新闻周刊| 美国多地选票箱被烧毁，这对众议院竞选有何影响？

教育 2024-10-29 12:11 广东

在俄勒冈州波特兰和华盛顿州温哥华，临近选举日一周前，投票箱被纵火，一些选票受损。此事发生在两个竞争激烈的众议院选区，一个是俄勒冈州共和党控制的第 5 选区，一个是华盛顿州民主党控制的第 3 选区。这两个选区的选情胶着，两党候选人各有优势与挑战，目前当地官员和相关人士正在处理此事，并强调这是孤立事件，投票总体是安全的。

People drop off their ballots in front of the Los Angeles County registrar's office on Monday in Norwalk, California. Ballot drop boxes were set ablaze in Oregon and Washington early Monday.

原文及译文参考：

What Burned Ballots in Oregon, Washington Mean for Toss-Up House Races

俄勒冈州和华盛顿州被烧毁的选票对胶着的众议院竞选意味着什么

Votes cast in two toss-up House races have been damaged after ballot drop boxes were set on fire in Portland, Oregon, and neighboring Vancouver, Washington.

在俄勒冈州波特兰和邻近的华盛顿州温哥华，投票箱被纵火后，两个竞争激烈的众议院竞选的已投选票遭到损坏。

Authorities are investigating the incidents, which occurred early Monday, almost a week before Election Day. Local officials said that three ballots in Portland were damaged and that potentially 'hundreds' have been affected in Vancouver.

当局正在调查周一早些时候发生的事件，此时距离选举日还有将近一周。当地官员表示，波特兰有三张选票受损，而温哥华可能有 “数百张” 选票受到影响。

The ballot box arson took place in two competitive House districts, where Democrats and Republicans are hoping to hold one seat and flip the other in the Pacific Northwest. Both Oregon's GOP-held 5th Congressional District and Washington state's Democratic-held 3rd Congressional District are considered toss-ups.

投票箱纵火事件发生在两个竞争激烈的众议院选区，在太平洋西北地区，民主党和共和党都希望保住一个席位并翻转另一个席位。俄勒冈州共和党控制的第 5 国会选区和华盛顿州民主党控制的第 3 国会选区都被认为是胜负难分的选区。

Oregon Representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer became the first Republican to win the district in roughly 25 years after she flipped the seat in the 2022 midterms. She ran against progressive candidate Jamie McLeod-Skinner two years ago but will be facing off against an opponent who has previously beaten her in legislative races, state Representative Janelle Bynum. Democrats have a slight advantage in the 5th District, but roughly a third of voters are unaffiliated and both candidates have tried to play to that, casting each other as extreme.

俄勒冈州代表洛里・查韦斯 - 德雷默在 2022 年中期选举中翻转了该选区的席位，成为大约 25 年来第一位赢得该选区的共和党人。两年前，她与进步派候选人杰米・麦克劳德 - 斯金纳竞争，但现在将与一位在立法竞选中曾击败过她的对手 —— 州代表珍妮尔・拜纳姆对决。民主党在第 5 选区略有优势，但大约三分之一的选民没有党派归属，两位候选人都试图利用这一点，将对方描绘成极端分子。

In Washington, freshman Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, a Democrat, is defending her seat in a rematch against Trump-backed Republican Joe Kent. Gluesenkamp Perez pulled off an upset victory two years ago when she defeated Kent by 2,629 votes in a district that hadn't elected a Democrat in over a decade.

在华盛顿州，民主党新人代表玛丽・格吕森坎普・佩雷斯在与特朗普支持的共和党人乔・肯特的复赛中捍卫自己的席位。两年前，格吕森坎普・佩雷斯以 2629 票的优势击败了肯特，在一个十多年来没有选举出民主党人的选区取得了惊人的胜利。

After Monday's incident, Gluesenkamp Perez told her constituents on X (formerly Twitter): 'Any voter who returned their ballot to the Fisher's Landing Transit Center ballot drop box in Vancouver — at any point this weekend —should contact the Elections Division of the Clark County Auditor's office immediately to request a replacement ballot, due to an arson at the ballot drop box.'

周一事件发生后，格吕森坎普・佩雷斯在 X（原推特）上告诉她的选民：“任何在本周末任何时候将选票投到温哥华费舍尔登陆交通中心投票箱的选民，由于投票箱发生纵火事件，应立即联系克拉克县审计员办公室选举部门，要求更换选票。”

Kent, who has promoted former President Donald Trump's election fraud claims, which are unsubstantiated, has urged his constituents to check the status of their mail-in ballots and not be discouraged by the recent arson incident. He added that he voted by mail last week. 'Stay focused on driving voter turn out & early voting, don't be deterred from voting by a cowardly act of terrorism,' Kent tweeted. 'Vote early, check your voter status & have confidence that our great law enforcement officers...will stop whoever attacked our democratic process.

肯特曾宣扬前总统唐纳德・特朗普毫无根据的选举欺诈说法，他敦促他的选民检查他们邮寄选票的状态，不要因最近的纵火事件而气馁。他补充说他上周通过邮寄方式投票了。肯特在推特上写道：“专注于推动选民投票率和提前投票，不要被这种懦弱的恐怖主义行为吓退投票。提前投票，检查你的选民状态，并相信我们伟大的执法人员…… 将阻止任何攻击我们民主进程的人。

Cornell Clayton, the director of the Thomas S. Foley Institute of Public Policy and Public Service at Washington State University, told Newsweek that the race between Gluesenkamp Perez and Kent will be close but noted that Washington's 3rd District is a solidly Republican district. Registration by party is not needed to vote in state elections, but Washington voters must declare a party in the presidential primaries. In March, Republicans outnumbered Democrats by nearly 30,000 in the 3rd District.

盛顿州立大学托马斯・S・福利公共政策与公共服务研究所所长康奈尔・克莱顿告诉《新闻周刊》，格吕森坎普・佩雷斯和肯特之间的竞争将很激烈，但他指出华盛顿州的第 3 选区是一个坚定的共和党选区。在州选举中投票不需要按党派登记，但华盛顿州的选民必须在总统初选中声明党派。今年 3 月，在第 3 选区，共和党人比民主党人多出近 3 万人。

Joe Kent is an interesting candidate,' Clayton said. 'It's unclear how he will fare this time.

乔・肯特是一个有趣的候选人，” 克莱顿说。“目前还不清楚他这次表现如何。

In 2022, he really moved to the extreme MAGA side of the party, and he was on Fox News almost once a week. He made some pretty outrageous statements. He's tried to moderate his rhetoric a little bit, and so I think many of the Republican voters who defected from him in 2022 will come home.'

在 2022 年，他真的走向了该党的极端‘让美国再次伟大’一派，他几乎每周都要上一次福克斯新闻。他发表了一些相当离谱的言论。他试图稍微缓和一下他的言辞，所以我认为许多在 2022 年背离他的共和党选民会回归。”

Clayton added that while higher voter turnouts have traditionally benefited the Democratic Party, 'that's changed a lot in the last couple election cycles because of the realignment of the two parties.' 'I would actually expect higher turnout to favor Joe Kent and the Republicans,' he said about the 3rd District race.”

克莱顿补充说，虽然较高的选民投票率传统上对民主党有利，但 “在过去几个选举周期中，由于两党的重新调整，这一点发生了很大变化。”“实际上，我预计更高的投票率将有利于乔・肯特和共和党人，” 他谈到第 3 选区的竞选时说。

Suzanne Almeida, the director of state operations at Common Cause, a nonpartisan public interest group, told Newsweek that people should still feel safe about voting early if they want to and that drop boxes across the country remain well secured.'They are isolated incidents.

无党派公共利益组织 “共同事业” 的州业务主任苏珊娜・阿尔梅达告诉《新闻周刊》，如果人们愿意，他们仍然应该对提前投票感到安全，并且全国各地的投票箱仍然得到很好的保护。“这些是孤立事件。

Voters who think that they have been affected can check the status of their ballot online, both in Washington and in Oregon, and they should be calling their local elections officials if they have questions,' Almeida said.

认为自己受到影响的选民可以在华盛顿州和俄勒冈州在线查询他们的选票状态，如果有问题，他们应该打电话给当地的选举官员，” 阿尔梅达说。

'Voters are not in any way out of options, but it is important that if they think they may have been affected, they take steps to make sure that their vote can still be cast and counted,' she said. 'We live in a country where people's votes are their voices, and it's really important that those votes get counted,' she continued.

“选民绝不是没有选择，但重要的是，如果他们认为自己可能受到了影响，他们应该采取措施确保他们的选票仍然可以投出并被计算在内，” 她说。“我们生活在一个人们的选票就是他们的声音的国家，这些选票被计算在内真的很重要，” 她继续说道。

While the recent incidents are 'concerning,' people should not be concerned that they are widespread, she added. Clayton agrees, saying, 'Historically, Washington elections have been extremely well run.'”

她补充说，虽然最近的事件 “令人担忧”，但人们不应该担心它们会广泛传播。克莱顿表示同意，他说：“从历史上看，华盛顿州的选举进行得非常顺利。”

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