今天我们要学的词是 forge.

2018年11月大选时手动点票的现场（资料图）。

forge 的意思是锻造，伪造。 A Michigan official has been charged with six election fraud felonies for allegedly altering absentee ballots and forging records during the November 2018 midterm elections. 密歇根州一名官员因涉嫌在2018年11月的中期选举中更改缺席选票和伪造记录而被控犯有6项选举欺诈罪。

American politicians have talked about preserving and modernizing social security system that forged in an old era beyond the memory of most Americans. 美国政客们谈论过要维护和更新社会保障制度，社安制度是在超出了大多数美国人记忆的一个时代造就的。