斯潘伯格回应「为已故者恢复投票权」指控：州政府正核查数据库衔接问题
里士满消息：弗吉尼亚州州长阿比盖尔·斯潘伯格10月9日在亨利科县（Henrico）出席活动时回应记者提问，就社交媒体上流传的「州政府误为已故者恢复投票权」一事作出说明。据弗吉尼亚本地媒体10月12日报道，斯潘伯格表示，其政府正在核查相关举报，初步看法是问题可能源于州政府各数据库之间死亡记录更新不同步。
斯潘伯格解释说，已故者的记录可能未从每个数据库中及时移除，因而在名册上显示为「权利已恢复」；但她同时强调，恢复投票权并不等于自动完成选民登记，更不意味着有人可以凭此替他人投票——冒名投票在弗吉尼亚属于重罪。她表示，相关情况正在核实，州选举部门将确保选民名册的准确性。共和党州参议员格伦·斯特蒂文特（Glen Sturtevant）则呼吁对恢复权利的名单进行独立审计，并称公众需要对选举完整性有信心。
这一争议的背景是弗吉尼亚独特的重罪者权利制度：该州是少数由州长逐案决定是否恢复重罪服刑人员公民权的州之一。今年早些时候，一名联邦法官裁定弗吉尼亚数十年来剥夺重罪者投票权的做法不当；今年11月的选票上还将有一项宪法修正案，提议出狱后自动恢复相关权利。
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信息来源：Potomac Local；WRIC 电视台
Spanberger Responds to Claims on Rights Restorations for Deceased People: State Reviewing Database Issues
RICHMOND, Va. — Gov. Abigail Spanberger said on Oct. 9 that her administration is reviewing social-media claims that voting rights were mistakenly restored for people who have died, Virginia outlets reported Oct. 12. Speaking to reporters at an event in Henrico County, she said the issue may stem from state databases that do not update death records in sync.
Spanberger explained that a deceased person's record may not be removed from every database at the same time, so a file could show rights as restored; she stressed, however, that a restoration is not the same as voter registration, and that casting a ballot in someone else's name is a felony in Virginia. State election officials, she said, are verifying the records to keep the voter rolls accurate. Republican state Sen. Glen Sturtevant has called for an independent audit of the restoration lists, saying the public needs confidence in election integrity.
The dispute arises from Virginia's distinctive system, under which the governor decides case by case whether to restore the civil rights of people convicted of felonies. Earlier this year a federal judge ruled that Virginia's decades-long practice of disenfranchising people with felony convictions was improper, and November's ballot includes a constitutional amendment proposing automatic restoration of rights after release from incarceration.
This report presents each side's statements and states the facts without taking a political position.
Sources: Potomac Local; WRIC
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