2026年10月22日 美国东部时间早上6:00 / 福克斯新闻
共和党议员表示，美国司法部近期破获的选民欺诈案证明，投票站要求出示带照片身份证件的规定是必要的
伊丽莎白·埃尔金德 福克斯新闻报道
众议院民主党第三号领袖因其在加利福尼亚州家乡反对选民身份证法而受到抨击。
众议院民主党党团主席、来自加利福尼亚州的民主党议员皮特·阿吉拉尔本月早些时候在一场新闻发布会上批评了选举日加州选民将投票表决的一项提案。该提案若获得通过，将要求选民在投票时出示政府签发的带照片身份证件。
就在他发表上述言论几周后，美国司法部（DOJ）宣布破获一起案件，多名美国永久居民被指控在不具备公民身份的情况下登记投票。
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加利福尼亚州共和党议员肯·卡尔弗特严厉批评阿吉拉尔反对选民身份证法的立场，并认为司法部近期的行动让加州39号提案“显然”有必要存在。
“省省吧，”卡尔弗特告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。“你坐飞机、兑现支票、租公寓甚至在杂货店买感冒药都需要出示身份证件。民主党人声称投票前要求出示带照片身份证件是某种‘种族主义’或‘压制选民’行为，完全是胡说八道，是对所有选民智商的侮辱。”
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加利福尼亚州共和党议员文斯·方表示，选民身份证法“是绝大多数美国人支持的基本选举安全措施，已有36个州要求实行该制度”。
“反对者 resorting to lies and fearmongering（ resorting to lies and fearmongering ），而在这个租车、住酒店、开银行账户甚至坐飞机都需要身份证的时代，39号提案是一项合乎情理的改革，”方告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。“司法部近期在加州破获的选民欺诈案，恰恰说明了这些保障措施为何至关重要。”
加利福尼亚州共和党议员杨·金同样表示，出示带照片身份证件是一项“我们在坐飞机、购买酒类或领取处方药时早已要求遵守的简单标准”。
“这一点都不具争议性，也不该复杂化。我们的选举至少应该得到和啤酒或葡萄酒一样的重视，”金告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
与此同时，阿吉拉尔本月早些时候与民主党州长候选人、前拜登政府内阁部长泽维尔·贝塞拉一同出席新闻发布会时，对39号提案提出了批评。
“我们不会容忍这种情况，因为我们不会容忍人们失去行使投票权的机会。在亚利桑那州，他们就试过这种做法。他们要求选民在选票上填写驾照号码。想想看。要是你填错了一位数字怎么办？你的选票就不算数了？”阿吉拉尔提出质疑。“要是你在加州已婚呢？要是你已婚但还没改名字，去投票会怎么样？你将无法再投票。这就是加州选民面临的风险。”
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他称这是共和党推动的“压制选民的行动”。
“共和党人只有压制选民才能获胜。唐纳德·特朗普和‘让美国再次伟大’的共和党人清楚，他们在理念和解决方案上已经江郎才尽，因此他们不得不改变游戏规则，”阿吉拉尔说道。
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与此同时，加州政府批评了司法部的此次行动，并指出有报道称，此次被指控的人员中登记为共和党人的比例高于民主党人。
“近十年来，特朗普毫无根据地声称民主党利用‘非法移民’操控全国选举，还经常拿加州举例，”加州州长加文·纽瑟姆的州政府网站上的一份声明写道。“各级法院都驳回了存在大规模选民欺诈或选举被操纵以不利于总统的说法。”
目前已有36个州制定了选民身份证法，民调显示该政策得到了大多数美国人的支持。
但在国会层面，近年来民主党多次阻挠了通过联邦选民身份证立法的多项努力。
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伊丽莎白·埃尔金德是福克斯新闻数字频道的政治记者，负责众议院的报道。此前曾在《每日邮报》和CBS新闻发表过署名报道。
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House Dem leader’s attack on voter ID comes back to haunt him after election fraud bust in his home state
October 22, 2026 6:00am EDT / Fox News
Republican lawmakers say the DOJ’s recent voter fraud bust proves photo ID requirements at the polls are needed
By Elizabeth Elkind Fox News
House Democrats’ No. 3 leader is under fire for his opposition to voter ID in his home state of California.
House Democratic Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., spoke at a press conference earlier this month criticizing a measure on Californians’ ballot this Election Day that, if passed, would mandate that voters show government-issued photo ID at the polls.
He made the comments just weeks before the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a crime bust that saw several U.S. permanent residents accused of registering to vote despite not being citizens.
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Rep. Pete Aguilar questions U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a hearing at the U.S. Capitol on June 10, 2025, in Washington, D.C.(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Calif., hammered Aguilar’s opposition to voter ID and argued the DOJ’s recent actions made it “obvious” that the ballot measure, called Proposition 39, was needed.
“Give me a break,” Calvert told Fox News Digital. “You have to show an ID to board an airplane, cash a paycheck, rent an apartment or even buy cold medicine at the grocery store. Democrats claiming that requiring photo ID before casting a ballot is somehow ‘racist’ or ‘voter suppression’ is complete nonsense and an insult to every voter’s intelligence.”
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Rep. Vince Fong, R-Calif., said voter ID “is basic election security that the vast majority of Americans support, and 36 states already require.”
“While opponents are resorting to lies and fearmongering, Proposition 39 is commonsense reform in a world where you need an ID to rent a car, stay at a hotel, open a bank account or board a flight,” Fong told Fox News Digital. “The DOJ’s recent voter fraud bust in California is exactly why these safeguards matter.”
Rep. Young Kim, R-Calif., similarly said showing photo ID is a “simple standard we already require to board a plane, purchase alcohol or pick up a prescription.”
Rep. Vince Fong, R-Calif., participates in the House Transportation Committee hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on June 27, 2024.(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
“This isn’t controversial and it shouldn’t be complicated. Our elections deserve at least as much consideration as a beer or a bottle of wine,” Kim told Fox News Digital.
Aguilar, meanwhile, criticized Proposition 39 during a press conference with Democratic gubernatorial candidate and former Biden administration Cabinet Secretary Xavier Becerra earlier this month.
“We will not stand for this, because we will not stand for people to lose an opportunity to exercise their ability to vote. In Arizona, they tried this. They wanted folks to put their driver’s license numbers on their ballots. Think about that. What if you miss one digit? Your vote doesn’t count?” Aguilar proposed. “What if you’re married in California? What if you’re married, and you haven’t changed your name and you go to vote? No longer will you be able to vote. That is what is at stake for Californians.”
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He called it a “voter suppression effort” pushed by Republicans.
“Republicans can win only when they suppress the vote. Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans know that they are bankrupt of ideas and solutions, and so they have to change the rules of the game,” Aguilar said.
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Meanwhile, the California government criticized the DOJ’s operation while pointing to reports that said more of those charged were registered as Republicans rather than Democrats.
A voting booth as a voter casts their ballot at a polling location inside Echo Park Branch Library during a primary election in Los Angeles on June 2, 2026.(Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“For nearly a decade, Trump has baselessly alleged mass voter fraud rings were employed by Democrats and utilized ‘illegal immigrants’ to sway elections across the country – often pointing to California,” a release on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s state website read. “Courts at all levels have rejected the claims of vast voter fraud or that elections were rigged against the President.”
Voter ID laws currently exist in 36 states and polls have shown they have a majority of Americans’ support.
But in Congress, several efforts to pass federal voter ID legislation have been thwarted by Democrats in recent years.
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Fox News Digital reached out to Aguilar’s campaign for a response to his GOP House colleagues’ comments.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
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