加州州长加文·纽森与比尔·埃萨利（Bill Essayli）——一名由特朗普任命的加州联邦检察官——本周在社交媒体上就该州是否采取足够措施防止非公民投票发生争执。
Governor Gavin Newsom and Bill Essayli, a Trump-appointed federal prosecutor in California, sparred on social media this week about whether the state is doing enough to prevent noncitizens from voting.
埃萨利是加州中央区联邦检察官办公室第一助理检察官，他公开了一份周二提交的法庭文件，其中洛杉矶县一名选举官员表示，登记官办公室“既没有能力也没有权限核实选民公民身份，因为它并不独立掌握除选民宣誓声明以外的公民身份相关信息”。这名官员莫妮卡·弗洛雷斯（Monica Flores）作出该声明，是为了配合司法部提起的一项诉讼，该诉讼旨在迫使加州核实联邦政府认为极有可能是非公民的20多万人的公民身份，这些人在今年中期选举前收到了邮寄选票。
Essayli, the first assistant U.S. attorney for California's Central District, surfaced a court document filed Tuesday in which a Los Angeles County election official said the registrar's office "is not equipped or authorized to verify voter citizenship because it does not independently house citizenship-related information beyond the voter attestation." The official, Monica Flores, made the declaration as part of a Justice Department lawsuit seeking to force California to verify the citizenship of more than 20,000 people the federal government believes are likely noncitizens who were sent mail ballots ahead of this year's midterm elections.
埃萨利称弗洛雷斯的声明是一个“重大让步”，表明选举官员只凭选民的一面之词来判断其是否为公民。“加利福尼亚州正在稀释美国公民的选票，”埃萨利写道。
Essayli called Flores' statement a "massive concession" that shows election officials take voters' word on whether they are a citizen. "American citizens’ votes are being diluted in California," Essayli wrote.
作为回应，纽森新闻办在X平台上的账号表示，加州遵守1993年联邦法律，该法要求通过车管所（DMV）登记投票的人在伪证罪惩罚下宣誓其符合资格，包括是美国公民。联邦邮寄选民登记表也有类似的宣誓要求。
In response, Newsom's press office account on X said California adheres to a 1993 federal law that requires people registering to vote through the DMV to swear under penalty of perjury that they are eligible, including that they are U.S. citizens. Similar attestation requirements apply to federal mail-in voter registration forms.
“发推前最好先复习一下选举法，”纽森办公室在帖子中讽刺埃萨利道。“或许从现在起叫你‘第二助理’更合适？”埃萨利随即引用两部联邦法规反击，指出非公民在联邦选举中投票属违法。
"May want to brush up on your election law before tweeting," Newsom's office wrote in a jab at Essayli. "Perhaps Second Assistant is more apt from now on?" Essayli fired back by citing two federal statutes that make it unlawful for noncitizens to vote in federal elections.
这场公开争执凸显了针对加州诉讼的核心分歧：当联邦政府标记选民名册存在潜在问题时，该州是否应采取额外措施核实选民公民身份。
The public spat highlighted the central dispute in the lawsuit against California: whether the state should take additional steps to verify the citizenship of voters when the federal government flags potential issues with the rolls.
根据司法部的起诉书，美国公民及移民服务局（USCIS）将加利福尼亚州的选民登记记录与联邦移民数据进行了交叉核对。
According to the Justice Department's complaint, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) cross-checked California voter registration records with federal immigration data.
司法部律师将这一调查过程描述为“初步的”，该过程产生了一份包含20000多名已登记选民的名单，联邦调查人员认定他们极有可能是非公民。加利福尼亚州从10月1日开始向选民邮寄选票。
That investigative process, described by DOJ lawyers as "preliminary," yielded a list of more than 20,000 registered voters federal investigators identified as likely noncitizens. California voters were mailed ballots beginning Oct. 1.
在10月15日提交的初步起诉书中，司法部请求联邦法院要求加利福尼亚州搁置与该名单上人员相关的邮寄选票，直到核实其公民身份为止。
In its initial complaint filed Oct. 15, the Justice Department asked a federal court to require California to set aside mail ballots associated with people on the list until their citizenship could be verified.
洛杉矶县选民登记官办公室官员弗洛雷斯辩称，这样做现在实际上是不可能的，因为一旦选票的签名得到验证，它就会从其识别信封中取出，并与其他数十万张选票一起处理。
Flores, an official with the LA County Registrar's Office, argued that doing so is now virtually impossible because once a ballot's signature is verified, it is removed from its identifying envelope and processed alongside hundreds of thousands of others.
据弗洛雷斯在法庭上的陈述，截至周二，该县已处理33.1万张选票。
DOJ OFFICIAL DEFENDS TRUMP'S NONCITIZEN VOTER PROBE ON '60 MINUTES,' ACCUSES SHOW OF EDITING OUT HER ANSWERS As of Tuesday, the county has processed 331,000 ballots, according to Flores' statement in court.
她还指出，选民登记官办公室“并非调查机构”，并补充说，她不知道“任何州或联邦法律赋予其调查权力”。尽管如此，选民登记官办公室的工作人员还是审查了司法部名单中拥有洛杉矶县地址的200条记录样本。
She also pointed out that the registrar's office is "not an investigative agency," adding that she was unaware of "any state or federal law granting it investigative authority." Nonetheless, staff from the registrar's office reviewed a sample of 200 records from the Justice Department list that had LA County addresses.
“10月份的名单不可靠：200条记录中有112条对应的登记已被注销或处于非活跃状态，”弗洛雷斯的声明称。“在有意义地报告了出生地的选民中，38.9%表明他们出生在美国，这是公民身份的有力证据；且71.2%的记录没有投票历史。”
"The October list is unreliable: 112 of the 200 records correspond to registrations that are canceled or inactive," according to Flores' statement. "Of the voters where birthplace was meaningfully reported, 38.9% indicate that they were born in the United States, which is strong evidence of citizenship; and 71.2% of the records have no voting history."
埃萨伊利在给福克斯新闻的声明中表示，这些报告的数字“毫无意义，因为他们自己承认，无法核实任何人的公民身份或出生地。”有迹象表明，司法部的名单确实至少包含一些可能触犯法律的人员。
In a statement to Fox News, Essayli said these reported numbers "are meaningless because, by their own admission, they have no way to verify anyone's citizenship status or their birthplace." There are indications that the Justice Department list does contain at least some individuals who could have broken the law.
周一，司法部起诉了该名单上的28人，他们均为合法永久居民，罪名是在入籍申请中作虚假陈述以及欺诈性登记投票。官员称，他们大多数人在选举中投下了非法选票。
On Monday, the Justice Department charged 28 individuals off that list, all lawful permanent residents, with making false statements on naturalization applications and fraudulently registering to vote. Most of them cast unlawful ballots in elections, officials said.