阿拉斯加州长下令调查同名候选人事件：州公共安全部已展开调查
阿拉斯加州州长迈克·邓利维（Mike Dunleavy）已下令州公共安全部调查一桩涉及联邦参议员选举的同名候选人事件。州府所在地位于阿拉斯加州东南部的朱诺市县，邓利维在声明中表示，他要求公共安全部查明有关招募候选人的做法是否违反阿拉斯加州法律，以及是否应提起刑事指控或民事诉讼。
事件的核心是与现任共和党联邦参议员丹·沙利文（Dan Sullivan）同名的另一名候选人丹·J·沙利文（Dan J. Sullivan）。据《纽约时报》报道，与民主党参议员候选人玛丽·佩尔托拉（Mary Peltola）竞选团队有关的人员以及全国民主党参议院竞选委员会的工作人员，曾参与招募包括这名来自彼得斯堡的退休教师在内的候选人参选。
邓利维在声明中写道，阿拉斯加州选举部门今年6月就已调查过相关问题，新的报道在很大程度上印证了选举部门的调查结论。他说：阿拉斯加人有投票选出自己真正想支持的候选人的基本权利，故意诱使选民把票投给别人，触及选举诚信的根本；任何被认定违法的人或组织都必须被追究责任。
阿拉斯加州公共安全部随后确认，应州长要求，阿拉斯加调查局已就报道中提及的行为展开调查。由于调查正在进行，该部没有公布更多细节。州选举部门负责人此前曾试图以可能混淆选民为由将丹·J·沙利文移出选票，但阿拉斯加州最高法院裁定他继续留在选票上。
佩尔托拉方面否认相关指控。她在朱诺对支持者表示，自己对选票上其他候选人的事情并不知情；她的竞选团队与民主党参议院竞选委员会也否认参与招募同名候选人。目前尚无人因此被起诉，指控也未经法院审理认定。
此事还有联邦层面的后续：美国司法部此前已提起诉讼，寻求在调查清楚之前阻止阿拉斯加州认证佩尔托拉胜选的结果，国会众议院监督委员会主席也已另行展开询问。阿拉斯加州大选投票日为11月3日，提前投票已经开始，州长的认证决定是否受调查影响，仍取决于调查的进展与结论。
Alaska Governor Orders Investigation Into Same-Name Senate Candidate
Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy has ordered the state Department of Public Safety to investigate a same-name candidate case involving the state's U.S. Senate race. In Juneau, the state capital in the City and Borough of Juneau in southeastern Alaska, Dunleavy said in a statement that he directed the department to determine whether the reported candidate-recruitment effort violated Alaska law and whether criminal charges or civil action are warranted.
At the center of the case is Daniel J. Sullivan Jr., a retired teacher from Petersburg whose name is nearly identical to that of incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan. According to a New York Times report, people connected to Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola's campaign and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee helped recruit spoiler candidates, including the second Sullivan, to run in the race.
Dunleavy wrote that the Alaska Division of Elections investigated the same concerns in June of this year and that the new reporting substantially supports the division's findings. Alaskans have a fundamental right to vote for the candidate they actually intend to support, he said, adding that deliberately tricking voters into casting ballots for someone else strikes at the integrity of elections and that anyone found to have broken the law must be held accountable.
The Alaska Department of Public Safety confirmed that, at the governor's request, the Alaska Bureau of Investigation has opened an investigation into the conduct alleged in the report. The department gave no further details, citing the active investigation. The state's elections director had earlier tried to remove Daniel J. Sullivan from the ballot over potential voter confusion, but the Alaska Supreme Court ordered him restored to the ballot.
Peltola has denied the allegations, telling supporters in Juneau that she knew nothing about any other candidate effort, and her campaign and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee have also denied involvement. No one has been charged, and the allegations have not been tested in court.
There are federal threads as well: the U.S. Department of Justice has sued to block certification of a Peltola victory until the matter is investigated, and the chairman of the U.S. House Oversight Committee has opened a separate inquiry. Alaska's general election is on November 3, early voting is already under way, and Dunleavy has said whether certification proceeds may depend on what investigators find.
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
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