哥伦比亚特区华盛顿市特区国会代表候选人罗伯特·怀特资格10月28日受1970年法律质疑，选前紧急寻出路
距离11月3日投票日仅剩一周，华盛顿特区国会众议院代表（无投票权代表）民主党候选人、现任特区议会议员罗伯特·怀特的参选资格于10月28日陷入疑问，起因是一条1970年的特区法律：该法规定，国会代表在当选时不得兼任任何其他有薪公职。这一冷门条款使这场原本被视为稳操胜券的选战骤生变数。怀特向《华盛顿太阳报》表示，他的团队正在“通过几个选项”解决这一问题，并否认竞选团队对此措手不及：“这对我来说不是新问题，我们对此早已有一套法律理论。”据报道，变化来自特区总检察长近日就此问题给出的解读，怀特表示他不同意、也未预料到这一解读。如今他面临两条路：要么在11月3日投票前辞去议员职务、放弃最后几个月的任期——其中包括在关键时刻担任住房委员会主席；要么说服同僚在投票日前以紧急行动修改这条法律。他的团队表示，在获得进一步明确意见前，不会公布最终方案。但有一点是明确的，怀特说：“我不会拿进入国会去冒险。”特区国会代表虽无投票权，但在国会中代表特区发声、参与委员会工作，是特区争取建州与自治权的重要渠道，因此候选人资格问题在选前一周格外引人关注。
Eligibility of D.C. Congressional Delegate Candidate Robert White Questioned on October 28 Under a 1970 Law in Washington, D.C., as He Urgently Seeks a Way Out Before the Election
With only a week left before the November 3 election, the eligibility of Robert White, the Democratic nominee for the District of Columbia's nonvoting delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives and a sitting D.C. councilmember, came into question on October 28 because of a 1970 D.C. law providing that a delegate may not hold any other paid public office at the time of election. The obscure provision suddenly threw into doubt a race that had been seen as all but decided. White told The Washington Sun that his team is working 'through a few options' to resolve the issue and pushed back on claims his campaign was caught off guard: 'This isn't new to me. We've had a legal theory on this for quite some time.' According to reports, the change came from a recent reading of the issue by the D.C. attorney general, which White said he disagreed with and had not expected. He now faces two paths: resign his council seat before the November 3 vote, giving up his final months in office, which include serving as housing committee chair at a critical moment, or persuade his colleagues to amend the law by emergency action before Election Day. His team said it would not announce a final plan before receiving further clarification. But one point is clear, White said: 'I'm not going to jeopardize going into Congress.' Although the D.C. delegate has no vote, the delegate speaks for the District in Congress and serves on committees, an important channel in the District's pursuit of statehood and home rule, making the eligibility question especially closely watched a week before the election.
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