新墨西哥州桑多瓦尔县涉毒缺席选票全部清白计入 县书记官10月29日确认无一作废
新墨西哥州桑多瓦尔县10月29日确认，卷入10月16日毒品风波的缺席选票全部清白、没有一张会被作废，选民不必再担心自己的选票被丢弃。县书记官安妮·布雷迪-罗梅罗当天宣布，相关选票已通过检查，县缺席选票委员会将把它们重新纳入计票。
事情起因是选举工作人员在县选举局仓库收到一个美国邮政寄来的邮件容器后，在选票上发现了毒品，初步检测显示甲基苯丙胺和芬太尼呈阳性，引发外界对这批选票是否还能计入的担忧。县里随后对这批选票做了处理和核查，最终确认选票本身没有问题。
布雷迪-罗梅罗表示，所有涉事选票都会被计入，不会因为这次风波而被排除。桑多瓦尔县的提前投票本周已经开始，选民仍可邮寄缺席选票、在投票站投票，或在投票日11月3日投票站关闭前使用县里的安全投递箱。
县选举部门提醒，选民如对自己的选票状态有疑问，可通过县官网查询。
Sandoval County Confirms Drug-Tainted Absentee Ballots Are All Clear and Will Be Counted, County Clerk Announces October 29
Sandoval County, New Mexico, confirmed on October 29 that the absentee ballots caught up in an October 16 drug incident are all clear and that none will be voided, so voters no longer need to worry that their ballots will be thrown out. County Clerk Anne Brady-Romero announced that day that the ballots had passed inspection and that the county's Absentee Ballot Board would fold them back into the count.
The incident began when election workers found drugs on ballots after a U.S. Postal Service mail container arrived at the county Bureau of Elections warehouse; initial tests came back positive for methamphetamine and fentanyl, raising concerns about whether the ballots could still be counted. The county then processed and examined the ballots and ultimately confirmed that the ballots themselves were fine.
Brady-Romero said every ballot involved will be counted and none will be excluded because of the incident. Early voting in Sandoval County began this week, and voters can still mail in absentee ballots, vote at a polling place, or use the county's secure drop boxes before polls close on Election Day, November 3. The county elections office reminds voters who have questions about their ballot status that they can check through the county website.
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：桑多瓦尔县法院大楼，位于伯纳利洛 / The Sandoval County Court House in Bernalillo, New Mexico. Photo: AllenS, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
