federal monitor.
这名女子要求匿名，她表示，鉴于“公共官员，包括总统，都发表了旨在削弱人们对选举信心的声明”，选民的焦虑并不令人惊讶。
The woman, who asked not to be named, said voters’ anxieties were unsurprising given that “public officials, including the president, made statements with the purpose of trying to undermine folks’ confidence in the election”.
其他报道称，一名司法部监察员进入了达拉斯“活水教堂”投票站的停车场。据报道，该人员向现场一名选举职员表明了联邦监察员的身份，但未能出示充分的身份证明，因此被要求离开。
Other reports suggested a DOJ monitor entered the parking lot of the Living Waters Church polling site in Dallas. They reportedly identified themselves as a federal monitor to an election clerk on site, but they did not produce sufficient identification, so they were asked to leave.
在纽约，一个关键摇摆选区的选票机故障也阻碍了选民投票。据估计，多达25万名韦斯特切斯特县选民受到了投票机问题的影响。
In New York, ballot-machine glitches in a key swing district also hampered voters. Up to 250,000 voters in Westchester County were thought to be affected by the voting machine problem.
该故障引发了右翼网红毫无根据的选举舞弊指控，但当地官员坚称所有选票都将被统计。
The glitch has triggered unfounded allegations of electoral fraud from Right-wing influencers, but local officials have insisted that all votes will be counted.
在密歇根州，周二正进行另一场关键的参议院竞选，多个投票站的计票机也出现故障。这导致底特律及周边地区部分投票站的投票工作延误。
Vote-counting machines also malfunctioned at sites in Michigan, where another crucial Senate race was taking place on Tuesday. It delayed some voting at polling stations in and around Detroit.
一名治安官在加利福尼亚州旧金山市政厅行走 本杰明·范乔伊/2026 盖蒂图片社 据密歇根州检察长办公室发言人金伯利·布什称，司法部监察员在密歇根州部分地区还被指控以不当方式与选举工作人员沟通。
A sheriff walks at City Hall in San Francisco, California Benjamin Fanjoy/2026 Getty Images DOJ monitors were also accused of communicating with election workers in an inappropriate way in some parts of Michigan, according to Kimberly Bush, a spokesman for the state’s attorney general’s office.
布什女士声称，司法部员工曾向迪尔伯恩的选举监察员索要培训材料副本，并向弗林特的选举监察员询问有关其培训的问题。
Ms Bush claimed DOJ employees requested copies of training materials from election monitors in Dearborn, and asked election monitors in Flint questions about their training.
在北卡罗来纳州，一个技术问题导致结果推迟了45分钟，并迫使该州选举委员会延长了部分县的投票时间。
In North Carolina, a technical issue delayed results by 45 minutes and forced the state’s election board to extend voting times in some counties.