美国一名联邦法官周三驳回了特朗普政府要求加利福尼亚州暂停统计约20,000张选票的申请。该申请针对政府声称为外国公民的人,背景是中期选举。该决定允许继续统计这些受到质疑的选票,至少在司法程序的现阶段如此。
政府最初于今年夏天指控加利福尼亚州在选民登记册中有190,000名“非法”选民。
最近,政府将这一数字修订为20,000,并在大约十天前提起紧急诉讼,当时投票工作已经开始——在美国,选民可以提前投票,也可以通过邮寄方式投票。
联邦法官David O. Carter在裁决中指出,在选举已经进行期间没收20,000张选票,就意味着接受“任何政党都可以制造混乱,以服务于自身的政治目标并扰乱选举进程”。
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