弗吉尼亚州弗吉尼亚比奇市选举委员会10月30日将表决司法部观察员请求：民权组织同提中立观察员申请
弗吉尼亚州弗吉尼亚比奇市选举委员会定于10月30日星期五下午1时30分开会，决定是否允许联邦选举观察员在投票日进驻当地投票站。委员会将讨论并表决美国司法部提出的中立观察员请求。
司法部官员10月29日星期四已经与市和地方选举官员会面，司法部当天没有回应置评请求。委员会还将审议“进步项目”、全国有色人种协进会等四个民权组织提出的中立观察员请求，这些组织希望观察员进驻司法部观察员所在的地方。
这些组织本月早些时候起诉司法部，反对其向全国各地派出1000名投票站监督员的计划，认为这可能恐吓选民，包括有色人种选民。弗吉尼亚比奇市选民登记与选举主任克丽丝廷·刘易斯表示，相关安排仍在讨论中。
弗吉尼亚比奇位于弗吉尼亚州第2国会选区，该选区的结果将影响国会力量对比，共和党现任众议员詹·基根斯正面临曾担任该席位的前众议员、民主党人伊莱恩·卢里亚的挑战。
Virginia Beach Electoral Board to Vote October 30 on Justice Department Observer Request; Civil Rights Groups Also Seek Neutral Observers
The Virginia Beach electoral board in Virginia is scheduled to meet at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, October 30, to decide whether federal election observers may be present at local polling places on Election Day. The board will discuss and vote on a request for neutral observers from the U.S. Department of Justice. Justice Department officials already met with city and local election officials on Thursday, October 29, and the department did not respond to a request for comment that day.
The board will also consider requests for neutral observers from four civil rights organizations, including the Advancement Project and the NAACP, which hope to place observers where the Justice Department's observers will be. Those organizations sued the Justice Department earlier this month over its plan to send 1,000 poll monitors across the country, arguing it could intimidate voters, including voters of color.
Christine Lewis, Virginia Beach's director of voter registration and elections, said the arrangements are still under discussion. Virginia Beach lies in Virginia's 2nd Congressional District, whose result will affect the balance of power in Congress; Republican incumbent Representative Jen Kiggans faces a challenge from former Representative Elaine Luria, a Democrat who previously held the seat.
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：弗吉尼亚比奇市政中心的市政厅大楼 / Virginia Beach City Hall at the Municipal Center. Photo: PumpkinSky, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
