司法部致函加州州务卿：限48小时核查所谓非公民选民名单
据路透社报道，美国司法部10月13日致函加州州务卿雪莉·韦伯（Shirley Weber），限加州官员在48小时内审查一份所谓非公民选民名单，并按信中要求处理名单所涉人员的邮寄选票，否则将面临法律行动。司法部发言人已向路透社证实这封信的存在。
这封信由司法部代理副总检察长R·特伦特·麦科特（R. Trent McCotter）署名。信中称，司法部已向洛杉矶县官员提供了一个带密码保护的U盘，里面是联邦政府认为「可能并非美国公民」、且已经收到邮寄选票的人员名单。信中要求，在公民身份得到确认之前，加州不得再向名单上的人员寄送选票；已收到选票者寄回的选票须单独隔离存放；已经寄回的选票，在公民身份查清之前不得计入统计。
麦科特在信中写道：「让非公民投票，等于抵消公民的选票。」信中并称，若州官员不执行上述要求，联邦政府「将别无选择，只能寻求紧急救济」。司法部发言人基尔斯滕·佩尔斯（Kiersten Pels）对路透社表示，司法部「将采取一切必要的法律行动，以保护选举诚信，并确保遵守联邦法律」。
截至发稿，加州州务卿办公室尚未就这封信公开发表评论。路透社报道称，该办公室未立即回应置评请求。
联邦与加州围绕选民数据的争议此前已进入诉讼。司法部此前起诉加州，要求提供全州选民登记名单的未删节副本；韦伯办公室当时以选民隐私为由回应，提出可安排联邦官员预约、当面查阅数据库。这封最新信件送达之时，距11月3日国会选举只剩三周。
Justice Department Gives California 48 Hours to Review Alleged Noncitizen Voter List
The U.S. Justice Department sent a letter to California Secretary of State Shirley Weber on October 13, giving state officials 48 hours to review a list of alleged noncitizen voters and to handle mail ballots connected to the people on the list as the letter directs, or face legal action, according to Reuters. A Justice Department spokeswoman confirmed the existence of the letter to Reuters.
The letter was signed by acting Deputy Attorney General R. Trent McCotter. It said the department had provided officials in Los Angeles County with a password-protected thumb drive containing the names of people the federal government believes are likely noncitizens and who had been sent mail-in ballots. The letter demands that California send no further ballots to people on the list until their citizenship status has been confirmed; that ballots mailed back by voters who have already received them be segregated; and that ballots already returned not be tabulated until citizenship has been determined.
"Allowing noncitizens to vote cancels citizen votes," McCotter wrote in the letter. It said the federal government "will have no choice but to seek emergency relief" if state officials do not follow its instructions. Justice Department spokeswoman Kiersten Pels told Reuters the department "will take all necessary legal action to protect election integrity and ensure compliance with federal law."
As of publication, the California Secretary of State's office had not publicly commented on the letter. Reuters reported that the office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The dispute over voter data has already reached the courts. The Justice Department previously sued California seeking an unredacted copy of its statewide voter registration list; Weber's office responded on privacy grounds, offering to let federal officials inspect the database in person by appointment. The new letter arrived three weeks before the November 3 congressional election.
图片来源：加州州议会大厦（萨克拉门托）。Antony-22 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，维基共享资源
