美国司法部于周一致函华盛顿州，要求在该州即将举行的中期选举中搁置超过400名涉嫌为非美国公民选民所投出的选票 1。这一举措发生在联邦当局向加利福尼亚州提出类似请求不到两周之后，被视为特朗普政府试图通过质疑非公民投票来干预决定国会控制权关键州选举结果的最新动作 1。代理美国检察官查尔斯·尼尔·弗洛伊德在声明中指出，目前认定的405名选民仅是“冰山一角”（"the tip of the iceberg"），而司法部指认的这些人员此前还涉及约1500张过往选票 1。值得注意的是，这是本月内美国司法部第三次直接向各州发起此类挑战，前两次分别针对加利福尼亚州和阿拉斯加，目标均指向参众两院控制权的竞争选区 1。
对此，华盛顿州务卿史蒂夫·霍布斯批评此举意在无端怀疑选举结果 1。他强调，此时提出此请求无疑是为了对结果造成无根据的怀疑（"is no doubt intended to cast unfounded suspicion on the results"） 1。霍布斯进一步指出，司法部提供的数据中包含陈旧记录 1。该州注册选民总数已超过500万 1。此前，联邦上诉法院法官曾对司法部要求加州搁置多达2万名疑似非公民邮寄选票的请求提出质疑并拒绝快速裁决 1。
The Trump administration on Monday requested that Washington state officials set aside ballots cast by more than 400 individuals identified as suspected non-citizens for the upcoming midterm elections 1. This directive follows a similar action taken against California less than two weeks ago and marks the third time this month that the Department of Justice has directly challenged state election procedures in districts critical to congressional control, with Alaska also targeted 1. Acting U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd characterized the current identification of 405 voters as merely "the tip of the iceberg" 1. The administration’s request is grounded in data indicating these individuals were involved in approximately 1,500 past ballots within the state, which has over 5 million registered voters 1.
Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs strongly criticized the move, stating that the timing was intended to "cast unfounded suspicion on the results" 1. Hobbs further argued that the information provided by the Department of Justice relied on outdated records, thereby questioning the validity of the federal government's claims regarding voter eligibility 1. While the administration seeks to exclude these votes from the midterm count, the approach contrasts sharply with the situation in California, where federal appellate judges previously rejected a fast-track ruling on the Justice Department’s demand to set aside up to 20,000 mail-in ballots from suspected non-citizens 1.
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