2026年9月14日 / 美国东部时间晚上9:25 / 哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）新闻
记者：妮可·斯甘加
妮可·斯甘加 国土安全与司法通讯员
妮可·斯甘加是哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的国土安全与司法通讯员，总部位于华盛顿特区，为所有节目和平台供稿。
司法部长托德·布兰奇为特朗普政府在中期选举前推行更严格邮寄投票规则的举措进行了激烈辩护，他在接受哥伦比亚广播公司新闻独家专访时表示，司法部正在审查多个州的选举操作。
当被问及有何证据证明这项因一系列法院禁令而暂停实施的政府新邮寄投票规则能够防止舞弊时，这位司法部长最初称“有大量证据”，并辩称“如果你使用邮寄投票，舞弊的可能性比需要身份证件的当面投票更高”，这是理所当然的事。
当被进一步追问有何证据表明邮寄投票比需要身份证件的当面投票舞弊风险更高时，布兰奇仍坚称“有大量证据”。当被问及具体是什么证据时，他回答说：“嗯，这是常识。”
这位司法部长随后表示，政府正在关注“多个州”，并补充说此次审查的范围远超司法部。
此番表态之际，该政府正面临多起与其选举政策相关的重叠诉讼。本月早些时候，马萨诸塞州的一名联邦法官发布初步禁令，阻止邮政部门执行邮寄选票的新规则，周日又有一名联邦法官叫停了该项政策。
周一晚间，最高法院拒绝了政府解除马萨诸塞州联邦地区法官因迪拉·塔尔瓦尼禁令的请求，这意味着针对即将到来的中期选举的新限制措施仍处于被禁止状态。最高法院的裁决仍未解决该规则的合法性问题，相关诉讼将继续进行。
这项于8月21日通过的规则要求各州向邮政服务局提供邮寄选票收件人名单，并发行带有唯一条形码的、经美国邮政总局批准的选票信封。根据新规定，美国邮政总局可以拒绝传递不符合这些要求的选票。
blob:https://www.cbsnews.com/b1c368ad-54fd-4667-9c88-9dcc165880dd
有记录显示，选举舞弊包括邮寄选票舞弊确实存在，但研究人员发现此类情况极为罕见。例如，2024年斯坦福大学对华盛顿州约450万选民开展的一项研究仅发现14张可能在选民去世后被违规寄出的可疑选票，占比约0.0003%，并认定即使是这些案件也可能存在匹配错误或文书错误。2025年一项针对2016年、2018年、2020年和2022年选举的更广泛分析发现，每寄出1000万张邮寄选票，大约只会出现4起已确认的邮寄选票舞弊案件，平均发生率仅为0.000043%。
过去几个月来，司法部还已告知29个州和华盛顿特区保留2024年选举记录，目前正在索要包含敏感识别信息的选民登记数据。该部门还在诉讼中承认，未打码的选民数据可能会与国土安全部共享，用于公民身份核查。
当被问及这些获取选民登记数据的举措时，布兰奇表示：“我们有数百起针对非法居留人员的公开调查，其中许多人已被指控投票。”
他补充道：“因此，我们正在开展数百起持续调查，已确认有非法居留或无投票资格的人员参与了投票。其中一些人已被起诉，部分调查仍在进行中。”
当被问及从各州收集的信息是否会被纳入数据库时，布兰奇表示他“不知道有这样一个数据库”，但承认所收集的信息必须由联邦政府内部各机构存储和使用。
“所以，是的，我的意思是……我们不会只是收集起来放在办公室里，不管不顾，”布兰奇说。“因此，我们会利用这些信息来查明是否有不该投票的人在此投票。”
Blanche defends mail ballot changes, says election practices in multiple states are being probed
September 14, 2026 / 9:25 PM EDT / CBS News
By Nicole Sganga
Nicole Sganga Homeland Security and Justice Correspondent
Nicole Sganga is CBS News’ homeland security and justice correspondent. She is based in Washington, D.C., and reports for all shows and platforms.
Attorney General Todd Blanche fiercely defended the Trump administration’s push to impose tighter mail voting rules just before the midterm elections, telling CBS News in an exclusive interview that the Justice Department is examining election practices in multiple states.
When asked for evidence that the administration’s new mail voting rules — which are on hold due to a series of court orders — would prevent fraud, the attorney general initially said that “there’s a lot of evidence,” arguing that it was inherently the case that “if you’re using mail-in voting, the potential for fraud is greater than in-person voting with ID.”
Pressed further on what evidence he had that mail voting presents a greater risk of fraud than in-person voting with identification, Blanche maintained there is “a lot of evidence.” Asked what the evidence was, he responded, “Well, it’s common sense.”
The attorney general went on to say the government is looking at “multiple states,” adding that the review extends far beyond the Justice Department.
The comments come as the administration faces several overlapping court fights over its election policies. A federal judge in Massachusetts issued a preliminary injunction earlier this month blocking the Postal Service from enforcing new rules for mail ballots, and a second federal judge blocked the policy on Sunday.
On Monday evening, the Supreme Court declined the administration’s request to lift Massachusetts-based U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani’s injunction, leaving the new restrictions blocked for the upcoming midterm elections. The court’s order still falls short of resolving the legality of the rule, and the litigation will continue.
The rule, adopted Aug. 21, requires that states provide the Postal Service with lists of mail ballot recipients and issue USPS-approved ballot envelopes carrying unique barcodes. According to the new regulation, USPS could refuse to transmit ballots that fail to meet those requirements.
blob:https://www.cbsnews.com/b1c368ad-54fd-4667-9c88-9dcc165880dd
Documented election fraud, including mail-ballot fraud, does occur, but researchers have found it to be rare. For instance, a 2024 Stanford study of roughly 4.5 million voters in Washington state found only 14 ballots that might have been suspiciously cast after a voter’s death — about 0.0003% — and determined that even those cases could include matching or clerical errors. A broader 2025 analysis of the 2016, 2018, 2020 and 2022 elections found roughly four identified cases of mail-ballot fraud for every 10 million mail ballots cast, resulting in an average rate of 0.000043%.
Over the past several months, the Justice Department has also told 29 states and D.C. to preserve 2024 election records, and is now suing for voter-registration data containing sensitive identifiers. The department has also acknowledged in litigation that unredacted voter data could be shared with the Department of Homeland Security for citizenship checks.
Pressed on those efforts to obtain voter-registration data, Blanche said, “We have hundreds of open investigations into people who are here illegally and who potentially and, in many cases, they’ve been charged with voting.”
“So, we have hundreds of ongoing investigations where we have identified people who are here illegally or are otherwise not eligible to vote, that have voted,” he added. “We have some of them [who] have been charged. Some of those investigations are ongoing.”
Asked whether information collected from states would be placed into a database, Blanche said he was “not aware of a database,” but acknowledged that information being collected would have to be stored and used by agencies within the federal government.
“So, yeah, I mean, … we’re not going to just do it and leave it in an office and say, you know, so be it,” Blanche said. “So, we would use it to help us understand whether there’s people here voting who shouldn’t be voting.”
发表回复