丹佛选举官员为投票站可能出现联邦人员做准备：已培训选举法官应对
11月3日投票日来临之际，美国科罗拉多州丹佛县 Denver 市选举官员表示，他们希望选举平稳进行，同时已为过去难以想象的情形扩大了应急准备。丹佛市书记兼记录官 Paul Lopez 说，他的办公室已培训选举法官，指导他们如何应对武装联邦人员出现在投票中心的情况，并已采取法律行动。
丹佛市是拉丁裔公民联盟（LULAC）诉美国国土安全一案的原告之一，该案质疑特朗普政府是否有权向投票站部署武装移民与海关执法局（ICE）人员进行常规移民执法。丹佛市与 LULAC、Common Cause 和 UnidosUS 于9月10日向哥伦比亚特区联邦地区法院提起诉讼，明尼苏达州亨内平县随后加入；10月7日提交的修正诉状增加了《投票权法》第11条b款的主张，该条款禁止与投票有关的恐吓、威胁与胁迫。原告认为，联邦政策与美国法典第18编第592条相冲突，该条禁止联邦官员在选举地点驻留或调动部队。
Lopez 表示，提出诉讼是为了在冲突发生前确立法律保护，而不是等选举运作被打乱后再应对。丹佛市的选票投递箱网络已从他上任时的约24个扩展到今年的49个，由两党团队监控与清空。科罗拉多州向登记选民邮寄选票，选票须在选举日晚上7时前送达，仅凭邮戳不能满足截止要求。
（来源：科罗拉多法律周刊）
Denver Election Officials Prepare for Possible Federal Presence at Polling Places
As voters head to the polls on November 3, election officials in Denver, Denver County, Colorado, say they hope for an uneventful election while planning for scenarios that once seemed incomprehensible. Denver Clerk and Recorder Paul Lopez said his office has expanded contingency planning, including training election judges on how to respond if armed federal agents appear at voting centers, and has taken legal action.
Denver is a plaintiff in League of United Latin American Citizens v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which challenges the Trump administration's authority to deploy armed Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to polling places for routine immigration enforcement. Denver joined LULAC, Common Cause and UnidosUS in filing the suit on September 10 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; Hennepin County, Minnesota, later joined, and an amended complaint filed October 7 added a claim under Section 11(b) of the Voting Rights Act, which prohibits intimidation, threats and coercion related to voting. The plaintiffs argue the federal policy conflicts with 18 U.S.C. Section 592, which bars federal officials from keeping troops at a place where an election is being held.
Lopez said the suit seeks legal protections before any confrontation occurs rather than after election operations are disrupted. Denver's ballot drop-box network has grown from about two dozen when he took office to 49 this year, monitored and emptied by bipartisan teams. Colorado mails ballots to registered voters; ballots must be received by 7 p.m. on Election Day and a postmark alone does not meet the deadline.
(Source: Law Week Colorado)
来源：科罗拉多法律周刊
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