加利福尼亚州官员请求法官驳回特朗普政府的一项请求，该请求要求法院下令该州搁置2万名涉嫌非公民的邮寄选票。加州官员称，该诉讼充其量只是临近中期选举之际的一场“鲁莽的政治噱头”。
California officials asked a judge to deny a Trump administration request for an order requiring the state to set aside mail-in ballots of 20,000 suspected non-citizens, saying the lawsuit is at best a “reckless political stunt” in the run-up to the midterm elections.
加州总检察长罗布·邦塔在周二向洛杉矶联邦法院提交的文件中表示：“在最坏的情况下，它威胁要剥夺成千上万加利福尼亚人在本次选举中的投票权。”
“At worst, it threatens to disenfranchise thousands of Californians this election,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a Tuesday filing in federal court in Los Angeles.
美国司法部上周起诉该州，指控其涉嫌未能参与一项核实这2万名涉嫌非公民身份的行动，以防止任何欺诈性选票被计数。加州官员和移民权利团体辩称，该名单很可能不准确，且是唐纳德·特朗普总统播下对选举结果怀疑的更广泛行动的一部分。美国司法部未立即回应置评请求。
The US Justice Department sued the state last week for allegedly failing to join an effort to verify the status of the 20,000 suspected non-citizens to prevent any fraudulent ballots from being counted. California officials and immigrant rights groups have argued that the list is likely inaccurate and part of a broader effort by President Donald Trump to sow doubt in the election outcome. The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
周二的文件提交前一天，联邦特工在加州各地逮捕了11名非公民，他们被指控犯有欺诈性登记参加美国大选投票等罪名，这是政府发起的一项大规模抓捕行动的一部分，政府称这有力支撑了其起诉人口最多的州的诉讼。
Tuesday’s filing comes a day after federal agents across California arrested 11 non-citizens who were charged with crimes including fraudulently registering to vote in US elections, part of a dragnet that the government says bolsters its lawsuit against the most populous state.
该文件包含加州州务卿律师雷切尔·埃文斯的一份宣誓书，称国土安全部迄今“未提供证据、文件或任何其他信息”来“证实关于加州‘可能有’非公民登记投票的任何断言。”
The filing included a sworn affidavit from Rachel Evans, a lawyer for the California Secretary of State, saying that the Department of Homeland Security has so far “not provided evidence, documentation, or any other information” to “substantiate any assertions that there ‘may be,’ non-citizens registered to vote in California.”
作为民主党人的邦塔辩称，禁止非公民投票的联邦法律不能被用来取代已有效防止非法投票的州选举法律，称这一论点“近乎荒谬”。“而且赌注再高不过了；随着每天有成千上万张选票在加州各地投出，选举必须按照长期确立的、管辖其管理的法律进行，”邦塔说。
Bonta, a Democrat, argued that the federal law barring non-citizens from voting cannot be used to preempt state election laws that already effectively prevent illegal voting, saying the argument “borders on the absurd.”
本案的案号为“United States of America v. State of California, 26-cv-12025”，审理法院为美国加利福尼亚州中央区的地方法院（US District Court, Central District of California）。
“And the stakes could not be higher; with thousands of ballots being cast every day across California, the election must proceed in accordance with the long-settled laws that govern its administration,” Bonta said. The case is United States of America v. State of California, 26-cv-12025, US District Court, Central District of California.