司法部宣布起诉16人涉选举犯罪：含非法居留者投票、冒名替亡妻投票等案件
美国司法部10月12日宣布，已在全美多个联邦司法区起诉16人，罪名涉及非法投票、欺诈性选民登记及相关选举犯罪，其中包括一名在美国非法居留者。司法部表示，这批案件是联邦政府在2026年中期选举前加强选举诚信执法的一部分。
司法部列出的犯罪类型包括：外国公民在联邦选举中投票、为登记或投票虚假声称拥有美国公民身份、代已故亲属投票、在同一次选举中重复投票、在公民身份申请中作虚假陈述，以及非法获取公民身份。
具体案件方面，新墨西哥区62岁的帕特里克·佩雷亚（Patrick Perea）被联邦大陪审团以一项欺诈投票罪起诉，他涉嫌在2024年大选中把亡妻的缺席选票提交给伯纳利约县书记员办公室。宾夕法尼亚东区有4人被控“外国公民投票”：48岁的法国籍非法居留者哈西娜·萨阿迪（Hacina Saadi），以及巴基斯坦籍合法永久居民贾米尔·艾哈迈德（50岁）、尼加特·贾米尔（47岁）和葡萄牙籍合法永久居民保罗·席尔瓦（54岁）。阿拉巴马南区另有秘鲁籍永久居民西尔维娅·德尔加多·菲尔普斯（78岁）和牙买加籍永久居民斯塔西安·波利恩·戴维斯（42岁）被控以非公民身份投票。其余案件分布在密苏里、爱达荷、新泽西、俄亥俄、夏威夷和肯塔基等州。
司法部强调，起诉书和检方文书仅为指控，所有被告在法庭证明有罪之前均推定无罪。此次宣布距11月中期选举约三周，正值多州提前投票阶段，选举诚信议题预计将持续成为两党攻防焦点。
（资料来源：美国司法部公共事务办公室新闻稿）
Justice Department Announces Charges Against 16 Individuals for Election Crimes Nationwide
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on October 12 that 16 individuals, including one unlawfully present alien, have been charged across multiple federal districts with illegal voting, fraudulent voter registration, and related election crimes ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
According to the Justice Department, the cases include voting by aliens in federal elections, false claims of U.S. citizenship in order to register or vote, voting on behalf of the deceased, voting multiple times in the same election, false statements on citizenship applications, and unlawful procurement of citizenship.
In the District of New Mexico, Patrick Perea, 62, was indicted by a federal grand jury on one count of fraudulent voting for allegedly submitting his deceased wife's absentee ballot in the November 2024 general election. In the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, four people were charged with voting by an alien: Hacina Saadi, 48, an unlawfully present French national; Pakistani nationals Jamil Ahmad, 50, and Nighat Jamil, 47, both lawful permanent residents; and Portuguese national Paulo Silva, 54, also a lawful permanent resident. In the Southern District of Alabama, Peruvian national Silvia Delgado Phelps, 78, and Jamaican national Staciann Pollion Davis, 42, were charged with voting as aliens. Additional cases were brought in Missouri, Idaho, New Jersey, Ohio, Hawaii, and Kentucky.
The Justice Department noted that indictments and informations are merely allegations and that all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs)
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