佛州提前投票启动 邮寄选票约93.3万张 已有逾110万张选票投出
佛罗里达州11月3日大选的现场提前投票已于本周在全州过半数县陆续开启，佛州选举部门10月20日公布的数据显示，全州已有超过110万名选民完成投票。其中，约17.1万人在已开放的投票站进行了现场提前投票，另有约93.3万张邮寄选票已经投出；全州登记选民总数约为1370万人。
按党派登记统计，在已报告党派的选民中，民主党人已投出近40万张邮寄选票和约6.85万张现场提前选票；共和党人已投出约34万张邮寄选票和约6.9万张现场提前选票，在现场提前投票中略微领先；无党派选民已投出近17.5万张邮寄选票和约3万张现场选票；其他党派选民已投出近2.3万张邮寄选票和4000多张现场选票。选举官员提醒，这些数字只反映选民以何种方式投票，不代表其投票意向。
按计划，提前投票将于周六起在全州各县统一开放并持续至10月31日。在塔拉哈西的莱克杰克逊社区中心，选民尤利西斯·罗伯森表示自己选择提前投票是为了避开人群，并纪念前几代人争取投票权的努力；利昂县选举监督官马克·厄利也呼吁选民考虑提前投票，以避开选举日当天的排队。
Florida Early Voting Under Way: More Than 1.1 Million Ballots Cast, About 933,000 by Mail
Early voting for the November 3 midterm elections is under way in Florida, and more than 1.1 million ballots had been cast statewide as of October 20, including about 171,000 in person at early voting sites and about 933,000 returned by mail, according to state elections data. Florida has about 13.7 million registered voters.
Both parties have returned mail ballots in large numbers as campaigns push supporters to bank votes before Election Day. Early in-person voting continues through October 31 in most counties.
Election officials remind voters that mail ballots must be received by 7 p.m. on Election Day to count, and voters who requested a mail ballot but choose to vote in person should bring the ballot to surrender at the polls.
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图片来源：佛罗里达州提前投票站内景（图片：Wikimedia Commons，CC BY-SA 2.0，作者 Alex Johnson）/ Inside a Florida early voting site (Photo: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0, by Alex Johnson)
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