Days before Alaskans get to vote, the federal government is already trying to overturn(推翻) the result.
阿拉斯加人还没投票，联邦政府就已经试图推翻选举结果了。
Last week, at Donald Trump’s behest(在特朗普的要求下), the justice department sued to block the certification(认证) of Alaska’s US Senate race, if the Republican incumbent(现任者) narrowly loses; a judge dismissed(驳回) that suit on Sunday, though the administration said it planned to appeal. On Wednesday, Trump demanded that Mary Peltola, the Alaska Native Democrat whom polls favor to win, be removed from the ballot and prosecuted.(周三，特朗普要求将民调看好的阿拉斯加原住民民主党人玛丽·佩尔托拉从选票上除名并起诉。) Piling on(纷纷加入攻击), Alaska’s Republican governor has since ordered an investigation into Peltola’s campaign.
上周，在唐纳德·特朗普的要求下，司法部提起诉讼，试图在共和党现任议员以微弱劣势落败时，阻止认证阿拉斯加联邦参议院选举结果；一名法官周日驳回了该诉讼，但政府表示计划上诉。周三，特朗普要求将玛丽·佩尔托拉从选票上除名并予以起诉，这位阿拉斯加原住民民主党人在民调中更被看好获胜。阿拉斯加共和党州长随后也加入围攻，下令对佩尔托拉的竞选活动展开调查。
A New York Times investigation reported that operatives working with Peltola’s campaign helped recruit the other Sullivan, a retired teacher from Petersburg, to split the incumbent’s vote.(《纽约时报》调查报道称，与佩尔托拉竞选团队合作的人员帮助招募了另一位沙利文，以分散现任议员选票。) Peltola and her campaign have denied this.
《纽约时报》的一项调查报道称，与佩尔托拉竞选团队合作的人员帮助招募了另一位沙利文——一位来自彼得斯堡的退休教师——以分散现任议员的选票。佩尔托拉及其竞选团队否认了这一说法。