Is California Voting Fair?

Moderated by Tom Verdin , Democracy News Editor, The Associated Press

由美联社民主新闻编辑 Tom Verdin 主持

California, with the largest electorate of any U.S. state, is a laboratory for democracy.

加利福尼亚州拥有美国各州最多的选民，是民主的实验室。

It has engaged citizens at the ballot box with its initiative system and expanded voting access, most recently with universal vote by mail and multi-day, multi-location in-person voting.

它通过其倡议系统和扩大的投票机会让公民参与投票箱，最近通过邮件进行普遍投票和多天、多地点的亲自投票。

But many Americans worry about election integrity, from voter fraud to interference.

但许多美国人担心选举的公正性，从选民欺诈到干扰。

Some of the loudest allegations of stolen elections and phantom voters fall on the Golden State.

关于选举舞弊和幽灵选民的一些最响亮的指控都落在了金州身上。

As these claims spread, what would it take to build and maintain trust in elections across the political divide?

随着这些主张的传播，如何才能在政治分歧中建立和维持对选举的信任？

What does evidence actually tell us?

证据实际上告诉我们什么？

How are officials incorporating greater transparency into the mechanics of our democracy?

官员们如何将更大的透明度纳入我们的民主机制？

And as California defends its voting model, can it separate legitimate election security concerns from myths that threaten faith in democracy itself?

当加州捍卫其投票模式时，它能否将合法的选举安全担忧与威胁民主本身信仰的神话区分开来？

Ahead of the midterm elections and on the day vote centers open, Zócalo heads to the Los Angeles County Ballot Processing Center in the City of Industry.

在中期选举之前和投票中心开放当天，佐卡洛前往工业城的洛杉矶县选票处理中心。

A 144,000-square-foot former Fry’s Electronics store that traded Charley Chip for Uncle Sam, the space is equipped with automatic signature recognition machines and hundreds of personnel who process, secure, and count ballots, and it encourages public observation in person and online via a live video feed.

占地 144,000 平方英尺的前弗莱电子商店将查理奇普换成了山姆大叔，该空间配备了自动签名识别机和数百名处理、保护和计票的人员，并鼓励公众亲自观察和通过实时视频进行在线观察。

This limited-capacity program will include guided tours of the facility as the live election cycle unfolds and a panel featuring voting policy scholar Kevin T.

这个容量有限的项目将包括在现场选举周期展开时对该设施进行导游参观，以及由投票政策学者 Kevin T.

Morris and political scientist and governance reformer Sara Sadhwani , who will discuss how California keeps elections free and fair.

莫里斯和政治学家兼治理改革家萨拉·萨德瓦尼 (Sara Sadhwani) 将讨论加州如何保持选举自由和公平。

Senior Research Fellow and Voting Policy Scholar, Brennan Center for Justice at New York University

纽约大学布伦南司法中心高级研究员和投票政策学者

Associate Professor of Politics, Pomona College

波莫纳学院政治学副教授