罗得岛州公布选举安保预案：若联邦人员现身投票站已有应对流程
罗得岛州州务卿 Gregg Amore 与州总检察长 Peter Neronha、州警局长 Darnell Weaver 等官员10月21日公布选举安保预案，明确如果联邦执法人员出现在提前投票站或选举日投票点，选举工作人员已有应对流程。州选举委员会今年8月已向地方选举官员发出指引：工作人员应设法确认联邦人员的身份，立即通知警方，并尽可能详细地记录所有互动过程。联邦法律禁止武装联邦人员出现在投票站；州长 Dan McKee 今夏签署的州法还规定，移民与海关执法局（ICE）人员不得进入投票站200英尺范围内。Neronha 表示，他的法律团队已准备好在必要时向法院申请命令处理任何干扰，但他同时认为发生这类「捣乱」的可能性很低。
根据预案，11月3日选举日全州将开放414个投票站，配备2800多名投票站工作人员、600多台投票机，并派出100多名技术人员在全州巡查。Amore 还就邮寄选票作出说明：州选举委员会执行主任 Miguel Nunez 强调，相关措施纯属预防性质，目前没有收到任何显示选举日会有联邦人员出现在投票点的信息。Amore 建议选民不晚于10月27日寄出选票以确保选举日晚上8点前送达；选票也可投放到全州受监控的选举专用投递箱，截止时间为选举日晚上8点。Weaver 表示：「我们的信息不是让罗得岛人担心，而是让他们放心——执法部门已经做好准备。我们希望每一位选民都能安心行使投票权。」
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Rhode Island Unveils Election Security Plan: Poll Workers Have a Procedure if Federal Agents Appear
Rhode Island Secretary of State Gregg Amore, Attorney General Peter Neronha, State Police Col. Darnell Weaver and other officials on Oct. 21 laid out the state's election security plan, making clear that poll workers already have a procedure if federal law enforcement personnel appear at an early voting site or a polling place. Under a Board of Elections directive issued in August, workers should seek to confirm the identity of any federal personnel, immediately notify police, and document all interactions in as much detail as possible. Federal law prohibits armed federal officers at polling places, and a state law signed by Gov. Dan McKee over the summer bars Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel within 200 feet of any polling place. Neronha said his legal team is ready to seek a court order against any interference, but regards such 'mischief' as highly unlikely.
On Election Day, Nov. 3, Rhode Island will operate 414 polling places staffed by more than 2,800 poll workers, deploy more than 600 voting machines, and send more than 100 technicians into the field. Board of Elections executive director Miguel Nunez stressed that the measures are purely precautionary and that no information suggests any federal presence at voting sites. Amore advised voters to mail ballots no later than Oct. 27 so they arrive by 8 p.m. on Election Day, or use the state's monitored secure drop boxes, also until 8 p.m. on Election Day. 'Our message is not that Rhode Islanders should be worried, it is that they should be confident that our law enforcement agencies are prepared,' Weaver said. 'We want every voter to feel comfortable exercising their right to vote.'
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