加州橙县39个投票中心开放：今日 Seal Beach 设快闪投票点，10月29日 Irvine 南海岸中华文化中心接棒
美国加利福尼亚州橙县（Orange County）选民登记处为11月3日大选开放的39个投票中心已投入运行，开放时间为每天上午10时至下午6时，一直持续到11月2日；今天（10月25日）另有一处快闪投票点设在 Seal Beach 的 Leisure World 社区。登记处提醒，10月29日的快闪投票点将设在 Irvine 的南海岸中华文化中心，橙县华人选民可就近办理投票、补领选票与登记手续。
据橙县选民登记处公布的安排，全县共设191个投票中心，先行开放的39个自10月24日起开放11天，其余152个将于10月31日开放；11月3日选举日当天，全部投票中心开放时间为上午7时至晚8时。选民可在任一投票中心现场投票、投递邮寄选票、补领选票或更新登记，也可使用全县128个官方选票投递箱，或将填好的邮寄选票免邮寄回（须以11月3日邮戳为准）。
橙县选民登记官 Bob Page 表示，提前投票可以缩短排队、加快选举夜的计票：「提早投票意味着选民排队更短、所有人的结果出来得更快。」他说，选民把选票交回得越早，计票处理就越能赶在选举夜结果公布之前完成。
五场快闪投票活动依次为：10月25日 Seal Beach 的 Leisure World（1661 Golden Rain Road，仅限该社区居民与访客）；10月27日 Anaheim 的 Braille Institute（527 N. Dale Ave.）；10月29日 Irvine 的南海岸中华文化中心（9 Truman St.）；10月31日 San Juan Capistrano 的 CREER Comunidad y Familia（31322 Camino Capistrano）；11月2日 Santa Ana 的 AltaMed 医疗集团 Bristol 门诊（2720 S. Bristol St.）。
本次大选橙县选票共有549种样式、430名候选人角逐169个席位与议案，包括14项州提案、13项城市议案与2项校区债券议案。以 Irvine 为例，该市投票中心设在 Irvine Valley College 学生服务中心、Las Lomas 社区中心、Northwood 社区中心、Quail Hill 社区中心、加州大学 Irvine 分校 Gateway 学习中心等地，时间与全县一致。错过10月19日登记截止日的居民，仍可在登记处办公室或任一投票中心办理有条件登记并投临时选票。投票中心地点、开放时间与实时等候时间可在橙县选民登记处官网 ocvote.gov 查询。
Orange County, California: 39 Vote Centers Open, With a Pop-Up Today in Seal Beach and an October 29 Stop at Irvine's South Coast Chinese Cultural Center
The 39 Vote Centers opened by the Orange County Registrar of Voters in California for the November 3 general election are now operating daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. through November 2, and a pop-up voting site is running today, October 25, at Leisure World in Seal Beach. The Registrar notes that the October 29 pop-up will be held at the South Coast Chinese Cultural Center in Irvine, where Chinese-American voters in Orange County can vote, replace a ballot or register close to home.
Under the Registrar's published schedule, Orange County has 191 Vote Centers in all: the first 39 opened on October 24 for 11 days, and the remaining 152 open on October 31. On Election Day, November 3, all centers will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voters may cast a ballot in person at any Vote Center, drop off a vote-by-mail ballot, obtain a replacement ballot or update their registration; they may also use one of 128 official ballot drop boxes, or mail the ballot back postage-free, postmarked by November 3.
Orange County Registrar of Voters Bob Page said early voting means shorter lines and faster results: "Voting early means shorter lines for voters and faster results for everyone." The earlier ballots come in, he said, the more of them can be processed in time for election-night results.
The five pop-up voting events are: October 25 at Leisure World, 1661 Golden Rain Road, Seal Beach (residents and guests only); October 27 at the Braille Institute Anaheim Center, 527 N. Dale Ave.; October 29 at the South Coast Chinese Cultural Center, 9 Truman St., Irvine; October 31 at CREER Comunidad y Familia, 31322 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano; and November 2 at AltaMed Medical Group, Bristol, 2720 S. Bristol St., Santa Ana.
Orange County ballots for this election come in 549 styles, with 430 candidates across 169 contests, plus 14 state propositions, 13 city measures and 2 school bond measures. In Irvine, Vote Centers include the Irvine Valley College Student Services Center, the Las Lomas, Northwood and Quail Hill community centers, and UC Irvine's Gateway Study Center, all on the county schedule. Residents who missed the October 19 registration deadline can still register conditionally and vote provisionally at the Registrar's office or any Vote Center. Locations, hours and live wait times are at ocvote.gov.
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：图：投票站「VOTE HERE」指示牌（资料图）。图片来源：Lorie Shaull／Wikimedia Commons，CC BY 2.0
