美国司法部（DOJ）周四请求联邦上诉法院介入其起诉加利福尼亚州的诉讼，以暂时阻止该州统计特朗普政府声称由非美国公民投出的2万多张邮寄选票。
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday asked an appeals court to intervene in its lawsuit against California to temporarily block the state from counting more than 20,000 mail-in ballots cast by what the Trump administration claims are from non-U.S. citizens.
据路透社报道，该请求提交给美国第九巡回上诉法院，此时下级法院法官、美国地区法院法官大卫·卡特尚未就其阻止计票的请求作出裁决。
The request, made to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, came before a lower-court judge, U.S. District Judge David Carter, has made a ruling on its request to block the counting of votes, Reuters reported.
据该媒体报道，卡特安排举行听证会，审议发布紧急命令的请求，要求加利福尼亚州暂停统计这些选票，直到这2万名选民的公民身份得到核实。
Carter scheduled a hearing to consider the request for an emergency order blocking California from counting the ballots until the citizenship of the 20,000 voters can be verified, according to the outlet.
司法部周一宣布，28名被指控非美国公民的人因涉嫌非法登记投票而被起诉。
The DOJ announced Monday that 28 people accused of not being U.S. citizens were charged in connection with illegally registered votes.
该部门表示，这28人中的大多数使用了“非法和欺诈获得的选票”进行投票。副司法部长特伦特·麦科特表示，所有被起诉的疑似非美国公民“都出现在我们上周提供给加利福尼亚州选举官员的2万多名疑似非公民登记选民名单上”。在给加利福尼亚州官员48小时时间，为国土安全部（DHS）留出这2万名非公民的选票后，该部门上周起诉了该州。
The department said most of the 28 voted with “illegal and fraudulently obtained ballots.”Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter said all suspected non-U.S. citizens charged appear “on the list of more than 20,000 likely noncitizen registrants we provided to California election officials last week.”The department sued the state last week after giving California officials 48 hours to set aside the ballots of the 20,000 non-citizens for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
司法部在其起诉书中表示：“如果加利福尼亚州无法独立核实该名单上人员的公民身份，联邦政府要求加利福尼亚州将收到的他们的选票搁置，直到该人员的公民身份得到确认。”
“If California was unable to independently confirm the citizenship of people on that list, the Federal Government asked that California set aside ballots received from them until the person’s citizenship was confirmed,” the DOJ said in its lawsuit.
加利福尼亚州州长加文·纽森（民主党人）猛烈抨击该诉讼，并表示该请求违背投票程序。他指责特朗普政府“要求加利福尼亚州选举官员违反联邦法律”。“加利福尼亚州的选举不是唐纳德·特朗普可以控制的。我们将确保每一位加利福尼亚州选民都能参与自由公正的选举，”纽森在社交媒体上表示。
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) blasted the suit and said the request goes against voting procedures. He accused the Trump administration of “demanding that California election officials VIOLATE federal law.”“California’s elections are NOT Donald Trump’s to control. We will ensure EVERY California voter can participate in a free and fair election,” Newsom said on social media.
美国司法部和特朗普总统警告称，如果加利福尼亚州官员将所有2万张选票计入中期选票统计中，他们可能面临刑事指控。
The DOJ and President Trump have warned that California officials could face criminal charges if they include all of the 20,000 ballots in its midterm election count.
特朗普上周表示，如果这些官员被定罪，“他们都将入狱很长一段时间！！！”纽森说，特朗普利用司法部在中期选举前对加州选民进行“悲哀、绝望”的“压制”，这种“前所未有的要求……应该让每个美国人感到极度恐惧”。他引用法律先例指出，各州监督各自的选举程序。
Trump said last week that those officials, if convicted, “will all go to jail for a long period of time!!!”Newsom said Trump was using the DOJ to make “sad, desperate” attempts “to suppress California voters” before the midterm elections, and that the “unprecedented request … should scare the hell out of every American.”He cited legal precedent in that states oversee their respective election processes.
纽森在书面回应中说：“我们将继续在金州举行自由公正的选举——并揭露这位独裁者，因为他正试图使用独裁者剧本中的每一招。”
“We will continue to carry out free and fair elections in the Golden State — and call out this authoritarian as he tries every play in the dictator’s playbook,” Newsom said in a written response.