司法部副部长 Todd Blanche 不排除司法部介入各州选举结果认证：称假设性「末日情景」下可能采取行动
据 NBC News 报道，美国司法部副部长 Todd Blanche 10 月 22 日在弗吉尼亚州 Norfolk 向记者表示，他不排除司法部（DOJ）在假设性的「末日情景」下介入各州对中期选举结果的认证程序，但强调司法部无意不当干预选举。Blanche 当天在 Norfolk 与联邦调查局（FBI）局长 Kash Patel 一同出席记者会，宣布起诉弗吉尼亚州参议员 Louise Lucas，其后在登机前接受记者追问。
被问到司法部是否可能采取行动推迟计票、或阻止某个州认证选举结果时，Blanche 回答：「当然，我们都能假设出一些情景——比如某种末日情景。所以我认为，对未来会发生什么下结论性断言并不合适，因为我不知道未来会发生什么。」当记者追问他是否能断言司法部在任何情况下都不会介入时，他说：「我当然不会那样说。但我会不会围绕选举来安排自己的日程、跑到某地去不让结果得到认证？当然不会，完全不会。」他还表示：「我不是要让一场选举得不到认证，当然不是。我们想做的是向美国人民保证，投票的只有有资格投票的人。」他说司法部「不是要制造混乱」，而是要向官员提示潜在问题。
Blanche 同日还表示，司法部正考虑就选票计票问题对更多州提起与加州案类似的诉讼：「有好几个州在我们的审查范围内。」司法部此前已起诉加州与洛杉矶县，要求将联邦机构所称可能为非公民的登记选民投出的邮寄选票先行隔离、待资格确认后再计入，并已就该案上诉至第九巡回上诉法院。
按美国宪法与联邦法律，选举由州与地方官员主持，各州选举结果的认证也由州与地方官员负责，联邦法律并未明确授权司法部挑战选票或推迟某州的认证；司法部在选举中的角色主要限于保障民权与起诉违反选举法的个人。Blanche 的表态随即引发回应：参议院少数党领袖 Chuck Schumer 在社交平台 X 上表示，参议院民主党人「为此已经准备了数月、随时就绪」，并称「我们的选举必须永远属于选民——而不是 Donald Trump」。11 月 3 日中期选举的提前投票已在多州展开。
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Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche Won't Rule Out DOJ Intervention in State Election Certification, Citing a Hypothetical 'Doomsday Scenario'
U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told reporters in Norfolk, Virginia, on October 22 that he would not rule out the Justice Department intervening in states' certification of midterm election results in a hypothetical 'doomsday scenario,' while insisting the department has no intention of improperly interfering in elections, according to NBC News. Blanche spoke to reporters before boarding a plane after appearing with FBI Director Kash Patel at a news conference announcing the indictment of Virginia State Senator Louise Lucas.
Asked whether the Justice Department could seek to delay ballot counting or block a state from certifying its results, Blanche said: 'Of course there's scenarios that we could all come up with hypothetically — some doomsday scenario, for example. So I don't think it's proper to make any kind of conclusory statements about what's going to happen in the future, because I don't know what's going to happen in the future.' Pressed on whether he could say there were no circumstances under which the department would get involved, he said: 'Of course I'm not going to say that. But am I planning my days around the election to be somewhere to not certify? Of course not, no.' He added: 'I'm not trying to not have an election certified. Of course not. What we're trying to do is guarantee to the American people that the only people that are voting are people that are eligible to vote.' He said the department was 'not trying to create chaos' but wanted to alert officials to potential problems.
Blanche also said the department was considering California-style lawsuits over ballot counting against more states: 'There's a number of states that we're looking at.' The Justice Department has sued California and Los Angeles County, seeking to have mail ballots cast by voters the federal government says may be noncitizens set aside until their eligibility is confirmed, and has appealed that case to the Ninth Circuit.
Under the U.S. Constitution and federal law, elections are run by state and local officials, who are also responsible for certifying results; federal law does not expressly authorize the Justice Department to challenge ballots or delay a state's certification, and the department's election role is mainly limited to protecting civil rights and prosecuting individual violations. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer responded on X that Senate Democrats 'have been preparing for this for months and will be ready,' adding: 'Our elections must always belong to the voters — not Donald Trump.' Early voting for the November 3 midterms is already under way in many states.
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图片来源：图：美国司法部副部长 Todd Blanche 官方肖像，美国司法部发布（公共领域），经 Wikimedia Commons。Photo: Official portrait of U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, U.S. Department of Justice (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons.
