联邦监票员重返怀俄明州拉勒米县投票站：同意守300英尺缓冲带
怀俄明州拉勒米县选民11月3日迎来联邦选举监票员重返投票站。美国司法部已确认，将向该县派出联邦监票员，监督11月3日大选；此前在8月该州初选期间，联邦监票员曾出人意料地到访一处投票站。这一次的不同之处在于距离规矩：根据拉勒米县书记官办公室的说法，监票员同意遵守投票站外300英尺、约一个足球场长度的缓冲带，这意味着选民不一定会在投票站内看到联邦监票员。这一安排源于州总检察长的意见，即州法律要求把未经特别授权的人员排除在投票站之外。选举日当天受访的选民对此反应不一：首次投票的选民桑德拉表示，监票员不在太近的地方、不造成过多干扰，这个安排可以接受；另一名选民尼古拉·马利特则表示，信任但要核实，有公正的核查方式很重要，他也认为防止干扰的边界是公平的。总体来看，受访选民表示监票员的在场没有改变他们投票的信心。
Federal Election Monitors Return to Laramie County, Wyoming Polls Under 300-Foot Buffer
Voters in Laramie County, Wyoming welcomed federal election monitors back to polling places on November 3. The U.S. Department of Justice has confirmed it will send federal monitors to the county to oversee the November 3 general election; monitors had previously made a surprise visit to a polling place during the state's August primary. The difference this time is a distance rule: according to the Laramie County Clerk's Office, the monitors agreed to observe a 300-foot buffer outside polling places, roughly the length of a football field, which means voters may not necessarily see federal monitors inside polling places. The arrangement stems from the state attorney general's opinion that state law requires persons without specific authorization to be kept out of polling places. Voters interviewed on Election Day reacted in different ways: Sandra, a first-time voter, said monitors not being too close and not causing too much disruption makes the arrangement acceptable; another voter, Nicolas Mallet, said trust but verify, that having an impartial way to check is important, and that he considered the boundary to prevent interference fair. Overall, interviewed voters said the monitors' presence did not change their confidence in voting.
来源：Your Wyoming Link
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图片来源：图：怀俄明州议会大厦，位于 Cheyenne（Boston Public Library，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons）。 / Photo: The Wyoming State Capitol in Cheyenne (Boston Public Library, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons).
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