州长 Tate Reeves 签署 SHIELD 法案：选民登记须核验公民身份，选民名册每年审计
密西西比州州长 Tate Reeves 10月21日（周三）宣布，已签署保障选举诚实廉洁以实现持久民主法案（SHIELD Act，参议院第2588号法案），进一步收紧该州选举程序。
该法案由州参议员 Jeremy England（共和党）起草，要求地方官员在公民登记投票时核验其美国公民身份，并要求密西西比州每年对选民名册进行审计，确保只有美国公民参与投票。若登记人不在公共安全厅系统内，或在登记时自报为非居民，州政府将通过国土安全部的系统性外籍人士权利核验（SAVE）数据库核实其公民身份。
「我们将继续竭尽全力，让在选举中作弊变得无限困难，目标是让作弊不可能发生，」Reeves 表示，「我们永远把美国公民放在第一位。」
密西西比州民主党反对该法案，称其为「换了名字的投票税」。州民主党主席、州众议员 Cheikh Taylor 表示，密西西比州不存在选民欺诈危机，存在的是参与危机，SHIELD 法案是用现代语言包装的投票税，密西西比州民主党将全力抗争。
Governor Tate Reeves Signs SHIELD Act: Citizenship Verification for Voter Registration and Annual Voter Roll Audits
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves announced on Wednesday, October 21, that he has signed the SHIELD Act (Senate Bill 2588), formally the Safeguard Honesty Integrity in Elections for Lasting Democracy Act, further tightening the state's election procedures.
The legislation, authored by State Senator Jeremy England, a Republican, requires local officials to verify the U.S. citizenship of persons registering to vote and requires Mississippi to conduct an annual audit of its voter rolls to ensure that only American citizens are voting. If a registrant is not in the Department of Public Safety's system, or indicated non-resident status when registering, the state will verify citizenship through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database.
'We will continue to do everything in our power to make it infinitely harder, with a goal to make it impossible, to cheat in our elections,' Reeves said. 'We will always put American citizens first.'
Mississippi Democrats have opposed the measure, calling it 'a poll tax by another name.' State Democratic Party Chairman and State Representative Cheikh Taylor said there is no voter fraud crisis in Mississippi but rather a participation crisis, that the SHIELD Act is a poll tax dressed up in modern language, and that Mississippi Democrats will fight it with everything they have.
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
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