男子在俄亥俄投票站外唱歌骂选民「笨蛋」：选务官员称言论受宪法保护
一段在TikTok上流传的视频显示，11月1日提前投票最后一天，一名身份不明的男子在美国俄亥俄州沃伦县选举委员会外的人行道附近走动，嘲讽正在排队投票的选民、称他们是「笨蛋」（morons），随后还唱起改编歌词。视频在11月3日中期选举投票日当天继续扩散，有TikTok用户称这种行为是「选民恐吓」；沃伦县选举委员会主任Brian Sleeth对《辛辛那提询问报》表示，这段言论没有越线、属于受宪法保护的言论。
视频中，这名男子套用儿歌《If You're Happy and You Know It》（如果你开心你就拍拍手）的曲调唱道：「如果你在投票、这又不是排队领面包的队伍，你就拍拍手；如果你很高兴在投票、这又不是领面包的队伍，你就拍拍手。」他接着唱：「因为如果你投社会主义者、你心里清楚，他们准会搞砸，所以投共和党、这又不是领面包的队伍，你就拍拍手。」画外有人讽刺地接了一句：「押韵押得可真好。」
Sleeth表示，竞选活动人员必须与选民保持至少10英尺距离，但只要选民没有被拦住、没有被阻止进入投票站，工作人员就无权禁止这类言论，包括视频里记录的这种。他说：「我们的目标是确保法律得到遵守。」他还表示，民众可以在俄亥俄州州务卿网站上提交选民恐吓与干扰方面的投诉。
事发地点位于辛辛那提郊区的沃伦县，是该县提前投票的投票点。俄亥俄州今年提前投票人数创下纪录，据州务卿办公室数据，截至11月1日已有约170万名俄亥俄选民通过现场提前投票或邮寄缺席选票完成投票；11月3日投票日当天，全州投票站于上午6时30分开放、晚上7时30分关闭。
Man Sings and Calls Ohio Voters 'Morons' Outside Early-Voting Site: Officials Say Speech Is Constitutionally Protected
A video circulating on TikTok shows an unidentified man walking near voters outside the Warren County Board of Elections in Ohio on November 1, the last day of early voting, mocking people waiting to cast ballots, calling them "morons" and then breaking into song. As the clip spread further on midterm Election Day, November 3, some TikTok users described the behavior as "voter intimidation." Warren County Board of Elections Director Brian Sleeth told The Cincinnati Enquirer that the speech did not cross the line and is constitutionally protected.
In the video, the man sings to the tune of "If You're Happy and You Know It": "If you're voting and it's not a breadline, clap your hands. If you're glad you're voting and it's not a breadline, clap your hands." He continues: "Cause if you vote socialist and you know it, they're sure to blow it, so vote Republican and it's not a breadline, clap your hands." Someone off camera can be heard saying sarcastically, "It rhymes real well."
Sleeth said campaigners must stay at least 10 feet away from voters, but his staff cannot prohibit speech, including the kind recorded in the video, "unless the voters are being stopped or prohibited from going in." "Our goal here is to make sure the law is followed," he said. He added that people can file voter intimidation and interference complaints on the Ohio Secretary of State's website.
The incident took place at the county's early-voting site in Warren County, a suburban Cincinnati county. Ohio set an early-voting record this year: according to the Ohio Secretary of State, about 1.7 million Ohioans had already voted by November 1, in person or by mail-in absentee ballot. On Election Day, November 3, polls across the state opened at 6:30 a.m. and were set to close at 7:30 p.m.
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图片来源：俄亥俄州提前投票选民排队资料图（Dean Beeler摄，2008年，CC BY 2.0，经Wikimedia Commons；非事发现场图）
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