司法部改口：只派选举观察员赴亚当斯县 道格拉斯县通知系误发
美国司法部本周通知科罗拉多州亚当斯县和道格拉斯县，将在11月3日选举日派联邦选举观察员，但10月22日（周四）司法部改口称，给道格拉斯县的通知是误发，并为此道歉。
科罗拉多公共广播10月22日下午更新的报道引述司法部民权司投票科律师杰克·巴钱德的话称：「给道格拉斯县的监控通知系错误发出，我们致歉。我们只计划在亚当斯县实施监控。」司法部表示，亚当斯县属于《投票权法》第203条覆盖地区，须提供西班牙语语言协助，因此被选中；观察员只做观察，不干预投票过程。
科罗拉多州务卿办公室在10月22日的回函中要求联邦政府提供每名观察员的姓名、雇主、职务、所属部门、电邮和电话，以及拟观察的具体地点和大致起止时间，目前正审议这项请求。亚当斯县是科罗拉多州第八国会选区人口最多的县，该席位由共和党现任众议员加布·埃文斯与民主党挑战者曼尼·鲁蒂内尔争夺，被多家机构评为胜负难料，观察员部署因此备受关注。
来源：GSM·美国
DOJ Corrects Course: Election Monitors for Adams County Only; Douglas County Notice Sent in Error
The U.S. Department of Justice notified Colorado's Adams County and Douglas County this week that it would send federal election observers on Election Day, November 3 — but on Thursday, October 22, the department reversed itself, saying the notice to Douglas County had been sent in error, and apologized.
Colorado Public Radio, in a report updated on the afternoon of October 22, quoted Jack Bachand, an attorney in the Voting Section of the DOJ's Civil Rights Division: "The monitoring notice for Douglas County was sent in error and we apologize. We only plan on monitoring in Adams County." The department said Adams County was selected because it is covered by Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act and must provide Spanish-language assistance; the observers will only watch and will not intervene in voting.
In an October 22 reply, the Colorado Secretary of State's Office asked the federal government to provide each observer's name, employer, title, agency component, email and phone number, along with the specific locations and approximate times to be observed, and said it is reviewing the request. Adams County is the most populous county in Colorado's 8th Congressional District, where Republican incumbent Gabe Evans faces Democratic challenger Manny Rutinel in a race rated a toss-up by multiple outlets, drawing added attention to the observer deployment.
Source: GSM News
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
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