印第安纳州务卿选战：共和党落选人谢尔顿跨党支持民主党贝赫的审计计划
印第安纳州务卿选战进入收官阶段之际出现跨党动作：今年6月在共和党初选中落败的大卫·谢尔顿（David Shelton）表示，若民主党候选人博·贝赫（Beau Bayh）当选，他愿协助贝赫对州务卿办公室开展独立审计；同时他还支持一名独立候选人的诉讼，要求州选举委员会就竞选财务投诉举行听证。
贝赫主张对现任州务卿迭戈·莫拉莱斯领导的办公室进行审计，莫拉莱斯任内被指存在滥用公款与欺诈嫌疑。贝赫称审计应独立、透明、以事实为依据，引入共和党人参与可表明保护纳税人并非党派议题。谢尔顿则认为州监察长的内部调查不够，主张独立审计才能判断是否存在应被起诉的行为。共和党提名人马克斯·恩格林（Max Engling，6月初选击败谢尔顿）批评贝赫的计划虚伪，称其并未寻求有相关经验者的监督。另据报道，谢尔顿此前已对恩格林提出竞选财务投诉，指其接受"胡希尔领导力美国"组织6万美元捐款，超出企业捐款5000美元上限；恩格林阵营称投诉毫无根据，款项在投诉前已退回。独立候选人格雷格·巴拉德上周起诉选举委员会要求其开会审议投诉，谢尔顿已提交法庭意见支持，听证定于10月23日举行。
Indiana Secretary of State Race: Republican Primary Loser Shelton Crosses Party Lines to Back Democrat Bayh's Audit Plan
An unusual cross-party move has emerged as Indiana's secretary of state race heads into its final stretch: David Shelton, who lost the Republican primary in June, says that if Democratic candidate Beau Bayh is elected, he is willing to help Bayh conduct an independent audit of the secretary of state's office; he also supports an independent candidate's lawsuit asking the State Election Commission to hold a hearing on a campaign finance complaint.
Bayh advocates an audit of the office led by incumbent Secretary of State Diego Morales, whose tenure has drawn allegations of misuse of public funds and fraud. Bayh says the audit should be independent, transparent and fact-based, and that bringing in a Republican shows protecting taxpayers is not a partisan issue. Shelton argues that the inspector general's internal investigation is not enough and that only an independent audit can determine whether any conduct should be prosecuted. Republican nominee Max Engling, who defeated Shelton in the June primary, criticized Bayh's plan as hypocritical, saying Bayh has not sought oversight from anyone with relevant experience. Shelton previously filed a campaign finance complaint against Engling, alleging he accepted a $60,000 contribution from the organization Hoosier Leadership for America, above the $5,000 corporate contribution limit; Engling's campaign called the complaint baseless and said the money was returned before the complaint was filed. Independent candidate Greg Ballard sued the election commission last week to compel it to meet and consider the complaint; Shelton has filed a brief in support, and a hearing is set for October 23.
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